1961 Miles Golden Bears football team

1961 Miles Golden Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington and Lee     9 0 0
Tampa     8 1 0
Mississippi College     8 1 0
Mississippi Southern     8 2 0
Memphis State     8 2 0
Delta State     7 2 1
Howard (AL)     7 2 0
South Carolina Trade     6 2 0
Maryville (TN)     6 2 0
Sewanee     5 2 1
Miles     5 2 0
Navy     7 3 0
Arlington State     7 3 0
Louisville     6 3 0
Miami (FL)     7 4 0
McMurry     6 4 0
Houston     5 4 1
Livingstone     5 4 0
Southwestern (TN)     4 4 0
Emory & Henry     4 4 0
Florida State     4 5 1
Norfolk State     3 4 0
Abilene Christian     4 6 0
Chattanooga     4 6 0
Georgetown (KY)     2 3 1
Arkansas State     3 6 0
Austin     2 7 0
Trinity (TX)     2 7 0
Millsaps     1 5 2
Centre     1 7 0

The 1961 Miles Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented Miles College of Fairfield, Alabama, as an independent during the 1961 college football season. In their 25th year under head coach T. J. Knox, the Golden Bears compiled a 5–2 record.[1]

The team's players included quarterback Charles Jackson, halfbacks Clarence Byrd and Jesse "Shakey" Williams, ends Eugene Underwood and Edward McCall, and guard Harold Battle. The team's assistant coaches were James Pettus and Oscar Catlin Jr.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1962, p. 120.
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