1960 Marquette Warriors football team

The 1960 Marquette Warriors football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Lisle Blackbourn, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 202 to 101.[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

1960 Marquette Warriors football
ConferenceIndependent
1960 record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
1960 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Rutgers   –    8 –1 –0
No. 4 Navy   –    9 –2 –0
Memphis State   –    8 –2 –0
Detroit   –    7 –2 –0
No. 19 Syracuse   –    7 –2 –0
No. 16 Penn State   –    7 –3 –0
Oregon   –    7 –3 –1
Army   –    6 –3 –1
Oregon State   –    6 –3 –1
Holy Cross   –    6 –4 –0
Houston   –    6 –4 –0
Miami (FL)   –    6 –4 –0
San Jose State   –    5 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –    4 –3 –3
Xavier   –    5 –5 –0
Washington State   –    4 –5 –1
Air Force   –    4 –6 –0
Boston University   –    3 –5 –2
Pacific (CA)   –    4 –6 –0
Boston College   –    3 –6 –1
Florida State   –    3 –6 –1
Marquette   –    3 –6 –0
Colgate   –    2 –7 –0
Notre Dame   –    2 –8 –0
Villanova   –    2 –8 –0
Dayton   –    1 –9 –0
Idaho   –    1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

On December 9, 1960, Marquette announced that, after 78 years of intercollegiate football at Marquette, the sport was being dropped. The university's president, Very Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell noted that the football program had lost $50,000 in the past year and that there was a "reasonable unwillingness to accept the financial hardships imposed by these two sports [football and track] in the light of the other needs of the university."[2] The decision led to a protest by 3,000 students. Coach Lisle called the decision a "terrible mistake" and stated that he was not asked to sit in on any of the meetings and was surprised by the decision.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Villanova
W 23–13
September 24at Pacific (CA)
W 20–0
October 1at Wisconsin
L 6–35
October 8Boston College
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 13–1214,100
October 15at Indiana
L 8–34
October 22Vanderbilt
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 6–2317,100
October 29at Holy CrossWorcester, MAL 0–20
November 4at Detroit
L 12–3212,256[3]
November 12Cincinnati
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 13–3311,200
  • Homecoming

References
  1. "1960 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. "Marquette Drops Football, Track". Chicago Tribune. December 10, 1960. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Jack Berry (November 5, 1960). "Titan Streak Hits Half-Dozen, 32-12". Detroit Free Press. p. 11.
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