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Columbia

IVY · 1961 Season · Final

Rebuilding −
Record
6–3
0.667 Win %
Conference
1st
6–1 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
84
1870–1981
All-Time Record
282–382–35
0.428 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#2
1878
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 8 · Top 10: 14 · Top 25: 26
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 15 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 23 seasons · 13 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Columbia head-to-head · History & Eras

1961 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 3Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY0–9W 50–0
7Week 7 · Oct 10Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY5–4L 20–30
8Week 8 · Oct 17Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY4–5W 11–0
9Week 9 · Oct 24Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY6–3W 26–14
10Week 10 · Oct 31LEHIGHUnranked—L 7–14
11Week 11 · Nov 7Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY3–6W 35–7
12Week 12 · Nov 14Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY6–3W 35–14
13Week 13 · Nov 21Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY2–7W 37–6
14Week 14 · Nov 28Rutgers (RUTGERS)H2HIND FBSI9–0L 19–32

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.427
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+17
-4+21
  • Harvard +6
  • Dartmouth +6
  • Yale +4
  • Cornell +3
  • Pennsylvania +2
  • Brown 0
  • Rutgers 0
  • Princeton -4

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #34Better than 76%
Win % Place 28thBetter than 80%

0.667 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#29W14#35Regular Season Final#35Post-Season W1#35Post-Season W2#34Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+50
-10
+11
+12
-7
+28
+21
+31
-13

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#831956#1111957#1081958#921959#731960

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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