1961 Albright Lions football team

1961 Albright Lions football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionNorthern College Division
Record7–0–1 (4–0–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlbright Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University Division
No. 15 Rutgers x 4 0 0 9 0 0
Bucknell 5 2 0 6 3 0
Delaware 3 2 0 4 4 0
No. 6 Lehigh 3 2 0 7 2 0
Gettysburg 2 2 1 3 5 1
Temple 1 2 2 2 5 2
Lafayette 1 5 1 2 6 1
Muhlenberg 0 4 0 2 7 0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x 6 0 0 8 0 1
Albright 4 0 1 7 0 1
Moravian 4 1 1 4 3 1
Wagner 4 2 0 6 3 0
Lycoming 1 3 1 1 6 1
Wilkes 1 6 0 1 6 0
Hofstra * 2 0 0 7 2 0
Juniata * 1 2 0 3 4 0
Upsala * 0 4 0 0 7 0
Southern College Division
Lebanon Valley x 5 1 0 6 1 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0 5 2 0
Western Maryland 4 2 0 7 2 0
Dickinson 5 3 0 5 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 5 3 0 6 3 0
Johns Hopkins 2 3 1 3 4 1
Ursinus 2 5 0 2 5 0
Drexel 1 5 1 2 5 1
Haverford 0 6 1 0 6 1
West Chester * 0 0 0 7 2 0
Franklin & Marshall * 0 3 0 1 7 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from major college AP poll for Rutgers and small college AP poll for Lehigh

The 1961 Albright Lions football team was an American football team that represented Albright College of Reading, Pennsylvania, as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1961 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach John Potsklan, the Lions compiled a 7–0–1 record (4–0–1 in MAC games), finished second in the MAC Northern College Division, and outscored opponents by a total of 264 to 68.

Coaches of the MAC Northern College Division selected quarterback Gary Chapman as the most valuable player in the division. Chapman and three other Albright players received first-team honors on the 1961 MAC Southern College Division all-star team. The other three honorees were end Gary Sheeler; tackle George Reagan; and guard George Sighman.[1]

Chapman and Sheeler were also selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1961 All-Pennsylvania football team. Reagan was named to the second team.[2]

The Lions played their home games at Albright Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "S.U. Stars Get All-Star Berths". Sunbury Daily Item. December 14, 1961. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Vignali First Team Repeater". The Evening Standard. December 11, 1961. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.