1961 Jackson State Tigers football team

1961 Jackson State Tigers football
SWAC champion
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record9–2 (6–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
1961 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Jackson State $ 6 1 09 2 0
Grambling 5 2 08 2 0
Southern 5 2 07 3 0
Texas Southern 5 2 06 3 0
Prairie View A&M 3 4 05 4 1
Wiley 2 4 14 4 1
Arkansas AM&N 1 5 13 6 1
Texas College 0 7 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1961 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson College for Negro Teachers (now known as Jackson State University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1961 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–2, with a conference record of 6–1, and finished as SWAC champion.

Back Roy Curry received third-team honors on the 1961 Little All-America college football team.