Northwestern State Demons football, 1960–1969

The Northwestern State Demons football program, 1960–1969 represented Northwestern State College of Louisiana (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the decade of the 1960s. During this time, the Demons were led by two different head coaches and had an overall record for the decade of 57–35–1. During this decade, the Demons played their home games on campus at Demon Stadium in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

From 1960 to 1966 Jack Clayton served as head coach at Northwestern State and led the Demons to an overall record of 37–26–1 during this period. He led the team to GSC championships in 1962 and 1966, which was also an undefeated season. Clayton resigned from his position of head coach after the 1966 season, but remained at the school as its athletic director. Glenn Gossett was promoted to head coach in December 1966. Through the end of the decade, he led the demons to an overall record of 18–9.

1960 Northwestern State Demons football
Conference	Gulf States Conference
Record	3–6 (0–5 GSC)
Head coach	Jack Clayton (4th season)
Home stadium	Demon Stadium
Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	vs. Stephen F. Austin*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 14–0	7,133	^[1]
September 24	Lamar Tech*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	L 13–21	6,500	^[2]
October 1	Louisiana College*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 14–6	7,000	^[3]
October 8	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	L 6–7	5,000	^[4]
October 22	vs. Louisiana Tech	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 7–13	18,000–18,500	^[5]
October 29	at Pensacola Navy*	NAS Pensacola Pensacola, FL	W 14–0		^[6]
November 5	at McNeese State	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA (rivalry)	L 7–20	6,000	^[7]
November 12	Southwestern Louisiana	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	L 7–17	3,300	^[8]
November 19	Southeastern Louisiana	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	L 0–7		^[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

1962 Northwestern State Demons football
GSC champion
Conference	Gulf States Conference
Record	7–2–1 (4–1 GSC)
Head coach	Jack Clayton (6th season)
Home stadium	Demon Stadium
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	vs. Stephen F. Austin*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 23–6		^[11]
September 22	at Florence State*	Coffee Stadium Florence, AL	L 14–21		^[12]
September 29	Louisiana College*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	T 7–7		^[13]
October 6	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	W 18–17	6,000	^[14]
October 13	Tarleton State*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 31–6		^[15]
October 20	vs. Louisiana Tech	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 19–2	22,000	^[16]
October 26	at Instituto Politécnico Nacional*	Estadio Universitario Mexico City, Mexico	W 52–6		^[17]
November 3	at McNeese State	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA (rivalry)	L 6–26	6,500	^[18]
November 10	Southwestern Louisiana	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 20–0	4,300	^[19]
November 17	Southeastern Louisiana	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	W 19–6	3,000	^[20]
*Non-conference game

1963 Northwestern State Demons football
Conference	Gulf States Conference
Record	4–6 (2–3 GSC)
Head coach	Jack Clayton (7th season)
Home stadium	Demon Stadium
Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

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v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Southeastern Louisiana +	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Louisiana Tech +	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Northwestern State	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NAIA poll

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northwestern State $	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
McNeese State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Southeastern Louisiana	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Tech	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Northeast Louisiana State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
McNeese State $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Louisiana Tech	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Northwestern State	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northeast Louisiana State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	vs. Stephen F. Austin*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 0–10	5,000	^[22]
September 28	at Louisiana College*	Bolton Stadium Alexandria, LA	L 7–13		^[23]
October 5	Northeast Louisiana State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 27–19		^[24]
October 12	at Abilene Christian*	Shotwell Stadium Abilene, TX	L 18–28		^[25]
October 19	vs. Louisiana Tech	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 13–27	18,500	^[26]
October 26	Florence State*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 33–14		^[27]
November 2	Appalachian State*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 33–20		^[28]
November 9	No. 9 McNeese State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	L 13–21	6,000	^[29]
November 16	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	L 13–19	4,000	^[30]
November 23	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 13–7		^[31]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Louisiana Tech $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northeast Louisiana State	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	vs. Stephen F. Austin*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 34–14	8,000	^[33]
September 26	Louisiana College*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 16–14	8,000	^[34]
October 3	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	W 27–6	5,100	^[35]
October 10	Abilene Christian*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	L 26–36	7,000	^[36]
October 17	at Ouachita Baptist*	Cliff Harris Stadium Arkadelphia, AR	W 48–0	1,500	^[37]
October 24	vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 7–16	28,000	^[38]
November 7	at McNeese State	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA (rivalry)	L 10–12	6,500	^[39]
November 14	Southwestern Louisiana	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	L 17–27	6,500	^[40]
November 21	Southeastern Louisiana	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	L 21–37		^[41]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Southwestern Louisiana +	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
McNeese State +	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Louisiana Tech	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Northwestern State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Louisiana College*	Alumni Stadium Pineville, LA	W 10–3	6,500	^[43]
October 2	Northeast Louisiana State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 17–12	6,500	^[44]
October 9	at Pensacola Navy*	Kane Field Pensacola, FL	W 31–15	4,000	^[45]
October 16	Ouachita Baptist*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 16–6	7,000	^[46]
October 23	vs. Louisiana Tech	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 14–42	27,000	^[47]
October 30	at Tennessee–Martin*	Volunteer Stadium Martin, TN	L 17–19	5,000	^[48]
November 6	McNeese State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	L 21–29	5,000	^[49]
November 13	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	L 7–41	14,000	^[50]
November 20	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 38–22	5,000	^[51]
*Non-conference game

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Northwestern State $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Northeast Louisiana State	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Hanover*		Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 49–0	7,500	^[65]
September 23	at Louisiana College*	No. 7	Alumni Stadium Pineville, LA	W 55–6	4,500	^[66]
September 30	Northeast Louisiana State	No. 6	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 21–14	11,500	^[67]
October 7	Pensacola Navy*	No. 5	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 28–16	9,500	^[68]
October 21	vs. Louisiana Tech	No. 5	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 7–0	28,000	^[69]
October 28	Troy State*	No. 5	Demon Field Natchitoches, LA	L 20–28	8,000	^[70]
November 4	McNeese State	No. 9	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	L 7–21	7,500	^[71]
November 11	at Southwestern Louisiana		McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 24–9	10,000	^[72]
November 18	at Southeastern Louisiana		Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	L 14–26	5,500	^[73]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8/10 Southwestern Louisiana $	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Louisiana Tech	3	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Northeast Louisiana State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northwestern State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
McNeese State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	at Florence State*	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	L 3–27	6,000	^[85]
September 20	at Tennessee Tech*	Overhill Field Cookeville, TN	W 35–24	5,000	^[86]
September 27	Stephen F. Austin*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	W 37–35	9,000	^[87]
October 4	Northeast Louisiana	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 28–10	8,500	^[88]
October 18	vs. No. 17 Louisiana Tech	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 21–42	31,000	^[89]
October 25	Jacksonville State*	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA	W 48–21	7,775	^[90]
November 8	McNeese State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	W 29–28	9,000	^[91]
November 15	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 33–28	15,000	^[92]
November 22	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 34–6	5,000	^[93]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game