1960 Marquette Warriors football team

1960 Marquette Warriors football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn (6th season)
Home stadium	Marquette Stadium

1960 NCAA University Division independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Navy			–					9	–	2	–	0
Memphis State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Detroit			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Oregon			–					7	–	3	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	1
Oregon State			–					6	–	3	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Houston			–					6	–	4	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					6	–	4	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	3	–	3
Xavier			–					5	–	5	–	0
Washington State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Air Force			–					4	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	5	–	2
Pacific (CA)			–					4	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	1
Florida State			–					3	–	6	–	1
Marquette			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	7	–	0
Notre Dame			–					2	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					2	–	8	–	0
Dayton			–					1	–	9	–	0
Idaho			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Marquette Warriors football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Lisle Blackbourn, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 202 to 101. The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

On December 9, 1960, Marquette announced that, after 78 years of intercollegiate football at Marquette, the sport was being dropped. The university's president, Very Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell noted that the football program had lost $50,000 in the past year and that there was a "reasonable unwillingness to accept the financial hardships imposed by these two sports [football and track] in the light of the other needs of the university." The decision led to a protest by 3,000 students. Coach Lisle called the decision a "terrible mistake" and stated that he was not asked to sit in on any of the meetings and was surprised by the decision.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Villanova	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 23–13
September 24	at Pacific (CA)	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, California	W 20–0
October 1	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–35
October 8	Boston College	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 13–12	14,100
October 15	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 8–34
October 22	Vanderbilt	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 6–23	17,100
October 29	at Holy Cross	Worcester, MA	L 0–20
November 4	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 12–32	12,256
November 12	Cincinnati	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 13–33	11,200
Homecoming