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
ACC champion
Cotton Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
1960 record	8–3 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach	William D. Murray (8th season)
Home stadium	Duke Stadium

1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	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]

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
September 24	at South Carolina		Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	W 31–0
October 1	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	W 20–7
October 8	at Michigan*		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 6–31
October 15	NC State		Duke Stadium Durham, North Carolina	W 17–13
October 22	Clemson		Duke Stadium Durham, North Carolina	W 21–6
October 29	Georgia Tech*	No. 15	Duke Stadium Durham, North Carolina	W 6–0
November 5	No. 4 Navy*	No. 13	Duke Stadium Durham, North Carolina	W 19–10
November 12	at Wake Forest	No. 7	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 34–7
November 19	at North Carolina	No. 6	Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina	L 6–7
December 3	at UCLA*	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 6–27
January 2, 1961	vs. No. 6 Arkansas	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl)	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.