1961 Dartmouth Indians football team

1961 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainJames Lemen
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Columbia + 6 1 0 6 3 0
Harvard + 6 1 0 6 3 0
Dartmouth 5 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 4 0
Yale 3 4 0 4 5 0
Cornell 2 5 0 3 6 0
Penn 1 6 0 2 7 0
Brown 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1961 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as a member of the Ivy League during the 1961 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled a 6–3 record (5–2 in conference games), tied for third place in the Ivy League, and outscored opponents by a toal of 197 to 104. Fullback James Lemen was the team captain.[1] They outscored Ivy opponents, 156 to 84.[2]

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Bill King with 711 passing yards and John Krumme with 416 rushing yards and 192 receiving yards.[3] Tackle Carter Strickland was selected as a second-team player on the 1961 All-Ivy League football team.[4]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

  1. ^ "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Columbia Lands 4 On Ivy Team". The Record. November 27, 1961. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.