1961 Chico State Wildcats football team
Appearance
1961 Chico State Wildcats football | |
---|---|
Conference | Far Western Conference |
Record | 4–6 (0–5 FWC) |
Head coach |
|
Home stadium | College Field |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13/16 Humboldt State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Davis | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chico State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1961 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as California State University, Chico—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1961 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach George Maderos, Chico State compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 233 to 162 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at College Field in Chico, California.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 16 | Southern Oregon* |
| W 27–7 | 3,800 | [1] |
September 23 | Pepperdine* |
| W 27–16 | 3,850 | |
September 30 | Pacific (OR)* |
| W 20–17 | 3,700 | |
October 7 | at Nevada | L 6–27 | 2,500 | ||
October 14 | at Linfield* |
| L 7–34 | 1,200 | [3] |
October 21 | Sacramento State |
| L 10–14 | 6,600 | |
October 28 | at Santa Clara* |
| W 21–19 | 3,000 | |
November 4 | Humboldt State |
| L 12–29 | 5,000 | [4] |
November 10 | at UC Davis | L 7–28 | 4,000 | ||
November 18 | San Francisco State |
| L 25–42 | 5,000 | |
|
Notes
[edit]- ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eddie Booth (September 18, 1961). "Wildcats Throttle Red Raiders, 27-0". Enterprise-Record. pp. 4B, 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ "Linfield Smacks Chico State '11'". The Oregon Statesman. October 15, 1961. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Don Terbush (November 6, 1961). "HSC Drubs Chico State; Homecoming Tilt Saturday". Eureka Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. p. 21. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 20, 2022.