1961 university of notre dame football team roster

The 1961 roster for Notre Dame included Bill Ahern, Wayne Allen, George Bednar, Bob Bill and Mickey Bitsko.

	NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
1	40	Bill Ahern B. Ahern	FB	6'0"	195	JR
2	59	Wayne Allen W. Allen	OL	6'1"	202	SO
3	63	George Bednar G. Bednar	OL	6'3"	240	SO
4	71	Bob Bill B. Bill	OL	6'2"	228	SR
5	61	Mickey Bitsko M. Bitsko	OL	6'1"	200	SO
6	86	Brian Boulac B. Boulac	TE	6'4"	195	JR
7	2	Frank Budka F. Budka	QB	6'0"	185	SO
8	64	Nick Buoniconti N. Buoniconti	OL	5'11"	205	SR
9	51	Ed Burke E. Burke	OL	6'1"	240	JR
10	57	Bill Burns B. Burns	OL	6'1"	200	SO
11		Don Costa D. Costa	RB
12	45	Paul Costa P. Costa	RB	6'4"	230	SO
13	70	Jack Cullen J. Cullen	OL	6'4"	220	SO
14	44	Angelo Dabiero A. Dabiero	RB	5'8"	165	SR
15	67	Nick Depola N. Depola	OL	6'2"	210	JR
16	69	Mike DiCarlo M. DiCarlo	OL	5'10"	205	SO
17	42	Joe Farrell J. Farrell	RB	6'0"	200	SO
18	88	Bill Ford B. Ford	TE	6'2"	200	SR
19	93	Tom Goberville T. Goberville	OL	6'3"	200	SO
20	58	Frank Grau F. Grau		6'2"	210	SR
21	37	Gerry Gray G. Gray	FB	6'2"	195	JR
22	53	Tom Hecomovich T. Hecomovich	OL	6'3"	210	SR
23	54	Ed Hoerster E. Hoerster	OL	6'1"	210	JR
24	75	David Humenik D. Humenik	OL	6'3"	225	SO
25	31	Joe Kantor J. Kantor	FB	6'1"	190	SO

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More Notre Dame Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,639

Carr

RUSH

426

Walton

REC

451

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

41.1

5th

OPP PPG

13.4

7th

RUSH YDS/G

183.4

49th

PASS YDS/G

261.7

39th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	ND	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	BC	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	SMU	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 11/28	ND	@	SYR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

6 - 1

Final

BYU

6 - 0

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125