1961 Air Force Falcons football team

1961 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
CaptainBob McDonough
Home stadiumDU Stadium
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

The 1961 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the 1961 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ben Martin, the Falcons played their home games at DU Stadium in Denver, Colorado. They were outscored by their opponents 173–87 and finished with a record of 3–7.

Both Army and Navy were off of Air Force's schedule this season and the next, when the new Falcon Stadium opened.