1960 Duke Blue Devils football team

1960 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC champion
Cotton Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
Record	8–3 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach	William D. Murray (10th season)
MVP	Tee Moorman
Captain	Art Browning
Home stadium	Duke Stadium
Seasons ←  1959 1961  →

1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at South Carolina		Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 31–0	37,000	[11]
October 1	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 20–7	25,000	[12]
October 8	at Michigan *		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 6–31	77,183	[13]
October 15	NC State		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 17–13	28,000	[14]
October 22	Clemson		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 21–6	33,000	[15]
October 29	Georgia Tech *	No. 15	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 6–0	40,000	[16]
November 5	No. 4 Navy *	No. 13	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 19–10	46,000	[17]
November 12	at Wake Forest	No. 7	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 34–7	16,500	[18]
November 19	at North Carolina	No. 6	Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 6–7	42,000	[19]
December 3	at UCLA *	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–27	23,357	[20]
January 2, 1961	vs. No. 6 Arkansas	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	W 7–6	74,000	[21]
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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 .