1961 William & Mary Indians football team

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

1961 William & Mary Indians football
1961 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1961 record	1–9 (1–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Milt Drewer (5th season);
Captain	Roger Hale, Eric Erdossy
Home stadium	Cary Field
	Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	vs. VPI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	L 6–20
September 23	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 6–21	18,000
September 30	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 6–44
October 7	Furman	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 19–6
October 14	The Citadel	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 8–10
October 21	at George Washington	District of Columbia Stadium Washington, DC	L 12–49	9,280	^[1]
October 28	VMI	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	L 7–14
November 4	Davidson	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 30–31
November 11	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 13–48
November 23	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 18–36	8,000	^[2]
*Non-conference game

^ "Drummond shines, fired-up GW routs William and Mary, 49–12". Daily Press. October 21, 1961. Retrieved February 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Spiders rout Tribe, 36–18". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 24, 1961. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Zable Stadium (1935–present) Jimmye Laycock Football Center (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Delaware James Madison Richmond VMI Ivy Bowl
Culture & lore	Griffin Colonel Ebirt Iron Indians "12th Man Tackle" Scandal of 1951 "Tribe Fight Song" William & Mary Pep Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1961 Southern Conference football standings
v t	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
VPI	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll