1961 College Football Season

As originally compiled by ku528808, BD Sullivan and John Moynahan:

Saturday, September 16

Pittsburgh @ Miami-FL, 3:30pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Saturday, September 23

Arkansas @ #9 Ole Miss, 4:30pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Saturday, September 30

Oklahoma @ Notre Dame, 2:30pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Saturday, October 7

#1 Iowa @ USC, 4:00pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Saturday, October 14

#5 Michigan State @ #6 Michigan, 1:30pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Saturday, October 21

Syracuse @ Penn State, 2:00pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Tennessee @ #5 Alabama, 2:45pm (ABC) Mel Allen, Lee Giroux

USC @ California, 4:15pm (ABC)

Saturday, October 28

#6 Ohio State @ Wisconsin, 2:15pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

#5 Iowa @ Purdue, 2:15pm (ABC) Bill Flemming, Ray Elliott

Saturday, November 4

Dartmouth @ Yale, 2:00pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

#1 Michigan State @ Minnesota, 2:15pm (ABC) Bill Flemming, Ray Elliott

#10 Missouri @ #8 Colorado, 3:30pm (ABC) Mel Allen, Lee Giroux

Saturday, November 11

#4 LSU @ North Carolina, 1:45pm (ABC) Bill Flemming, Ray Elliott

#5 Minnesota @ Iowa, 2:00pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Wyoming @ New Mexico, 3:45pm (ABC) Mel Allen, Lee Giroux

Saturday, November 18

Oklahoma vs. Army @ Yankee Stadium, 2:00pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

North Carolina @ Duke, 2:00pm (ABC) Mel Allen, Lee Giroux

Illinois @ Wisconsin, 2:15pm (ABC) Bill Flemming, Ray Elliott

Saturday, November 25

#2 Ohio State @ Michigan, 1:15pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Syracuse @ Boston College, 2:00pm (ABC) Bill Flemming, Ray Elliott

Washington State @ Washington, 4:15pm (ABC) Mel Allen, Lee Giroux

Saturday, December 2

Army vs. Navy @ Philadelphia, 1:15pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Saturday, December 16

Liberty Bowl (Philadelphia), Syracuse vs. Miami-FL, 12:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Jim Leaming

Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston), Rice vs. Kansas, 1:45pm (CBS) Jack Drees, Terry Brennan

Miami News 12/10/61

Saturday, December 30

Blue-Gray Football Classic (Montgomery, AL), 1:30pm (NBC) Chuck Thompson, Art Gleeson

Gator Bowl (Jacksonville), Penn State vs. Georgia Tech, 2pm (CBS) Ray Scott, George Connor

East-West Shrine Game (San Francisco), 4:30pm (NBC)

Sun Bowl (El Paso), Villanova vs. Wichita State, 8pm (syndicated) Connie Alexander, Marty Koschmann

_{San Bernardino County Sun 12/30/61}

Monday, January 1

Orange Bowl (Miami), #4 LSU vs. #7 Colorado, 12:45pm (ABC) Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim Simpson

Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), #1 Alabama vs. #9 Arkansas, 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Art Gleeson The State (Columbia SC), 1/1/62

Cotton Bowl (Dallas), #3 Texas vs. #5 Ole Miss, 2:15pm (CBS) Tom Harmon, Johnny Lujack

Rose Bowl (Pasadena), #6 Minnesota vs. UCLA, 4:45pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Braven Dyer