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The 1961 RPI Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an independent during the 1961 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Ed Hoffman, the Engineers compiled a 0–7 record, suffered four shutouts, and were outscored by a total of 168 to 24.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record0–7
Headcoach
Homestadium'86 Field
Quick facts RPI Engineers football, Conference ...
1961 RPI Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–7
Head coach
Home stadium'86 Field
Seasons
 1960
1962 
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1961 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Middlebury  511
Villanova  820
Southern Connecticut State  720
Alfred  620
Montclair State  620
Delaware Valley  620
No. 17 Penn State  830
No. 14 Syracuse  830
Trinity (CT)  521
Holy Cross  730
C. W. Post  630
Army  640
Merchant Marine  640
Tufts  530
Rochester  530
Hamilton  430
Cortland State  430
American International  540
Colgate  540
Northeastern  440
Coast Guard  440
Ithaca  440
Boston University  450
Buffalo  450
Bridgeport  450
Norwich  341
Worcester Tech  340
Boston College  460
Union (NY)  350
Pittsburgh  370
Nichols  230
Trenton State  160
King's (PA)  180
Springfield  071
Brockport  070
RPI  070
Hobart  080
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1961 season was part of a 43-game winless streak. The streak began on October 24, 1959, with a 16–0 loss to Middlebury College and ended six years later on October 23, 1965, with a 28-14 victory over Middlebury. RPI managed only a single tie (20–20 with Nichols College in 1964) during that span.[2] [3] [4]

The team's leaders on offense included quarterback Dick Lundgren, fullback Rod Quirk, halfback Hank Light, and end Ron Leasman.[5]

The team played its home games at '86 Field (a gift from the school's Class of 1886) in Troy, New York. Admission for home games was $1 for adults and 50 cents for children under age 14.[6]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at St. LawrenceCanton, NYL 0–26[7]
October 7Hamilton
L 10–22[8]
October 21Union (NY)
  • '86 Field
  • Troy, NY
L 8–103,000[9][10]
October 28Middlebury
  • '86 Field
  • Troy, NY
L 6–202,800[11]
November 4at Worcester TechWorcester, MAL 0–40[12]
November 11Coast Guard
  • '86 Field
  • Troy, NY
L 0–131,000[13]
November 18at Rochester
L 0–372,600[14]
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