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Driscoll (34-for-81, 318 yards, four touchdowns, six interceptions) and steve Humphrey (8-for-40, 166 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions). End John Buttles was the leading receiver with eight catches for 168 yards and one touchdown.
483:(178.5 per game), consisting of 877 rushing yards (110 per game) and 519 passing yards (65 per game). On defense, the Cardinals gave up 2,051 yards by opponents (257 per game), including 1,025 rushing yards (128 per game) and 1,032 passing yards (129 per game).
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The team's rushing leaders were fullback Dave Snyder with 218 rushing yards on 96 carries and halfback Jim
Fergeson with 205 yards on 41 carries. Snyder also led the team in scoring with 18 points on three touchdowns.
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123:, the Cardinals compiled a 1–7 record (0–2 in conference games) and were outscored by a total of 209 to 86.
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613:"Williams Has Little Trouble in Gaining 14-0 Win Over Wesleyan"
667:"Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Wesleyan)"
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590:"Jim Dooney's Alert Play Assures Card Win, 21-20"
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567:"Worcester Tech Tops Wesleyan By 21-20 Count"
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573:. October 22, 1961. p. 2C – via
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551:. October 2, 1961. p. 18 – via
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119:. In their 17th season under head coach
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611:Jerome H. Radding (November 12, 1961).
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636:"Trinity Routs Wesleyan Early, 42-14"
97:1961 Wesleyan Cardinals football team
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1555:Wesleyan Cardinals football seasons
588:Owen Griffith (November 5, 1961).
545:"Middlebury Beats Wesleyan, 20-14"
126:The team played its home games at
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617:The Springfield Sunday Republican
16:American college football season
519:College Football Data Warehouse
634:Bill Lee (November 19, 1961).
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1560:1961 in sports in Connecticut
1550:1961 college football season
117:1961 college football season
717:Wesleyan Cardinals football
27:Wesleyan Cardinals football
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642:. p. 1C – via
619:. p. 4B – via
596:. p. 3C – via
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515:"1961 - Wesleyan (CT)"
47:1–7 (0–2 Little Three)
741:Bowls & rivalries
640:The Hartford Courant
594:The Hartford Courant
571:The Hartford Courant
463:*Non-conference game
99:, also known as the
111:as a member of the
109:Wesleyan University
101:Wesleyan Methodists
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397:Andrus Field
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165:September 30
128:Andrus Field
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121:Norm Daniels
113:Little Three
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59:Norm Daniels
38:Little Three
529:February 8,
419:November 18
412:4,000–5,300
386:November 11
330:Amherst, MA
325:Pratt Field
305:3,000–3,500
239:Coast Guard
115:during the
1544:Categories
498:References
475:Statistics
350:November 4
312:October 28
271:October 21
235:October 14
169:Middlebury
157:Attendance
34:Conference
205:October 7
103:, was an
390:Williams
354:Hamilton
148:Opponent
138:Schedule
775:Seasons
748:Trinity
317:Amherst
210:Bowdoin
80:Seasons
757:People
725:Venues
669:. NCAA
160:Source
154:Result
44:Record
453:6,500
450:14–42
379:3,000
376:21–20
343:6,000
302:20–21
264:3,000
228:5,000
198:3,877
195:14–20
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