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The 1960 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 1960 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium. Under fourth-year head coach Jim Owens, Washington was 9–1 in the regular season, 4–0 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), defeated top-ranked Minnesota in the Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents 272 to 107. The Helms Athletic Foundation, which considered bowl games in its ranking, awarded the Huskies the national championship.

The University of Washington officially recognized the 1960 football team as national champions in 2007, wearing throwback uniforms in their game vs. USC. A flag was raised over Husky Stadium honoring the team as national champions.

Led on the field by senior quarterback Bob Schloredt, an All-American the previous year, the Huskies started the season ranked third. Schloredt broke his collarbone in the fifth game, against UCLA, and did not play again in the regular season. Bob Hivner took over as quarterback and won the game plus the next five.

A one-point loss on a last-minute field goal by Orange Bowl-bound Navy two weeks earlier in Seattle was the season's only blemish. The Huskies returned to the Rose Bowl to meet the top-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference on January 2. A seven-point underdog, sixth-ranked Washington upset Minnesota 17–7 for consecutive Rose Bowl wins. Schloredt returned at quarterback and was the player of the game for a second straight year.

The final rankings in this era were released at the end of the regular season (in late November), prior to the bowl games. Washington was ranked fifth and sixth in the respective polls.

Schedule

Coaching staff

• Bert Clark
• Tom Tipps

All-Coast

Professional football draft selections

Six University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1961 NFL draft, which lasted 20 rounds with 280 selections. Four Huskies were selected in the 1961 AFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 240 selections; three of the four were also selected in the NFL draft.

