The 1961 Clemson Tigers football team played ten games during the season and won five out of the ten games.
at Florida* Maryland at North Carolina Wake Forest at Auburn* at Duke Tulane* at South Carolina Furman* NC State W 200 W 356 L 1421 W 216 L 1424 W 177 L 1317 W 270 L 2124 L 1721 
