1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
National Champions
Big Ten Co-Champions
Rose Bowl, Lost, 7-17
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #1
AP #1
1960 record 8-2 (6-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath (7th year)
MVP Tom Brown
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1959 1961 »
1960 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Minnesota + 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
#3 Iowa + 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
#8 Ohio State 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
#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
#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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1960 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 8-2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 228 to 88.[1] The Gophers won their seventh and most recent national title.[2] The team finished first in both the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) polls. The voting was held prior to the Gophers' loss to Washington in the 1961 Rose Bowl.

Guard Tom Brown received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Brown was also a consensus first-team All-American, won the Outland Trophy, finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting, and received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, given to the Big Ten most valuable player. Brown, end Tom Hall and center Greg Larson were named All-Big Ten first team. Tackle Frank Brixius was named an Academic All-American and Academic All-Big Ten.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 334,954, which averaged to 55,825. The season high for attendance was against Illinois.[4]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
09/24/1960 at #12 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE W 26-14   38,000
10/01/1960 Indiana #18 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 42-0   53,725
10/08/1960 Northwestern #14 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 7-0   57,096
10/15/1960 Illinois #10 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 21-10   63,641
10/22/1960 at Michigan #6 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 10-0   69,352
10/29/1960 Kansas State* #6 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 48-7   43,568
11/05/1960 #1 Iowa #3 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 27-10   65,610
11/12/1960 Purdue #1 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 23-14   61,348
11/19/1960 Wisconsin #4 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 26-7   55,576
01/02/1961 vs. #6 Washington* #1 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA L 17-7   97,314
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

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