1961 CFL Season Standings |
| Previous Season • Next Season • Draft |
| *playoff team |
| Grey Cup Champion: Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Eastern Football Conference | W | L | T | PTS | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Away | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats* | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | .714 | 340 | 293 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 |
| Ottawa Rough Riders* | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | .571 | 359 | 285 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 |
| Toronto Argonauts* | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | .536 | 255 | 258 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .321 | 213 | 225 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .357 |
| Western Interprovincial Football Union | W | L | T | PTS | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Away | ||||||
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers* | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | .813 | 360 | 251 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Edmonton Eskimos* | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | .656 | 334 | 257 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 |
| Calgary Stampeders* | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | .438 | 300 | 311 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | .344 | 211 | 314 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .438 |
| British Columbia Lions | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .125 | 215 | 393 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 |