1961 Coast Guard Cadets football team

American college football season January 2025 February 2026 1961 Coast Guard Cadets football Independent 4–4 Otto Graham 3rd Jones Field The 1961 Coast Guard Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut, as an independent during the 1961 college football season. In their third year under head coach Otto Graham, the Cadets compiled a 4–4 record.Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1962, p. 103. Guard James Lightner received third-team honors on the 1961 Little All-America college football team.Annual Little All-Americans -- Small College Stars Selected The Shreveport Journal Harold Claassen December 6, 1961 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88758261/annual-little-all-americans-small/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y September 30 at Vermont Centennial Field Burlington, VT L 8-28 4,800 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79151878/sophomore-leads-cats-over-coast-guard/ The Hartford Courant Sophomore leads Cats over Coast Guard, 28–8 October 1, 1961 June 7, 2021 Newspapers.com Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1961 Vermont) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/738/stats/12865 National Collegiate Athletic Association August 1, 2024 October 7 1961 Norwich Cadets Norwich Jones Field New London, CT L 6-7 October 14 at Wesleyan Middletown, CT W 13-9 3,000 October 21 Amherst Jones Field New London, CT L 7-40 2,500–2,700 Unbeaten Amherst Whips Coast Guard 40-7 The Hartford Courant Jimmy Canavelis October 22, 1961 4C https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-unbeaten-amherst-whips/152372088/ Newspapers.com Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1961 Amherst) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/24/stats/12865 National Collegiate Athletic Association January 29, 2025 October 28 Worcester Tech Jones Field New London, CT W 21-14 3,500 C.G. Academy Beats Worcester, 21-14 The Day Jack Cruise October 30, 1961 19 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-cg-academy-beats-worcester-21/152421563/ Newspapers.com November 4 Trinity (CT) Jones Field New London, CT W 20-12 3,500 Coast Guard Academy Shocks Unbeaten Trinity College by 20-12 The New London Day Jack Cruise November 6, 1961 23 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-coast-guard-academy-shocks-unbea/152313878/ Newspapers.com November 11 at RPI '86 Field Troy, NY W 13-0 1,000 Coast Guard Beats RPI By 13-0 The Hartford Courant November 12, 1961 5C https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-coast-guard-beats-rpi-b/152371971/ Newspapers.com November 18 at Tufts Tufts Oval Medford, MA L 8-22 5,500 Tufts Scuttles Coast Guard: Jumbos Grind Out 22-8 Win Over Ground Route The Boston Globe Hy Hurwitz November 19, 1961 72 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-tufts-scuttles-coast-gu/152331016/ Newspapers.com Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1961 Tufts) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/717/stats/12865 National Collegiate Athletic Association July 30, 2024 References Coast Guard Category:Coast Guard Bears football seasons Coast Guard Cadets football