1960 Oregon Ducks football team
American college football season
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The 1960 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as an independent during the 1960 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Len Casanova, the Ducks compiled a 7–3–1 record and outscored their opponents, 206 to 130. The team played home games at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon.
| 1960 Oregon Ducks football | |
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Liberty Bowl, L 12–41 vs. Penn State | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 7–3–1 |
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| Home stadium | Hayward Field, Multnomah Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | – | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Days before the team would play their game against the University of Michigan, some key fixers in David Budin and Frank Rosenthal would get caught trying and failing to bribe halfback Michael "Mickey" Bruce to join in on what later became known as the 1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal by offering Bruce thousands of dollars for certain stipulations at hand, including recruiting his teammate in quarterback Dave Grosz to join him in the scheme also, with a hundred dollars being given to Bruce per week for the entire season afterward had he accepted the offer in order to keep the gamblers informed in the team's physical status throughout the season.[1][2] However, due to the bribers being caught in their attempt to rig college football games alongside college basketball games, the game would continue as planned with no rigging involved (though Bruce would later testify against the fixers in court in order to maintain his innocence).
The team's statistical leaders included Dave Grosz with 910 passing yards, Dave Grayson with 631 rushing yards, and Cleveland Jones with 402 receiving yards.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Idaho | W 33–6 | 13,200 | [4] | ||
| September 24 | at Michigan | L 0–21 | 48,021 | [5] | |||
| October 1 | at Utah | W 20–17 | 23,653 | [6] | |||
| October 8 | San Jose State |
| W 33–0 | 10,000 | [7] | ||
| October 15 | Washington State |
| W 21–12 | 18,500 | [8] | ||
| October 22 | at California | W 20–0 | 36,000 | [9] | |||
| October 29 | at No. 9 Washington | L 6–7 | 55,235 | [10] | |||
| November 5 | Stanford | W 27–6 | 18,727 | [11] | |||
| November 12 | West Virginia |
| W 20–6 | 11,864 | [12] | ||
| November 19 | at Oregon State | No. 19 | T 14–14 | 27,009 | [13] | ||
| December 17 | vs. No. 16 Penn State | L 12–41 | 16,624 | [14] | |||