1960 Missouri Tigers football team

1960 Missouri Tigers football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, W 21-14 vs Navy Midshipmen
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#4
AP	#5
1960 record	11-0 (7-0 Big 8)
Head coach	Dan Devine
Home stadium	Faurot Field

1960 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Missouri $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#11 Kansas	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Includes Kansas' forfeits against Colorado and Missouri. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 1960 college football season and were the 1960 Orange Bowl Champions. This season included one of the most famous Missouri vs. Kansas matchups in history. During the matchup, Kansas used an ineligible player, Bert Coan and thus the win was officially awarded to Missouri, bringing their record to 11-0 instead of 10-1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	SMU*		Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 20-0	26,500
September 24	Oklahoma State	#16	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 28-7	26,000
October 1	at #20 Penn State*	#19	New Beaver Field • University Park, PA	W 21-8	33,613
October 8	at Air Force*	#11	DU Stadium • Denver, CO	W 34-8	24,398
October 15	at Kansas State	#6	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 45-0	10,000
October 22	Iowa State	#5	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO (Telephone Trophy)	W 34-8	33,683
October 29	at Nebraska	#5	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Battle for the Bell)	W 28-0	34,581
November 5	#18 Colorado	#2	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 16-6	37,500
November 12	at Oklahoma	#2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)	W 41-19	53,369
November 19	Kansas	#1	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO (Border War)	W Kansas Forfeit (7-23*)	43,000
January 2	vs. #4 Navy*	#5	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	W 21-14	71,218
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=188&season=1960

Big Eight Conference football champions

1900s	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909)

1910s	Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919)

1920s	Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927) Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929)

1930s	Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939)

1940s	Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947) Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949)

1950s	Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

1960s	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969)

1970s	Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979)

1980s	Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989)

1990s	Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

Missouri Tigers football

Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)

Rivalries	Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)

Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders

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