1960 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1960 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils were Atlantic Coast Conference champions, and won the Cotton Bowl by a point over favored Arkansas.

1960 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC champion
Cotton Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record8–3 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach
  • William D. Murray (10th season)
MVPTee Moorman
CaptainArt Browning
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Duke $ 5 1 08 3 0
NC State 4 1 16 3 1
Maryland 5 2 06 4 0
Clemson 4 2 06 4 0
South Carolina 3 3 13 6 1
North Carolina 2 5 03 7 0
Wake Forest 2 5 02 8 0
Virginia 0 6 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

It was Duke's sixth and most recent major bowl appearance, and its only trip to the Cotton Bowl. The program's next bowl was nearly three decades away, in 1989, and the next bowl win came in 2015.

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