1961 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1961 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record5–5 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Cooper
Home stadiumClyde Williams Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Colorado $ 7 0 0 9 2 0
No. 11 Missouri 5 2 0 7 2 1
Kansas 5 2 0 7 3 1
Oklahoma 4 3 0 5 5 0
Iowa State 3 4 0 5 5 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0 4 6 0
Nebraska 2 5 0 3 6 1
Kansas State 0 7 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Iowa State Cyclones football team was an American football team that represented Iowa State University in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1961 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Clay Stapleton, the Cyclones compiled a 5–5 record (3–4 in conference games), finished in fifth place in the Big 8, and outscored their opponents by a total of 151 to 133.[1][2]

Iowa State halfback Dave Hoppmann led the country with 1,638 yards off total offense. Hoppman also led the team with 920 rushing yards, 718 passing yards, and 30 points (five touchdowns).[3][4] Two Iowa State players were selected as first-team all-conference players: Hoppmann and right guard Dan Celoni.[5]

The team played its home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa. The stadium's seating capacity was expanded with the addition of 4,500 new permanent seats prior to the 1961 season. A new double-deck press box was also added as part of the renovation.[6]

  1. ^ "1961 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 154.
  3. ^ 2017 Fact Book, pp. 112-113.
  4. ^ "1961 Iowa State Cyclones Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  5. ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 75.
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