1960 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
| 1960 Arkansas Razorbacks football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 6–7 vs. Duke | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| 1960 record | 8–3 (6–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Frank Broyles (3rd year) |
| Captain | Steve Butler |
| Captain | Wayne Harris |
| Home stadium |
Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 Arkansas $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Baylor | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice] | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1960 college football season. In their third year under head coach Frank Broyles, the Razorbacks compiled an 8–3 record (6–1 against SWC opponents), won the SWC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 185 to 87.[1] The Razorbacks' only losses during the regular season came against Baylor by a 28–14 score and to Mississippi by a 10–7 score. The team was ranked #7 in both the final AP Poll and the final UPI Coaches Poll and went on to lose to Duke in the 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic by a 23–14 score.[2]
Lineman Wayne Harris was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team player on the 1960 All-America Team. He was also honored as a second-team player by the UPI. Halfback Lance Alworth was recognized as a third-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 17, 1960 | Oklahoma State* | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | W 9–0 | ||||||
| September 24, 1960 | Tulsa* | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | W 48–7 | ||||||
| October 1, 1960 | at TCU | No. 14 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX | W 7–0 | |||||
| October 8, 1960 | No. 20 Baylor | No. 9 | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | L 14–28 | |||||
| October 15, 1960 | at No. 11 Texas | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) | W 24–23 | ||||||
| October 22, 1960 | No. 2 Ole Miss* | No. 14 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Rivalry) | L 7–10 | |||||
| October 29, 1960 | at Texas A&M | No. 12 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 7–3 | |||||
| November 5, 1960 | No. 10 Rice | No. 16 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | W 3–0 | |||||
| November 12, 1960 | SMU | No. 9 | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | W 26–3 | |||||
| November 19, 1960 | Texas Tech* | No. 7 | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX | W 34–6 | |||||
| January 2, 1961 | No. 10 Duke* | No. 7 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | L 6–7 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "1960 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.