1961 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

1961 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record5–4 (3–2 GSC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jack Lestage
  • Don Tippit
  • Hershel Vinyard
Home stadiumTech Stadium
1961 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Southeastern Louisiana + 4 1 09 1 0
No. 10 McNeese State + 4 1 07 2 0
Northwestern State 3 2 07 3 0
Louisiana Tech 3 2 05 4 0
Northeast Louisiana State 1 4 03 7 0
Southwestern Louisiana 0 5 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1961 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1961 college football season. In their twenty-first year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–2 in conference games) and outscored opponents by a total of 156 to 109.

The team played its home games at Tech Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana.