The 1960 Washington State Cougars football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

1960 NCAA University Division football season The 1960 NCAA University Division football season marked the last time that the University of Minnesota was a national champion on the gridiron. Murray Warmath's Minnesota Gophers were not in the Top 20 in preseason polling, but received the AP ...

. In their fifth season under head coach

Jim Sutherland James Swanson Sutherland (August 20, 1914 – June 21, 1980) was an American football player and coach. the head coach at Washington State University in Pullman from 1956 to 1963, with a record in eight seasons. An innovator, Sutherland ...

, the Cougars compiled a 4–5–1 record and outscored their opponents 210 to 161. The team's statistical leaders included Mel Melin with 1,638 passing yards,

Keith Lincoln Keith Payson Lincoln (May 8, 1939 – July 27, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a running back for eight seasons in the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Washington State Cougars bef ...

with 543 rushing yards, and Hugh Campbell with 881 receiving yards.

Schedule

NFL draft

One Cougar was selected in the

1961 NFL draft The 1961 National Football League draft took place at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia on December 27–28, 1960. The league would later hold an expansion draft for the Minnesota Vikings expansion franchise. This draft was also the first regula ...

, which was twenty rounds (280 selections).

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Game program: Stanford vs. WSU at Spokane
– September 17, 1960
Game program: Pacific at WSU
– October 22, 1960
Game program: Oregon State at WSU
– November 5, 1960
Game program: Washington vs. WSU at Spokane
– November 19, 1960 {{Washington State Cougars football navbox

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Washington State Cougars football seasons

Washington State Cougars football The Washington State Cougars football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac- ...