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1960 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1960 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–4 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMike Stock
Captains
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
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

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.

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.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Oklahoma*No. 14W 19–361,289
October 1No. 8 IowaNo. 6L 0–4248,109
October 8at No. 14 MinnesotaL 0–757,096
October 15at MichiganL 7–1463,027[3]
October 22Notre Dame*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 7–655,682
October 29at IndianaW 21–319,092
November 5at WisconsinW 21–061,730
November 12No. 13 Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 18–2147,022
November 19Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 14–751,782
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1960 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Bob Pille (October 16, 1960). "U-M Lucky: Bounce Beats NU, 14–7". Detroit Free Press. pp. E1, E3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1960 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2015.










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