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The 1960 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University in the 1960 college football season. In their 25th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 9–1 record (6–1 against SWAC opponents), finished in a three-way with Grambling and Prairie View A&M for the SWAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 226 to 79. The team played its home games at University Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1960 Southern Jaguars football | |
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Black college national champion SWAC co-champion | |
Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Record | 9–1 (6–1 SWAC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | University Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Southern + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas AM&N | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wiley | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas College | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team was selected by the "Pigskin Huddle" ratings of the Associated Negro Press (ANP) as the 1960 black college national champion. Southern finished ahead of second-place Florida A&M, third-place Grambling, and fourth place Prairie View. In selecting a national champion, the ANP noted that Southern's strength of schedule, which included non-conference games against Florida A&M and Tennessee A&I, gave it the edge.[1] Southern also received the W.A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as the national champion.[2]
Quarterback Cyrus Lancaster was selected by the Pittsburgh Courier as the first-team quarterback on its 1960 All-America team. Lineman David Evans and halfback Robert Williams were selected to the second team.[3]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 24 | vs. Texas Southern |
| W 14–0 | 10,000 | [4][5] | |||
October 1 | Grambling | W 16–6 | [6] | |||||
October 8 | Kentucky State |
| W 39–6 | [7] | ||||
October 15 | at Arkansas AM&N |
| W 26–14 | [8] | ||||
October 22 | Jackson State |
| W 41–0 | [9] | ||||
October 29 | at Texas College |
| W 27–6 | [10] | ||||
November 5 | at Tennessee A&I | W 7–6 | 4,500 | [11] | ||||
November 12 | Wiley |
| W 27–12 | [12] | ||||
November 19 | No. 3 Florida A&M |
| W 14–6 | 23,146 | [13] | |||
November 26 | at Prairie View A&M | No. 6 | L 15–23 | 14,000 | [14][15] | |||
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