1960 Kansas Jayhawks football team
| 1960 Kansas Jayhawks football | |
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. T–9 |
| AP | No. 11 |
| Record | 5–4–1 (4–2–1 Big 8, 2 wins forfeited) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Doyle Schick |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Missouri $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Kansas† | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Jayhawks were led by third-year head coach Jack Mitchell and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.
Kansas started the season with an upset over No. 11
AP Poll, their second ever ranked finish, and first since 1947
.
Controversy surrounded the end of the season, however, as Kansas was found to have fielded an ineligible player, Bert Coan, in their games against Colorado and Missouri. The Big 8 Conference considers those games to be forfeits by Kansas, though Kansas and the NCAA recognize Kansas' on-field victories.[3][1][4] The forfeited games remain a topic of dispute in the Border War.[5][6][7]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 17 | No. 11 TCU* | W 21–7 | 32,000 | ||
| September 24 | at rivalry ) | W 41–0 | 18,000 | ||
| October 1 | No. 2 Syracuse* | No. 5 |
| L 7–14 | 40,000 |
| October 8 | at Iowa State | No. 10 | W 28–14 | 16,277 | |
| October 15 | Oklahoma | No. 9 |
| T 13–13 | 40,000 |
| October 22 | at Oklahoma State | No. 15 | W 14–7 | 30,000 | |
| October 29 | at No. 1 Iowa* | No. 19 | L 7–21 | 47,000 | |
| November 5 | Nebraska |
| W 31–0 | 28,000 | |
| November 12 | Colorado |
| L 34–6Δ[8] | 33,000 | |
| November 19 | at No. 1 Missouri | L 23–7Δ[8] | 43,000 | ||
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References
- ^ a b Morey, Earl (December 9, 1960). "Big Eight voted 5-3 to strip KU's title in Bert Coan action". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 1.
The Big Eight faculty committee, meeting in Kansas City, found that Kansas violated league rules in recruiting Coan and order the Jayhawks to forfeit their last two victories-over Colorado and Missouri.
- ^ a b "1960 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "Big 8 Makes Kansas Forfeit Title". The Atlanta Constitution. December 9, 1960. p. 41.
- ^ "Jayhawks lose league title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 9, 1960. p. 2B.
The committee found Kansas violated league rules in recruiting Coan and ordered the Jayhawks' last two victories over Colorado and Missouri forfeited.
- ^ a b "2016 KU Football Media Guide". kuathletics.com. p. 188.
Later ordered to forfeit victories over Colorado and Missouri because of ineligible player
- ^ "2020 Media Guide" (PDF). mutigers.com. Missouri Tigers Athletics. pp. 78, 81, 89.
- ^ Wood, Ryan (August 12, 2006). "Damage Control". KUSports.com. Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ a b c Morey, Earl (December 9, 1960). "Big Eight voted 5-3 to strip KU's title in Bert Coan action". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 1.
The move gave MU a 10-0 season record and a 7-0 record in league play.