1960 Washington Huskies football team


The 1960 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 1960 NCAA University Division 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 and 4–0 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities. 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 at 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 The Huskies returned to the Rose Bowl to meet the top-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference on January 2. A underdog, Washington upset Minnesota for consecutive Rose Bowl Schloredt returned at quarterback and was the player of the game for a second straight
The final rankings in this era were released at the end of the regular season, prior to the bowl Washington outscored its opponents 272 to 107.
Washington finished the season ranked fifth and sixth in their respective polls.

Schedule

All-Coast

Professional football draft selections

Six University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1961 NFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds with 280 selections. Four Huskies were selected in the 1961 AFL Draft, which lasted thirty rounds with 240 selections; three of the four were also selected in the NFL draft.
LeaguePlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
NFLBen DavidsonTackle4th46 New York Giants
NFL George FlemingHalfback6th76Chicago Bears
NFLLee FolkinsEnd6th82Green Bay Packers
NFLBill KinnuneGuard11th148St. Louis Cardinals
NFLChuck AllenGuard17th228Los Angeles Rams
NFLDon McKetaBack20th277New York Giants
AFLGeorge FlemingHalfback2nd12Oakland Raiders
AFLBill KinnuneGuard26th207Los Angeles Chargers
AFLBob SchloredtQuarterback27th214Dallas Texans
AFLChuck AllenGuard28th223Los Angeles Chargers