1960 Duke Blue Devils football team

1960 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC champion
Cotton Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record8–3 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach
MVPTee Moorman
CaptainArt Browning
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Duke $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
NC State 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Maryland 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Clemson 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Virginia 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1960 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1960 college football season.[2] Led by eighth-year head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils were Atlantic Coast Conference champions,[3][4][5][6] and won the Cotton Bowl by a point over favored Arkansas.[7][8][9]

It was Duke's sixth and most recent major bowl appearance, and its only trip to the Cotton Bowl. The program's next bowl was nearly three decades away, in 1989,[10] and the next bowl win came in 2015.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at South Carolina
W 31–037,000[11]
October 1at Maryland
W 20–725,000[12]
October 8at Michigan*
L 6–3177,183[13]
October 15NC State
W 17–1328,000[14]
October 22Clemson
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 21–633,000[15]
October 29Georgia Tech*daggerNo. 15
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 6–040,000[16]
November 5No. 4 Navy*No. 13
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 19–1046,000[17]
November 12at Wake ForestNo. 7
W 34–716,500[18]
November 19at North CarolinaNo. 6
L 6–742,000[19]
December 3at UCLA*No. 11
L 6–2723,357[20]
January 2, 1961vs. No. 6 ArkansasNo. 10
W 7–674,000[21]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1960 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "1960 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Bowl hopes dealt blow by upsets". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 20, 1960. p. 4B.
  4. ^ "UCLA rolls past bowl-bound Duke". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 4, 1960. p. 1B.
  5. ^ "Here's quick look at foes in major bowl games". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1961. p. 1, sports.
  6. ^ "Third time charm for Arkansas?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 2, 1961. p. 44.
  7. ^ "Late pass to lonesome end enables Duke to shade Hogs". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Duke eleven nips Arkansas by point on late comeback". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 3B.
  9. ^ "'Lonesome' Blue Devil end wins Cotton-picking prize". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 3, 1961. p. 26.
  10. ^ "Duke vs. Texas Tech". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). December 28, 1989. p. 4B.
  11. ^ "Duke wallops USC by 31–0". The Virginian-Pilot. September 25, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Duke mauls Terps, 20–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 2, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "U-M gives Duke the Devil". Detroit Free Press. October 9, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Duke edges Wolfpack, 17 to 13". The Progress-Index. October 16, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Duke beats Clemson, 21–6, in big step toward crown". Winston-Salem Journal. October 23, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Duke makes final period score to defeat Georgia Tech by 6–0". The Tampa Tribune. October 30, 1960. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Duke rallies to score 19–10 victory over favored Middies". The State. November 6, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Aroused Blue Devils rip Deacons, 34–7". The Greenville News. November 13, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Tar Heels upset Duke, but Devils win ACC championship". The Rocky Mount Telegram. November 20, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Bowl-bound Duke 11 is blasted by UCLA". The Sacramento Union. December 4, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Ratliff, Harold V. (January 3, 1961). "Duke Edges Razorbacks". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. Associated Press. p. 29. Retrieved June 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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