Ohio Football Team History
Ohio Bobcats
 
	
		|  | Ohio University Athens, OH
 Founded: 1804
 Stadium: Peden Stadium
 Capacity: 20,000
 Colors: Green & White
 Coach: Bill Hess
 Conference: Mid-American-
 
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| 1961 Season Highlights |  | Bill Hess enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Ohio. |  |  |  |  | | 
| 1961 Season |  | 
| Date | Opponent | Score |  |  | Sat., Sep. 23 | @
Toledo | 10 | 6 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Sep. 30 | vs.
Kent State | 17 | 23 | L |  |  |  | Sat., Oct. 7 | @ Dayton | 14 | 13 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Oct. 14 | vs. Xavier | 3 | 6 | L |  |  |  | Sat., Oct. 21 | @
Miami Ohio | 28 | 18 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Oct. 28 | @ Delaware | 17 | 16 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Nov. 4 | @
Marshall | 14 | 7 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Nov. 11 | vs.
Bowling Green | 6 | 7 | L |  |  |  | Sat., Nov. 18 | vs.
Western Michigan | 20 | 20 | T |  |  |  |  | 
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| 1961 Season Totals |  | Record | 5-3
-1 |  | Points Scored | 129 |  | Scoring Average | 14.3 |  | Points Allowed | 116 |  | Defense Average | 12.9 |  | Opponents Record | 25-32 |  | Conference Record | 0-0 |  | Home Record | 0-3
-1 |  | Away Record | 5-0 |  | 
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| 1961 NCAA Final Rankings |  
| Rank | Record | Source |  | was not ranked. |  | 
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| 1961 All American Awards |  
| Player | Position | Class | Ht. | Wt. | Award | Team | Source |  | Coming Someday |  
 
| 1961 All Mid-American Conference Players |  
| Player | Position | Class | Ht. | Wt. | Team | Source |  | Coming Someday |  |  | 
 
 
	|  |  | Some records may be incomplete. 
 
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      Great Moments in College Football History
	  
The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.