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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 .
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 24 at
South Carolina W 31–037,000
[11]
October 1 at
Maryland W 20–725,000
[12]
October 8 at
Michigan * L 6–3177,183
[13]
October 15
NC State W 17–1328,000
[14]
October 22
Clemson W 21–633,000
[15]
October 29
Georgia Tech * No. 15 W 6–040,000
[16]
November 5 No. 4
Navy * No. 13 W 19–1046,000
[17]
November 12 at
Wake Forest No. 7 W 34–716,500
[18]
November 19 at
North Carolina No. 6 L 6–742,000
[19]
December 3 at
UCLA * No. 11 L 6–2723,357
[20]
January 2, 1961 vs. No. 6
Arkansas No. 10 W 7–674,000
[21]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
References
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"1960 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013 .
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"1960 Duke Blue Devils" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com .
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"Bowl hopes dealt blow by upsets" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. November 20, 1960. p. 4B.
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"UCLA rolls past bowl-bound Duke" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. December 4, 1960. p. 1B.
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"Here's quick look at foes in major bowl games" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1961. p. 1, sports.
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"Third time charm for Arkansas?" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. January 2, 1961. p. 44.
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"Late pass to lonesome end enables Duke to shade Hogs" . Victoria Advocate . (Texas). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 8.
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"Duke eleven nips Arkansas by point on late comeback" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 3B.
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" 'Lonesome' Blue Devil end wins Cotton-picking prize" . Pittsburgh Press . UPI. January 3, 1961. p. 26.
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"Duke vs. Texas Tech" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). December 28, 1989. p. 4B.
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"Duke wallops USC by 31–0" . The Virginian-Pilot . September 25, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Duke mauls Terps, 20–7" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . October 2, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"U-M gives Duke the Devil" . Detroit Free Press . October 9, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Duke edges Wolfpack, 17 to 13" . The Progress-Index . October 16, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Duke beats Clemson, 21–6, in big step toward crown" . Winston-Salem Journal . October 23, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Duke makes final period score to defeat Georgia Tech by 6–0" . The Tampa Tribune . October 30, 1960. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Duke rallies to score 19–10 victory over favored Middies" . The State . November 6, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Aroused Blue Devils rip Deacons, 34–7" . The Greenville News . November 13, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Tar Heels upset Duke, but Devils win ACC championship" . The Rocky Mount Telegram . November 20, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Bowl-bound Duke 11 is blasted by UCLA" . The Sacramento Union . December 4, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Ratliff, Harold V. (January 3, 1961).
"Duke Edges Razorbacks" .
Arizona Daily Star .
Tucson, Arizona .
Associated Press . p. 29. Retrieved June 17, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com
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