1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–4–1 record, finished in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–4 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 212 to 163.[1][2]

1960 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 19
1960 record	4–4–1 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf (5th season)
MVP	Bernie Allen
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1960 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Iowa +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Purdue	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 24	No. 8 UCLA*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	T 27–27
October 1	at No. 12 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 51–19
October 8	at Wisconsin	No. 7	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 13–24
October 15	No. 3 Ohio State		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 24–21
October 22	at No. 1 Iowa	No. 10	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–21
October 29	Illinois		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	L 12–14
November 5	at No. 17 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 13–17
November 12	at No. 1 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 23–14
November 19	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 35–6
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

• QB Bernie Allen
• E John Elwell
• HB Jim Tiller

Game summaries

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame 13 0 0 6 19 • Purdue 14 31 6 0 51 Date: October 1 Location: West Lafayette, IN Source:

Scoring summary 1 PUR Elwell 44-yard pass from Guttman (Allen kick) PUR 7-0 1 ND Scarpitto 64-yard run (kick failed) PUR 7-6 1 PUR Winters 78-yard run (Allen kick) PUR 14-6 1 ND Dabiero 24-yard pass from Haffner (Perkowski kick) PUR 14-13 2 PUR Mayoras 1-yard run (Allen kick) PUR 21-13 2 PUR Allen 24-yard field goal PUR 24-13 2 PUR Yakubowski 1-yard run (Allen kick) PUR 31-13 2 PUR Tiller 30-yard pass from Allen (Allen kick) PUR 38-13 2 PUR Tiller 66-yard punt return (Allen kick) PUR 45-13 3 PUR Allen 6-yard run (kick blocked) PUR 51-13 4 ND Lamonica 7-yard run (run failed) PUR 51-19

Indiana

• Willie Jones 25 rushes, 111 yards [4]

References

1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
2. "1960 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
4. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-02.