1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1960 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 19
1960 record4–4–1 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBernie Allen
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Big Ten Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–4–1 record, finished in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–4 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 212 to 163.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 24No. 8 UCLA*
T 27–27
October 1at No. 12 Notre Dame*
W 51–19
October 8at WisconsinNo. 7
L 13–24
October 15No. 3 Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 24–21
October 22at No. 1 IowaNo. 10
L 14–21
October 29Illinois
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)
L 12–14
November 5at No. 17 Michigan State
L 13–17
November 12at No. 1 Minnesota
W 23–14
November 19Indiana
W 35–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

  • QB Bernie Allen
  • E John Elwell
  • HB Jim Tiller

Game summaries[]

Notre Dame[]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 13 006 19
• Purdue 14 3160 51
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: West Lafayette, IN

Indiana[]

  • Willie Jones 25 rushes, 111 yards [4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "1960 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  4. ^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-02.
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