1960 Duke Blue Devils football team
American college football season
1960 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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ACC champion
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Cotton Bowl
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Arkansas
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 11 |
AP | No. 10 |
Record | 8–3 (5–1 ACC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Tee Moorman |
Captain | Art Browning |
Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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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 | ||
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The 1960 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1960 NCAA University Division 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
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | at South Carolina | W 31–0 | 37,000 | |||
October 1 | at Maryland | W 20–7 | 25,000 | |||
October 8 | at Michigan * | L 6–31 | 77,183 | |||
October 15 | NC State | W 17–13 | 28,000 | |||
October 22 | Clemson |
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W 21–6 | 33,000 | ||
October 29 |
Georgia Tech
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No. 15 |
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W 6–0 | 40,000 | |
November 5 | No. 4 Navy * | No. 13 |
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W 19–10 | 46,000 | |
November 12 | at Wake Forest | No. 7 | W 34–7 | 16,500 | ||
November 19 | at North Carolina | No. 6 | L 6–7 | 42,000 | ||
December 3 | at UCLA * | No. 11 | L 6–27 | 23,357 | [11] | |
January 2, 1961 | vs. No. 6 Arkansas | No. 10 | W 7–6 | 74,000 | [12] | |
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References
- ↑ "1960 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary" . sports-reference.com . Retrieved January 22, 2013 .
- ↑ "1960 Duke Blue Devils" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com .
- ↑ "Bowl hopes dealt blow by upsets" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. November 20, 1960. p. 4B.
- ↑ "UCLA rolls past bowl-bound Duke" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. December 4, 1960. p. 1B.
- ↑ "Here's quick look at foes in major bowl games" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1961. p. 1, sports.
- ↑ "Third time charm for Arkansas?" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. January 2, 1961. p. 44.
- ↑ "Late pass to lonesome end enables Duke to shade Hogs" . Victoria Advocate . (Texas). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 8.
- ↑ "Duke eleven nips Arkansas by point on late comeback" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 3B.
- ↑ " 'Lonesome' Blue Devil end wins Cotton-picking prize" . Pittsburgh Press . UPI. January 3, 1961. p. 26.
- ↑ "Duke vs. Texas Tech" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). December 28, 1989. p. 4B.
- ↑ "UCLA jolts bowl-bound duke" . The Washington Post . December 4, 1960. ProQuest 141098193 .
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Ratliff, Harold V. (January 3, 1961).
"Duke Edges Razorbacks"
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Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson, Arizona
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Associated Press
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