1961 Southern Connecticut State Owls football team

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The 1961 Southern Connecticut State Owls football team was an American football team that represented Southern Connecticut State College (now known as Southern Connecticut State University) as an independent during the 1961 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Jess Dow, the Owls compiled a 7–2 record.[1] In the UPI New England small college coaches poll, they were ranked fifth behind Amherst, Maine, Williams and Trinity.

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Record7–2
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1961 Southern Connecticut State Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
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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Southern Connecticut tallied an average of 351.6 yards per game of total offense, including 220.2 yards rushing. On defense, they held opponents to 103.0 rushing yards per game.[2]

Junior fullback Ralph "Horse" Ferrisi led all New England college players with 68 points scored.[3][4] Ferrisi also led the team with 734 rushing yards and 734 yards of total offense. Raymond Ciarleglio and Joe Landino shared the quarterback position and tallied 366 and 365 passing yards, respectively.[5]

Tackle Brian O'Connor was selected as a second-team player on the 1961 Associated Press All New England football team; he was the only Southern Connecticut player named to the team.[6] Other key players included quarterback Ray Ciarleglio, center Genaro Germe,[7] and guard Larry McHugh.[8]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23BridgeportNew Haven, CTW 13–84,000
September 30vs. Maryland StateL 6–710,000
October 7Geneva
W 60–04,500[9][10]
October 14at Youngstown
L 8–284,000[11]
October 21at Ithaca
W 21–02,000[12]
October 28at Quonset NASQuonset, RIW 41–12500[13]
November 4Central Connecticut StateNew Haven, CTW 34–31,000[14]
November 11NortheasternNew Haven, CTW 23–01,200–1,800[15][16]
November 18American InternationalNew Haven, CTW 33–63,000–3,500[17][18]
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