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The 1961 RPI Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an independent during the 1961 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Ed Hoffman, the Engineers compiled a 0–7 record, suffered four shutouts, and were outscored by a total of 168 to 24.
The 1961 season was part of a 43-game winless streak. The streak began on October 24, 1959, with a 16–0 loss to Middlebury College and ended six years later on October 23, 1965, with a 28-14 victory over Middlebury. RPI managed only a single tie (20–20 with Nichols College in 1964) during that span.
The team's leaders on offense included quarterback Dick Lundgren, fullback Rod Quirk, halfback Hank Light, and end Ron Leasman.
The team played its home games at '86 Field (a gift from the school's Class of 1886) in Troy, New York. Admission for home games was $1 for adults and 50 cents for children under age 14.