1961 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football team
American college football season
The 1961 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia Wesleyan College of Buckhannon, West Virginia, as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) during the 1961 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Samuel Ross, the Bobcats compiled an 8–1 record (4–1 in WVIAC games), won the WVIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 243 to 64.
After suffering its only loss to Salem on October 7, the team closed its season with a victory over Salem in the West Virginia Bowl which pitted the WVIAC Eastern and Western Division champions and served as the WVIAC championship game.
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