1961 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1961 The Citadel Bulldogs football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
The Citadel $ 5 1 0 7 3 0
Richmond 5 2 0 5 5 0
VMI 4 2 0 6 4 0
West Virginia 2 1 0 4 6 0
Furman 2 2 0 7 3 0
George Washington 3 4 0 3 6 0
Virginia Tech 2 3 0 4 5 0
Davidson 1 4 0 4 4 0
William & Mary 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1961 The Citadel Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, as a memberof the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1961 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Eddie Teague, the Bulldogs compiled a 7–3 record (5–1 in conference games, and won the program's first SoCon championship since joining the conference in 1936.

After the season, the Bulldogs declined two bowl invitations. The first to be offered was the Tangerine Bowl. The Citadel had appeared in the previous edition of this small-college bowl in 1960 and elected to decline the repeat trip. Later, the Bulldogs declined an invitation to the Aviation Bowl.

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Bill Whaley (980 passing yards), halfback Earley Eastburn (307 rushing yards), and Charley Brendle (20 receptions, 303 receiving yards).[1] Eastburn and Bill Gilgo received first-team honors on the 1961 All-Southern Conference football team.

The team played its home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.

  1. ^ "1961 The Citadel Bulldogs Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 6, 2024.