1961 Pacific Tigers football team

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The 1961 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1961 college football season.

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1961 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons
 1960
1962 
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1961 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Arizona    8 1 1
Westminster (UT)    7 1 1
La Verne    7 2 0
Idaho State    5 2 1
San Francisco    4 2 0
Cal Poly Pomona    6 3 0
San Jose State    6 4 0
Eastern New Mexico    6 4 0
Los Angeles Pacific    5 3 0
Montana State    4 3 1
Pacific (CA)    5 4 0
Azusa    4 3 0
Oregon State    5 5 0
Santa Clara    3 3 0
Oregon    4 6 0
Claremont    3 6 0
Air Force    3 7 0
Washington State    3 7 0
Cal Western    3 7 0
Idaho    2 7 0
San Diego    2 8 0
Southern California College    1 5 0
UC Riverside    1 7 0
Pepperdine    1 9 0
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Pacific competed as an independent in 1961. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. In their first season under head coach John Rohde, the Tigers finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). For the season they outscored their opponents 200–187.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Long Beach StateW 12–76,500[1]
September 22at San Jose StateL 0–16
September 29at San DiegoW 40–7
October 7Fresno State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 19–2010,000[2]
October 14New Mexico StateL 19–70
October 21San Diego Marines[note 4]
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 12–95,000[3][4]
October 28Los Angeles State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 45–27
November 4at IdahoW 27–25,800[5][6]
November 11San Jose State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 26–29
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Team players in the NFL

No College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1962 NFL draft.[8][9][10]

The following finished their college career at Pacific, were not drafted, but played in the NFL starting with the 1962 season.

PlayerPositionFirst AFL team
Bobby ReedHalfback1962 Minnesota Vikings

Notes

  1. University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
  2. Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
  3. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Memorial Stadium on the New Mexico State campus, which was opened for the 1978 season
  4. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams from 1922 to 1964.

References

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