1961 Northwest Conference football season

1961 Northwest Conference football season
SportFootball
Number of teams6
ChampionLinfield
1961 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Linfield $^ 5 0 010 1 0
Lewis & Clark 3 2 06 3 0
College of Idaho 3 2 05 4 0
Willamette 3 2 04 4 0
Whitman 1 4 01 7 0
Pacific (OR) 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1961 Northwest Conference football season was the season of college football played by the six member schools of the Northwest Conference (NWC) as part of the 1961 college football season. The 1961 Linfield Wildcats football team won the conference championship with an undefeated 9–0 record in the regular season. They advanced to the NAIA playoffs where they defeated Whittier in the semifinals and lost to Pittsburg State in the Camellia Bowl, the NAIA national championship game.