1960 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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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 |
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MVP | Tee Moorman |
Captain | Art Browning |
Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | at South Carolina | W 31–0 | 37,000 | [11] | ||
October 1 | at Maryland | W 20–7 | 25,000 | [12] | ||
October 8 | at Michigan* | L 6–31 | 77,183 | [13] | ||
October 15 | NC State | W 17–13 | 28,000 | [14] | ||
October 22 | Clemson |
| W 21–6 | 33,000 | [15] | |
October 29 | Georgia Tech* | No. 15 |
| W 6–0 | 40,000 | [16] |
November 5 | No. 4 Navy* | No. 13 |
| W 19–10 | 46,000 | [17] |
November 12 | at Wake Forest | No. 7 | W 34–7 | 16,500 | [18] | |
November 19 | at North Carolina | No. 6 | L 6–7 | 42,000 | [19] | |
December 3 | at UCLA* | No. 11 | L 6–27 | 23,357 | [20] | |
January 2, 1961 | vs. No. 6 Arkansas | No. 10 | W 7–6 | 74,000 | [21] | |
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1960 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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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 |
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MVP | Tee Moorman |
Captain | Art Browning |
Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | at South Carolina | W 31–0 | 37,000 | [11] | ||
October 1 | at Maryland | W 20–7 | 25,000 | [12] | ||
October 8 | at Michigan* | L 6–31 | 77,183 | [13] | ||
October 15 | NC State | W 17–13 | 28,000 | [14] | ||
October 22 | Clemson |
| W 21–6 | 33,000 | [15] | |
October 29 | Georgia Tech* | No. 15 |
| W 6–0 | 40,000 | [16] |
November 5 | No. 4 Navy* | No. 13 |
| W 19–10 | 46,000 | [17] |
November 12 | at Wake Forest | No. 7 | W 34–7 | 16,500 | [18] | |
November 19 | at North Carolina | No. 6 | L 6–7 | 42,000 | [19] | |
December 3 | at UCLA* | No. 11 | L 6–27 | 23,357 | [20] | |
January 2, 1961 | vs. No. 6 Arkansas | No. 10 | W 7–6 | 74,000 | [21] | |
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