1960 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1960 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.

1960 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (5th season)
MVP	Mike Stock
Captains	Irv Cross[1] Mike Stock
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

1960 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Iowa +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Purdue	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were Dick Thornton with 901 passing yards, Mike Stock with 536 rushing yards, and Elbert Kimbrough with 378 receiving yards.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Oklahoma*	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 19–3	61,289
October 1	No. 8 Iowa	No. 6	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–42	48,109
October 8	at No. 14 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 0–7	57,096
October 15	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 7–14	63,027	[3]
October 22	Notre Dame*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 7–6	55,682
October 29	at Indiana		Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 21–3	19,092
November 5	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 21–0	61,730
November 12	No. 13 Michigan State		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 18–21	47,022
November 19	Illinois		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 14–7	51,782
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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