References

1. Prochnau, Bill (January 3, 1961). Written at Pasadena, California. "Jim Owens Admits: 'I enjoyed the First Half More'". The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. p. 17. Owen's best just had baffled the Rose Bowl oddsmakers for the second straight year—tarnishing the Golden Gophers, acclaimed national champions, 17–7. "I felt then," Owens said, "that they could do just about anything they wanted. And they did, didn't they? They beat the national champions. When you beat the champion, what does that make you?"
2. Meyers, Georg N. (January 3, 1961). Written at Pasadena, California. "Seattle to Hail NEW National Champions – Huskies Score Sweetest Victory". The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. p. 12. Jim Owens' Rose Bowl retreads tomorrow will return home to a triumphal welcome as the first national champions of college football in University of Washington history. The jubilant Huskies carry with them the unforgettable gratification of a 17–7 upset of the Minnesota Gophers to add to their 44–8 humiliation of Wisconsin on the same pleasant lea a year before. The 1961 victory was sweeter because the Golden Gophers were acclaimed as the nation's supreme team. And what the Huskies did to the Gophers before more than 100,000 awed and roaring onlookers on "legal" New Year's Day stamped Owens and his staff of midnight-oilers as spoilers without peer.
3. "Washington Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
4. Written at Los Angeles. "Huskies Win U.S. Grid Title". The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. Associated Press. January 14, 1961. p. 4. The Helms Athletic Foundation yesterday selected the University of Washington's Huskies as the college football champions of the 1960 season. The foundation always withholds its selections until after the New Year's bowl games. Washington and Mississippi were the finalists in the Helms selection. The Huskies were selected by a narrow margin. They beat Minnesota in the Rose Bowl and finished the season with a 10-1-0 record.
5. Helms Foundation (press release) (January 14, 1961). "By Helms Foundation: U.W. Named U.S. Football Champ". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle, Washington. p. 1. Washington's two-time Rose Bowl winners have been chosen College Football National Champions for 1960. The announcement was made by the Helms Athletic Foundation, which annually withholds its National Champion team choice until after the bowl games are played on New Year Day. Before citing Washington, the Foundation queried a great number of football authorities, coaches and sportswriters, seeking their opinions. The majority heavily favored the Huskies from Seattle, coached by Jim Owens. In making the announcement, the Helms Foundation said the final decision narrowed down to two teams, Washington and Mississippi.
6. Lenzie, Karen, ed. (1961). "Athletics – Football – Huskies Stun Gophers with 17–7 Rose". Tyee 1961. Associated Students of the University of Washington. p. 210. University of Washington Huskies crushed the Minnesota Gophers, rated as the number one team in the nation in both major polls, by a score of 17–7. Following the results of the post-season bowl games, the Huskies were given the Helms Athletic Foundation Award as the nation's outstanding team.
7. Jenkins, Dan (September 11, 1967). Laguerre, André (ed.). "This Year The Fight Will Be In The Open". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 27, no. 11. Chicago. pp. 28–34. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2016. In 1948, the Helms Athletic Foundation decided to name a national champion and name past champions. The director of Helms since its beginning, Bill Schroeder, did the work, and he now heads the committee that selects No. 1 after the bowl games. 'A committee of one—me,' he says.
8. "UW Football National Championships". gohuskies.com. Washington Athletics. December 21, 2020. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020. On Sept. 29, 2007, in a ceremony at a game vs. USC, Washington made an official claim to the 1960 national championship
9. Condotta, Bob (April 15, 2007). "UW Football | Past and future bright". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 7, 2021. The 1960 team, which lost only to Navy by a score of 15-14, will be honored the week of Washington's home game against USC on Sept. 29. The Huskies will wear throwback uniforms from that season, and a flag will be raised honoring the team as national champion.
10. Condotta, Bob (September 27, 2007). "1960 Huskies recognized as champs, at last". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 7, 2021. Almost 47 years after they played their last game together, the players from that 1960 team will be recognized as national champions by UW this weekend. The team will be honored with a banquet on Friday night – 37 players and coach Jim Owens are expected to attend – and again at halftime of the UW-USC game on Saturday. A flag signifying the team as national champs will be unfurled, and the current Huskies will wear throwback uniforms modeled on the 1960 team.
11. ^ "Schloredt's shoulder broken in UW win". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 16, 1960.
12. "Schloredt out until 'Rose Bowl game'". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Associated Press. October 17, 1960. p. 3B.
13. ^ Missildine, Harry (January 3, 1961). "Schloredt leads Huskies to win". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 16.
14. ^ "Mather punches field goal as Navy nips Huskies, 15-14". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 2, 1960. p. 2, sports.
15. ^ "Field goal trips UW by 15-14". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Associated Press. October 2, 1960. p. 1B.
16. Missildine, Harry (January 2, 1961). "Gophers given TD edge over Huskies". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 14.
17. ^ Barry, Howard (January 3, 1961). "Gophers beaten in Rose Bowl, 17-7". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, sec. 4.
18. ^ Harvey, Paul III (January 3, 1961). "Huskies whip Gophers, 17–7". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. p. 2B.
19. Brougham, Royal (January 3, 1961). "The Morning After: Schloredt Led Inspired purple | Does UW Take National Title?". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle, Washington. p. 1. Coach Owen's dashing, slashing speedsters beat the No. 1 team in the nation, and if that doesn't make the Huskies national champions, then Floyd Patterson didn't win the title when he flattened Ingo.
20. "Gophers win title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. November 30, 1960. p. 13.
21. "Gophers top final poll". Bend Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. UPI. November 29, 1960. p. 3.
22. Hewins, Jack (September 18, 1960). "Huskies overwhelm COP's Tigers, 55-6". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. 2, sports.
23. "Foregone conclusion true -- Washington waxes Vandals". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. September 25, 1960. p. 2, sports.
24. Harvey, Paul III (October 23, 1960). "Huskies rally to nip Oregon Staters, 30-29". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. p. 1B.
25. "Washington nips Webfoots, 7-6, on Hivner-McKeta pass". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 30, 1960. p. 2, sports.
26. "Huskies strike early, grab 34-0 shutout win over USC". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Associated Press. November 6, 1960. p. 1B.
27. "Huskies nab league title with victory". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Associated Press. November 13, 1960. p. 1B.
28. Missildine, Harry (November 20, 1960). "Cougars go down in grim gallant glory, 8-7". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 16.
29. "Cougar upset bid falls point short". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Associated Press. November 20, 1960. p. 1B.
30. "1961 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
31. "1961 AFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
32. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

External links

• Game program: Washington vs. Washington State at Spokane – November 19, 1960

• 1960 Athletic Association of Western Universities football season
• Washington Huskies football seasons
• College football national champions
• Pac-12 Conference football champion seasons
• Rose Bowl champion seasons
• 1960 in sports in Washington (state)