| Team: | Calgary Stampeders |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Record: | 7–9 |
| Division Place: | 3rd, West |
| General Manager: | Jim Finks |
| Coach: | Bobby Dobbs |
| Stadium: | McMahon Stadium |
| Playoffs: | Lost Western Finals |
| Shortnavlink: | Stampeders seasons |
The 1961 Calgary Stampeders finished in third place in the Western Conference of the Canadian Football League (CFL) with a 7–9 record. They were defeated in the Western Finals by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 360 | 251 | 26 | |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 334 | 257 | 21 | |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 300 | 311 | 14 | |
| 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 211 | 314 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 215 | 393 | 4 |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Venue | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Record | |||||||
| 1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 17–18 | 0–1 | |||||
| 2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 20–10 | 1–1 | |||||
| 3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 15–22 | 1–2 | |||||
| 4 | Ottawa Rough Riders | L 1–32 | 1–3 | |||||
| 5 | Edmonton Eskimos | L 9–10 | 1–4 | |||||
| 6 | BC Lions | W 35–17 | 2–4 | |||||
| 7 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 36–37 | 2–5 | |||||
| 8 | BC Lions | W 28–9 | 3–5 | |||||
| 9 | Toronto Argonauts | L 19–22 | 3–6 | |||||
| 10 | Montreal Alouettes | W 6–2 | 4–6 | |||||
| 11 | Edmonton Eskimos | W 28–21 | 5–6 | |||||
| 12 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 6–25 | 5–7 | |||||
| 13 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 22–17 | 6–7 | |||||
| 14 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 7–42 | 6–8 | |||||
| 15 | Edmonton Eskimos | L 8–20 | 6–9 | |||||
| 16 | BC Lions | W 43–7 | 7–9 |