1961 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1961 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12
1961 record	6–3 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf
MVP	Jack Elwell
Captain	Jack Elwell
Captain	Stan Sczurek
Home stadium	Ross-Ade Stadium

1961 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Ohio State $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
#6 Minnesota	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#8 Michigan State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#12 Purdue	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Michigan	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1961 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	at Washington*		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 13–6	55,000
October 7	Notre Dame*		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 20–22	51,295
October 14	Miami (OH)*		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 19–6	41,924
October 21	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 14–16	66,805
October 28	No. 5 Iowa		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 9–0	50,127
November 4	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	W 23–9	35,077
November 11	No. 6 Michigan State		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 7–6	45,638
November 18	at No. 5 Minnesota	No. 7	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 7–10	67,081
November 25	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 34–12	36,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Purdue Boilermakers football

Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)

Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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