Texas Christian Football Team History
Texas Christian Horned Toads
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
Founded: 1873 Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium Capacity: 46,000 Colors: Purple & White Coach: Othol Abe Martin Conference: Southwest-
1961 Season Highlights
Othol Abe Martin enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Texas Christian.
1961 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 23 vs.
Kansas
17
16
W
Sat., Sep. 30 @
Ohio State
7
7
T
Sat., Oct. 7 @
Arkansas
3
28
L
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Oct. 14 @
Texas Tech
0
10
L
Sat., Oct. 21 vs.
Texas A&M
15
14
W
Sat., Nov. 4 @
Baylor
14
28
L
Fri., Nov. 10 @
UCLA
7
28
L
Sat., Nov. 18 @
Texas
6
0
W
Sat., Nov. 25 vs.
Rice
16
35
L
Sat., Dec. 2 vs.
Southern Methodist
28
28
T
1961 Season Totals
Record 3-5
-2
Points Scored 113
Scoring Average 11.3
Points Allowed 194
Defense Average 19.4
Opponents Record 63-38
Conference Record 2-4
Home Record 2-1
-1
Away Record 1-4
-1
1961 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1961 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1961 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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