1960 Northwestern Wildcats football team
1960 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1960 record | 5–4 (3–4 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Ara Parseghian (5th season) |
MVP | Mike Stock |
Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1][2]
The team's offensive leaders were Dick Thornton with 901 passing yards, Mike Stock with 536 rushing yards, and Elbert Kimbrough with 378 receiving yards.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 24 | at Oklahoma* | No. 14 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | W 19–3 | |||||
October 1 | No. 8 Iowa | No. 6 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | L 0–42 | |||||
October 8 | at No. 14 Minnesota | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota | L 0–7 | ||||||
October 15 | at Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan | L 7–14 | ||||||
October 22 | Notre Dame* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry) | W 7–6 | ||||||
October 29 | at Indiana | Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | W 21–3 | ||||||
November 5 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin | W 21–0 | ||||||
November 12 | No. 13 Michigan State | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | L 18–21 | ||||||
November 19 | Illinois | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry) | W 14–7 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
References
- ↑ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ "1960 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ "1960 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
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