1960 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1960 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC champion
Cotton Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Arkansas
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record8–3 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach
MVPTee Moorman
CaptainArt Browning
Home stadium Duke Stadium
Seasons
←  1959
1961  →
1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Duke $ 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
NC State 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
Maryland 5 –2 –06 –4 –0
Clemson 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
South Carolina 3 –3 –13 –6 –1
North Carolina 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Wake Forest 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Virginia 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

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

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 15 NC State
W 17–1328,000 [14]
October 22 Clemson
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 21–633,000 [15]
October 29 Georgia Tech *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 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 Forest No. 7
W 34–716,500 [18]
November 19at North Carolina No. 6
L 6–742,000 [19]
December 3at UCLA *No. 11
L 6–2723,357 [20]
January 2, 1961vs. No. 6 Arkansas No. 10
W 7–674,000 [21]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  5. ↑ "Here's quick look at foes in major bowl games". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1961. p. 1, sports.
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  7. ↑ "Late pass to lonesome end enables Duke to shade Hogs". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 8.
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