1960 Washington Huskies football | |
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Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 5 |
AP | No. 6 |
Record | 10–1 (4–0 AAWU) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Bert Clark |
Defensive coordinator | Tom Tipps |
Captain | Game captains |
Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Washington $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 1960 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium. Under fourth-year head coach Jim Owens,[1] Washington was 9–1 in the regular season, 4–0 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), defeated top-ranked Minnesota in the Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents 272 to 107.[2][3] The Helms Athletic Foundation, which considered bowl games in its ranking, awarded the Huskies the national championship.[4][5][6][7]
The University of Washington officially recognized the 1960 football team as national champions in 2007,[8] wearing throwback uniforms in their game vs. USC. A flag was raised over Husky Stadium honoring the team as national champions.[9][10]
Led on the field by senior quarterback Bob Schloredt, an All-American the previous year, the Huskies started the season ranked third. Schloredt broke his collarbone in the fifth game, against UCLA,[11] and did not play again in the regular season.[12][13] 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-bound Navy two weeks earlier in Seattle was the season's only blemish.[14][15] The Huskies returned to the Rose Bowl to meet the top-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference on January 2. A seven-point underdog,[16] sixth-ranked Washington upset Minnesota 17–7 for consecutive Rose Bowl wins.[13][17][18] Schloredt returned at quarterback and was the player of the game for a second straight year.[13][19]
The final rankings in this era were released at the end of the regular season (in late November), prior to the bowl games.[20][21] Washington was ranked fifth and sixth in the respective polls.
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On Sept. 29, 2007, in a ceremony at a game vs. USC, Washington made an official claim to the 1960 national championship
The 1960 team, which lost only to Navy by a score of 15-14, will be honored the week of Washington's home game against USC on Sept. 29. The Huskies will wear throwback uniforms from that season, and a flag will be raised honoring the team as national champion.
Almost 47 years after they played their last game together, the players from that 1960 team will be recognized as national champions by UW this weekend. The team will be honored with a banquet on Friday night – 37 players and coach Jim Owens are expected to attend – and again at halftime of the UW-USC game on Saturday. A flag signifying the team as national champs will be unfurled, and the current Huskies will wear throwback uniforms modeled on the 1960 team.
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