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1960 Duke

8–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Murray, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1960, game by game: won at South Carolina 31–0; won at Maryland 20–7; lost at Michigan 6–31; won vs. NC State 17–13; won vs. Clemson 21–6; won vs. Georgia Tech 6–0; won vs. No. 4 Navy 19–10; won at Wake Forest 34–7; lost at North Carolina 6–7; lost at UCLA 6–27; won vs. No. 6 Arkansas 7–6+31−25Won 31–0 at South Carolina+31South CarolinaWon 20–7 at Maryland+13MarylandLost 6–31 at Michigan-25MichiganWon 17–13 vs. NC State+4NC StateWon 21–6 vs. Clemson+15ClemsonWon 6–0 vs. Georgia Tech+6Georgia TechWon 19–10 vs. No. 4 Navy+9No. 4 NavyWon 34–7 at Wake Forest+27Wake ForestLost 6–7 at North Carolina-1North CarolinaLost 6–27 at UCLA-21UCLAWon 7–6 vs. No. 6 Arkansas+1No. 6 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atSouth CarolinaW 31–⁠041%
Oct 1atMarylandW 20–⁠747%
Oct 8atMichiganL 6–⁠3150%
Oct 15vsNC StateW 17–⁠1364%
Oct 22vsClemsonW 21–⁠643%
Oct 29vsGeorgia TechW 6–⁠056%
Nov 5vs4NavyW 19–⁠1044%
Nov 12atWake ForestW 34–⁠767%
Nov 19atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠771%
Dec 3atUCLAL 6–⁠2748%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs6ArkansasCotton BowlW 7–⁠641%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 7–⁠6 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 15
  2. Wk 8: 13
  3. Wk 9: 7
  4. Wk 10: 6
  5. Wk 11: 11
  6. Final: 10

Atlantic Coast Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 6
Points
173–⁠114
Coach
Bill Murray
Elo
1601 +113 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.3 No. 32 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Art Browning
Most valuable player
Tee Moorman

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 4Claude Moorman EDallas Texans (AFL)

All-ACC

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Claude “Tee” MoormanEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Dwight BumgarnerOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Art BrowningOGAP-1; UPI-2
  • Mark LeggettBAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Deems (Butch) AllieCUPI-2
  • Joel ArringtonBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Dean WrightBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1960 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1960 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠18–⁠310
NC State4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Maryland5–⁠26–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠53–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠52–⁠8
Virginia0–⁠60–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.