The 1961 Clemson Tigers football team, which represented the second-largest university in student population in South Carolina, played ten games during the season and won five out of the ten games.
The 1961 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. 55 (33 ACC) Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in student population in South Carolina. 
