1961 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1961 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1961 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1961 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1961 record	4–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach	Marvin Bass (1st season);
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium; (Capacity: 43,099)
	Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 4–6 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Duke	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 6–7	35,000
September 30	at Wake Forest	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 10–7	12,000
October 7	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	L 14–17
October 14	LSU*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–42
October 21	North Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 0–17
October 28	Maryland	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–10
November 4	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 20–28
November 11	Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 21–14	44,000	^[2]
November 18	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 14–38
November 25	at Vanderbilt*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 23–7
*Non-conference game

^ "1961 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
^ "Carolina Wins Thriller Over Clemson, 21-14". The Greenville News. November 12, 1961. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1961 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

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1961 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 20 Duke $		5	–	1		7	–	3
North Carolina		4	–	3		5	–	5
Maryland		3	–	3		7	–	3
Clemson		3	–	3		5	–	5
NC State		3	–	4		4	–	6
South Carolina		3	–	4		4	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	4		4	–	6
Virginia		2	–	4		4	–	6

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]