| Year: | 1961 |
| Team: | West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Division: | Western Division |
| Short Conf: | WVIAC |
| Record: | 8–1 |
| Conf Record: | 4–1 |
| Head Coach: | Samuel Ross |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Champion: | WVIAC champion WVIAC Western Division champion |
| Bowl: | West Virginia Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 12–0 vs. |
The 1961 West Virignia Wesleyan Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia Wesleyan College of Buckhannon, West Virginia, as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) during the 1961 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Samuel Ross, the Bobcats compiled an 8–1 record (4–1 in WVIAC games), won the WVIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 243 to 64.[1]
After suffering its only loss to on October 7, the team closed its season with a victory over Salem in the West Virginia Bowl which pitted the WVIAC Eastern and Western Division champions and served as the WVIAC championship game.