1960 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1960 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Forest Evashevski, coaching in his 9th (and final) season. Iowa finished as co-Big Ten Conference champions with the Golden Gophers. The Golden Gophers were selected to represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl. The Hawkeyes 9-game schedule was made up of eight ranked opponents and unranked Notre Dame.

1960 Iowa Hawkeyes football
National Champion (Litkenhous)
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 3
Record8–1 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBernie Wyatt
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
(capacity: 60,160)
1960 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Minnesota + 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
No. 3 Iowa + 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
No. 8 Ohio State 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
No. 15 Michigan State 4 –2 –06 –2 –1
Illinois 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Michigan 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
No. 19 Purdue 3 –4 –04 –4 –1
Wisconsin 2 –5 –04 –5 –0
Indiana 0 –7 –01 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Iowa finished No. 1 in the season's final Litkenhous Ratings and was awarded the Litkenhous Ratings Championship trophy.[1]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 24No. 10 Oregon State*No. 19
W 22–1243,000
October 1at No. 6 NorthwesternNo. 8
W 42–048,109
October 8at No. 13 Michigan StateNo. 3
W 27–1574,493
October 15No. 12 WisconsinNo. 2
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
ABCW 28–2157,000
October 22No. 16 PurduedaggerNo. 1
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 21–1459,200
October 29No. 19 Kansas*No. 1
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 21–747,000
November 5at No. 3 MinnesotaNo. 1
L 10–2765,610
November 12No. 3 Ohio StateNo. 5
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
ABCW 35–1257,900
November 19at Notre Dame*No. 2
W 28–045,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Roster
1960 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
HB 0 Jim Sober Jr
FB   Joe Williams So
QB 20 Wilburn Hollis Jr
OL 69 Sherwyn Thorson Jr
QB 22 Olen Treadway Sr
QB 55 Tom Moore Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL   Dayton Perry So
DL 81 Bill Whisler Jr
B 45 Bernie Wyatt Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings
Further information: 1960 NCAA University Division football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP151983 (5)2 (17)1 (23)1 (34)1 (46)52 (7)2 (171⁄2)3 (121⁄2)
Coaches1 (10)2

[3]

Game summaries

No. 10 Oregon State
See also: 1960 Oregon State Beavers football team

[4]

at No. 6 Northwestern
See also: 1960 Northwestern Wildcats football team

[5]

at No. 13 Michigan State
See also: 1960 Michigan State Spartans football team

[6]

No. 12 Wisconsin
See also: 1960 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

[7]

No. 16 Purdue
See also: 1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team
#16 Purdue at #1 Iowa
1 234Total
No. 16 Boilermakers 0 077 14
• No. 1 Hawkeyes 0 1470 21
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Iowa Stadium
Scoring summary
Q2IOWAHollis 1-yard run (Moore kick)IOWA 7–0
Q2IOWADayton Perry 84-yard fumble return (Moore kick)IOWA 14–0
Q3IOWAHollis 6-yard run (Moore kick)IOWA 21–0
Q3PURTiller 16-yard pass from Allen (Allen kick)IOWA 21–7
Q4PURAllen 1-yard run (Allen kick)IOWA 21–14

[8][9]

No. 19 Kansas
See also: 1960 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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at No. 3 Minnesota
#1 Iowa at #3 Minnesota
1 234Total
No. 1 Hawkeyes 3 070 10
• No. 3 Golden Gophers 7 0614 27
Scoring summary
1MinnMunsey 7-yard run (Rogers kick)Minn 7-0
1IowaMoore 28-yard field goalMinn 7-3
3IowaWilliams 20-yard run (Moore kick)Iowa 10-7
3MinnStephens 1-yard run (kick failed)Minn 13-10
3MinnHagberg 42-yard run (Rogers kick)Minn 20-10
4MinnSalem 1-yard run (Rogers kick)Minn 27-10
See also: 1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Floyd of Rosedale

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No. 3 Ohio State
#3 Ohio State at #5 Iowa
1 234Total
No. 3 Buckeyes 0 660 12
• No. 5 Hawkeyes 7 2107 35
Scoring summary
Q11:21IOWAWilliams 48-yard run (Moore kick)IOWA 7–0
Q213:29OSUFerguson 1-yard run (kick failed)IOWA 7–6
Q210:15IOWAHollis 12-yard run (Moore kick)IOWA 14–6
Q15:30IOWASzykowny 1-yard run (Moore kick)IOWA 21–6
Q20:37IOWAWilliams 1-yard run (Moore kick)IOWA 28–6
Q313:00OSUMatte 22-yard run (pass failed)IOWA 28–12
Q414:08IOWAFerguson 9-yard run (Moore kick)IOWA 35–12
See also: 1960 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

[13]

Notre Dame
See also: 1960 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

[14]

1961 NFL Draft
Main article: 1961 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Willie FlemingHalfback14196Pittsburgh Steelers
Bernard WyattBack19258Pittsburgh Steelers

[15]

References
  1. Litkenhous Ratings Championship trophy (Trophy plaque). Hollingsworth/Manning Hall, University of Mississippi: Litkenhous Ratings. July 18, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2023. The Difference By Score System
  2. "1960 Football Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  3. "Iowa 1960 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  4. "Iowa Shows Offensive Power" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. September 27, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  5. "Iowa's Fast Backs Shatter Wildcat Defense" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 4, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  6. "Hawks Hold Ball 5 Times, Score Twice" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 11, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  7. "13 Seconds Lucky for Iowa in Win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 18, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  8. "Hawks First – By Big Margin" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 25, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  9. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1960 Oct 23. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
  10. "Mum's the Word After Game, Squads Silent About Kansas" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 1, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  11. "Gophers Win 27-10, Move to No. 1 Rating" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 8, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  12. "Minnesota Trims Top-Ranked Iowa". Kingsport Times-News via newspaperarchive.com. November 6, 1960. p. 1C. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  13. "Iowa Win Double Present for Evy" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 15, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  14. "Minnesota 1st But Hawkeyes In No. 2 Spot" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 22, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  15. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
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