The 1960 Washington Huskies football team represented the
University of Washington
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during the
1960 NCAA University Division football season
The 1960 NCAA University Division football season marked the last time that the University of Minnesota was a national champion on the gridiron. Murray Warmath's Minnesota Gophers were not in the Top 20 in preseason polling, but received the AP ...
. Home games were played on campus in
Seattle
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at
Husky Stadium
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. Under fourth-year head coach
Jim Owens,
Washington was 9–1 in the regular season, 4–0 in the
Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), defeated top-ranked
Minnesota
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in the
Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents 272 to 107.
The
Helms Athletic Foundation
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, which considered bowl games in its ranking, awarded the Huskies the
national championship.
The University of Washington officially recognized the 1960 football team as national champions in
2007
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, wearing
throwback uniforms in their game vs. USC. A flag was raised over
Husky Stadium
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honoring the team as national champions.
Season
Led on the field by senior quarterback
Bob Schloredt
Robert Schloredt (October 2, 1939 – May 16, 2019) was an American football quarterback in the NCAA Division I and CFL and coaching in both the NCAA and World Football League.
Early years
Schloredt was born in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1939 and ...
, an
All-American the
previous year, the Huskies started the season ranked third. Schloredt broke his
collarbone in the fifth game, against
UCLA
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,
and did not play again in the regular season.
Bob Hivner took over as quarterback and won the game plus the next five.
A one-point loss on a last-minute field goal by
Orange Bowl
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-bound
Navy
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two weeks earlier in Seattle was the season's only The Huskies returned to the
Rose Bowl to meet the top-ranked
Minnesota Golden Gophers
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of the
Big Ten Conference
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on January 2. A underdog,
Washington upset Minnesota for consecutive Rose Bowl Schloredt returned at quarterback and was the player of the game for a second straight
The
final rankings in this era were released at the end of the regular season (in late November), prior to the
bowl games.
Washington was ranked fifth and sixth in the respective polls.
Schedule
All-Coast
Professional football draft selections
Six University of Washington Huskies were selected in the
1961 NFL Draft, which lasted 20 rounds with 280 selections. Four Huskies were selected in the
1961 AFL Draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 240 selections;
three of the four were also selected in the NFL draft.
See also
*
College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best coll ...
References
External links
Game program: Washington vs. Washington State at Spokane– November 19, 1960
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Washington
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Washington Huskies football seasons
College football national champions
Pac-12 Conference football champion seasons
Rose Bowl champion seasons
Washington Huskies football
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