1960 Duke Blue Devils football team

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]

1960 Duke Blue Devils football
Cotton Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
1960 record8–3 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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]

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
DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 24at South Carolina
W 31–0
October 1at Maryland
W 20–7
October 8at Michigan*
L 6–31
October 15NC State
W 17–13
October 22Clemson
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
W 21–6
October 29Georgia Tech*No. 15
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
W 6–0
November 5No. 4 Navy*No. 13
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
W 19–10
November 12at Wake ForestNo. 7
W 34–7
November 19at North CarolinaNo. 6
L 6–7
December 3at UCLA*No. 11
L 6–27
January 2, 1961vs. No. 6 ArkansasNo. 11
W 7–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • 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.
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