1961 Hillsdale Dales football team

1961 Hillsdale Dales football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 NAIA independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Baldwin–Wallace     9 0 0
Wheaton (IL)     8 0 0
No. 8 Tampa     8 1 0
Westminster (UT)     7 1 1
Earlham     7 1 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State     9 2 0
La Verne     7 2 0
Hillsdale     6 3 0
Eastern New Mexico     6 4 0
McMurry     6 4 0
St. Mary of the Plains     4 5 0
Georgetown (KY)     2 3 1
Austin     2 7 0
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1961 Hillsdale Dales football team was an American football team that represented Hillsdale College as an independent member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics during the 1961 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Muddy Waters, the Dales compiled a 6–3 record.

Hillsdale appeared in the Mineral Water Bowl after the 1960 season and was suspended by the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) for breaking the conference prohibition on post-season competition. Hillsdale refused to accept the suspension and withdrew from the conference, competing as an independent in 1961.[1]

  1. ^ "Little Giant of Football: Hillsdale Is Sitting On Top of World". Detroit Free Press. September 12, 1961. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.