University of Tennessee Athletics
1961 Football Schedule
Overall6-40.600
Conference4-30.571
StreakW2
Home5-2
Away1-2
Neutral0-0
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Auburn | Knoxville (Shields-Watkins Field) | L 21-24 | |
| Oct 7 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Mississippi State | Knoxville (Shields-Watkins Field) | Homecoming | W 17-3 |
| Oct 14 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Tulsa | Knoxville (Shields-Watkins Field) | W 52-6 | |
| Oct 21 (Sat) | TBA | Away | #5 Alabama | Birmingham, Al | L 3-34 | |
| Oct 28 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Chattanooga | Knoxville (Shields-Watkins Field) | W 20-7 | |
| Nov 4 (Sat) | TBA | Away | North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | L 21-22 | |
| Nov 11 (Sat) | TBA | Home | #9 Georgia Tech | Knoxville (Shields-Watkins Field) | W 10-6 | |
| Nov 18 (Sat) | TBA | Home | #6 Ole Miss | Memphis, MS | L 10-24 | |
| Nov 25 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Kentucky | Lexington, KY | W 26-16 | |
| Dec 2 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Vanderbilt | Knoxville (Shields-Watkins Field) | W 41-7 |