Claim: The 1961 Clemson Tigers football team played ten games during the season and won five out of the ten games.
Evidence: at Florida* Maryland at North Carolina Wake Forest at Auburn* at Duke Tulane* at South Carolina Furman* NC State W 20–0 W 35–6 L 14–21 W 21–6 L 14–24 W 17–7 L 13–17 W 27–0 L 21–24 L 17–21