The 1961 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1961 college football season.
In their sixth year under head coach Wade Walker, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished 10th in the SEC.
After the season, Wade Walker was fired as head coach, but continued to be the athletic director.
[1] This was the first season that Mississippi State athletic teams were known as the Bulldogs.
This college football 1960s season article is a stub.