1961 Panhandle A&M Aggies football team

1961 Panhandle A&M Aggies football
All Sports Bowl, W 28–14 vs. Langston
ConferenceOklahoma Collegiate Conference
Record9–2 (4–1 OCC)
Head coach
  • Oscar Williams (11th season)
1961 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Central State (OK) + 6 1 09 1 0
Langston + 6 1 08 2 0
No. 11 Panhandle A&M 4 1 09 2 0
East Central 3 4 05 5 0
SE Oklahoma State 2 4 04 6 0
Northeastern State 2 4 03 6 0
SW Oklahoma State 2 5 02 8 0
NW Oklahoma State 1 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1961 Panhandle A&M Aggies football team, sometimes also known as the Plainsmen, was an American football team that represented Panhandle A&M College (now known as Oklahoma Panhandle State University) as a member of the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference (OCC) during the 1961 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Oscar Williams, the Aggies compiled a 9–2 record (4–1 in conference games), outscored opponents by a total of 315 to 178, and finished in third place in the OCC.

After losing the first two games of the season, the Aggies won nine consecutive games. The winning streak included: (i) a victory over Langston in the inaugural All Sports Bowl; (ii) sa season-high 60 points against New Mexico Western, including 34 points in the second quarter; (iii) a 56–0 victory over otherwise undefeated Peru State, the worste defeat suffered by a Peru State team since 1942.

The team was inducted into the Oklahoma Panhandle State Hall of Fame in 2011.