1961 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–9
Head coach
Home stadiumSentinel Field
1961 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wheaton (IL)   –  8 –0 –0
Tampa   –  8 –1 –0
Mississippi Southern   –  8 –2 –0
Howard (AL)   –  7 –2 –0
Southern Connecticut State   –  7 –2 –0
Arlington State   –  7 –3 –0
Northern Michigan   –  6 –2 –0
Sewanee   –  5 –2 –1
Cal Poly Pomona   –  6 –3 –0
Louisville   –  6 –3 –0
Montana State   –  4 –3 –1
Drake   –  5 –4 –0
Pacific (CA)   –  5 –4 –0
Wabash   –  5 –4 –0
Northeastern   –  4 –4 –0
Santa Clara   –  3 –3 –0
Buffalo   –  4 –5 –0
Norfolk State   –  3 –4 –0
Abilene Christian   –  4 –6 –0
Chattanooga   –  4 –6 –0
North Park   –  3 –5 –0
Union (NY)   –  3 –5 –0
Arkansas State   –  3 –6 –0
Trinity (TX)   –  2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  1 –7 –0
UC Riverside   –  1 –7 –0
Pepperdine   –  1 –9 –0
Rose Poly   –  0 –8 –0
Washington University   –  0 –9 –0
Rankings from AP poll

The 1961 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Pence Dacus. The Waves played home games at Sentinel Field on the campus of Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. Pepperdine finished the season with a record of 1–9 for the second year in a row.

On December 20, 1961, Pepperdine announced that it was dropping its football team due to financial considerations. In its 16 years of existence, the Waves football team compiled an overall 64–79–2 record, for a .448 winning percentage.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Sacramento State
L 0–21
September 23at Chico State
L 16–27
September 30New Mexico Highlands
L 16–18
October 7Whittier
L 11–28
October 14at San Diego
L 0–13
October 21at Cal Poly Pomona
L 14–262,500[2]
October 28Cal Western[note 2]
  • Balboa Stadium ?
  • San Diego, CA
W 16–9
November 4San Diego State
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
L 6–219,000[3]
November 10at UC Santa Barbara
L 14–19
November 18Long Beach State
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
L 15–221,500[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. ↑ Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.

References

  1. ↑ "Pepperdine Drops Football Team". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 21, 1961. p. IV-1. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ Howard Hagen (November 5, 1961). "Fast Aztec Start Rips Waves". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
  4. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ "1961 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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