The 1961 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented

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in the 1961 NCAA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They played as members of the

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, as they have since 1936. In 1961, The Citadel won its first Southern Conference championship. After the season, the Bulldogs declined two bowl invitations. The first to be offered was the Tangerine Bowl. The Citadel had appeared in the previous edition of this small-college bowl in

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and elected to decline the repeat trip. Later, the Bulldogs declined an invitation to the

Aviation Bowl The Aviation Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game played at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio, on December 9, 1961, between the New Mexico Lobos and the Western Michigan Broncos. New Mexico won by a score of 28 to 12. Attendance for the ...

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