Duke at UCLA
Saturday, December 3, 1960 Share
UCLA beat Duke 27–6. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 41°FAttendance 23,357
In the newspapers
Evening star, December 4, 1960, page 37
Read the text
UCLA Drubs 27–6,as Ki|nler Stars LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 tAP) -Hard-running Halfbacks Bill Kilmer and Bobby Smith led UCLA to a 27–6 romp over the Cotton Bowl-bound Duke Blue Devils to wind up the regular college football season in Memortal Coliseum today. Kilmer gained 200 yards today and won the seasons
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
On the newsreel
- UCLA RIPS DUKE, 27-6In Los Angeles, the Duke Blue Devils, on their first West Coast visit since 1939, are battered by UCLA whose smashing attack is spearheaded by Bill Kilmer and Bobby Smith
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
UCLA 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Duke–UCLA gameUCLA leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Duke
- Next gamevs. ArkansasJan. 2, 1961, Cotton Bowl
- SeasonDuke in 1960
- ProgramDuke history and records
UCLA
- Next gamevs. Air ForceSept. 23, 1961
- SeasonUCLA in 1960
- ProgramUCLA history and records