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1960 Marquette Warriors football team

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1960 Marquette Warriors football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1960 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Navy     9 2 0
Memphis State     8 2 0
Detroit     7 2 0
No. 19 Syracuse     7 2 0
No. 16 Penn State     7 3 0
Oregon     7 3 1
Army     6 3 1
Oregon State     6 3 1
Holy Cross     6 4 0
Houston     6 4 0
Miami (FL)     6 4 0
San Jose State     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     4 3 3
Xavier     5 5 0
Washington State     4 5 1
Air Force     4 6 0
Boston University     3 5 2
Pacific (CA)     4 6 0
Boston College     3 6 1
Florida State     3 6 1
Marquette     3 6 0
Colgate     2 7 0
Notre Dame     2 8 0
Villanova     2 8 0
Dayton     1 9 0
Idaho     1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Marquette Warriors football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1960 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Lisle Blackbourn, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 202 to 101.[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

On December 9, 1960, Marquette announced that, after 78 years of intercollegiate football at Marquette, the sport was being dropped.[2] The university's president, Very Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell noted that the football program had lost $50,000 in the past year and that there was a "reasonable unwillingness to accept the financial hardships imposed by these two sports [football and track] in the light of the other needs of the university."[3] The decision led to a protest by 3,000 students. Coach Lisle called the decision a "terrible mistake" and stated that he was not asked to sit in on any of the meetings and was surprised by the decision.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17VillanovaW 23–13
September 24at Pacific (CA)W 20–0
October 1at WisconsinL 6–35
October 8Boston College
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 13–1214,100
October 15at IndianaL 8–3427,000
October 22Vanderbiltdagger
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 6–2317,100[4]
October 29at Holy CrossL 0–208,000[5]
November 4at DetroitL 12–3212,256[6]
November 12Cincinnati
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 13–3311,200
  • daggerHomecoming

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "1960 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Marquette gridders, coaches bewildered over drop move". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 11, 1960. p. 2B.
  3. ^ a b "Marquette Drops Football, Track". Chicago Tribune. December 10, 1960. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Vanderbilt tips Marquette 23–6". The Racine Journal-Times. October 23, 1960. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Keane, Clif (October 30, 1960). "McCarthy Sparks HC over Marquette, 20-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Holy Cross Rips Marquette, 20-0". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Okla. October 30, 1960. p. E3.
  6. ^ Jack Berry (November 5, 1960). "Titan Streak Hits Half-Dozen, 32-12". Detroit Free Press. p. 11.