1961 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

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1961 UC Riverside Highlanders football
ConferenceIndependent
1961 record1–7
Head coach
  • Jim Whitley (3rd season)
Home stadiumUCR Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 NCAA College Division independents football records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Baldwin–Wallace   –   9 – 0 – 0
Wheaton (IL)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Tampa   –   8 – 1 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   8 – 2 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   7 – 2 – 0
La Verne   –   7 – 2 – 0
Arlington State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
Sewanee   –   5 – 2 – 1
Cal Poly Pomona   –   6 – 3 – 0
Louisville   –   6 – 3 – 0
Montana State   –   4 – 3 – 1
Drake   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pacific (CA)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 4 – 0
Northeastern   –   4 – 4 – 0
Santa Clara   –   3 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 5 – 0
Norfolk State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Abilene Christian   –   4 – 6 – 0
Chattanooga   –   4 – 6 – 0
North Park   –   3 – 5 – 0
Union (NY)   –   3 – 5 – 0
Arkansas State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Trinity (TX)   –   2 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 7 – 0
UC Riverside   –   1 – 7 – 0
Pepperdine   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rose Poly   –   0 – 8 – 0
Washington University   –   0 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP poll

The 1961 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1961.

UC Riverside was led by third-year head coach Jim Whitley. They played home games at UCR Athletic Field in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of one win and seven losses (1–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 101–159 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23Azusa[note 1]
L 6–22
October 7at UC Davis[note 2]
L 12–40
October 14at La Verne
L 6–8
October 21at Claremont-Mudd[note 3]
L 14–21
October 28Pomona-Claremont[note 4]
  • UCR Athletic Field
  • Riverside, CA
L 8–32
November 4at Caltech
W 43–8
November 11El Toro Marines[note 5]
  • UCR Athletic Field
  • Riverside, CA
L 12–18
November 18Cal Western[note 6]
  • UCR Athletic Field
  • Riverside, CA
L 0–10

[1][2]

Team players in the NFL[]

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1962 NFL Draft. [3][4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Azusa College existed from 1956 to 1964. It merged with Los Angeles Pacific College in 1965 to become Azusa Pacific University. Azusa Pacific's official football records do not include the history from either of the predecessor schools.
  2. ^ The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  3. ^ The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.
  4. ^ What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
  5. ^ Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a U.S. Marine air station located in Orange County, California from 1943 to 1999.
  6. ^ Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.

References[]

  1. ^ "1961 - California-Riverside". Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Southland Colleges". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 27, 1961. p. IV-8. Retrieved October 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "1962 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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