1960 Utah Utes football team
American college football season
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The 1960 Utah Utes football team, or also commonly known as the Utah Redskins, was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1960 college football season. In their third season under head coach Ray Nagel, the Utes compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–1 against conference opponents, placing third in the Skyline. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.
- Ray Nagel (3rd season)
| 1960 Utah Utes football | |
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| Conference | Skyline Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (5–1 Skyline) |
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| Home stadium | Ute Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Utah was led on the field by senior quarterback Terry Nofsinger.
Conference foe New Mexico was not played in 1960, so Utah finished a half game behind co-champions Utah State and Wyoming in the standings. The Utes denied the undefeated Aggies an outright title and a perfect regular season with a 6–0 shutout in the conference finale on November 19 in Salt Lake City.[1] For the second straight year, Utah did not face longtime rival Colorado; the teams met in 1961 and 1962, then the series went on hiatus until 2011, when both schools joined the Pac-12 Conference.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Hawaii* | W 33–6 | 16,160 | [2] | |
| September 24 | at Arizona* | W 13–3 | 24,600 | [3] | |
| October 1 | Oregon* |
| L 17–20 | 23,653 | [4] |
| October 7 | at BYUΔ |
| W 17–0 | 21,079 | [5][6] |
| October 22 | Denver |
| W 49–16 | [7] | |
| October 29 | at Wyoming | L 7–17 | 14,000 | [8] | |
| November 5 | at Colorado State | W 27–6 | 3,500 | [9] | |
| November 12 | Montana |
| W 16–6 | 10,742 | [10] |
| November 19 | Utah State |
| W 6–0 | 29,261 | [1] |
| November 26 | UCLA* |
| L 9–16 | 17,099 | [11] |
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NFL draft
Utah had two players selected in the 1961 NFL draft.[13]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team |
| Ken Petersen | Guard | 14 | 183 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Terry Nofsinger | Quarterback | 17 | 230 | Pittsburgh Steelers |