1960 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1960 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record0–10 (0–6 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Marlow, Fred Shepherd, Louis Martig [1]
Home stadium Scott 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 [2]

The 1960 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by third-year head coach Dick Voris and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in last. Virginia finished without a win for the second consecutive year and extended their losing streak to 28 games, tying the NCAA record set between 1945 and 1948 by the Kansas State Wildcats. [3] Voris, who managed just one win in three seasons at Virginia, resigned as head coach at the end of the season. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24vs. William & Mary *L 21–417,000 [5]
October 1at NC State L 7–2614,500 [6]
October 8at No. 8 Clemson L 7–2114,000 [7]
October 15 VMI *L 16–3021,000 [8]
October 22vs. VPI *L 6–4020,000 [9]
October 29 Wake Forest Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 20–2812,000 [10]
November 12at No. 8 Navy *L 6–4120,208 [11]
November 19 Maryland
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
L 12–4414,500 [12]
November 26 North Carolina
L 8–358,000 [13]
December 3at South Carolina L 0–2614,000 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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