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{{Infobox college football game
| name =
| year_game_played = 1961
| image = Cotton Bowl Classic 1961.png
| game_name = Cotton Bowl Classic
| subheader = 25th Cotton Bowl Classic
| football_season = 1960
| visitor_name_short = Duke
| visitor_nickname = Blue Devils
| home_name_short = Arkansas
| home_nickname = Razorbacks
| visitor_record = 7–3
| visitor_conference = [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| home_record = 8–2
| home_conference = [[Southwest Conference|SWC]]
| visitor_coach = [[Bill Murray (American football coach)|William D. Murray]]
| home_coach = [[Frank Broyles]]
| visitor_rank_AP = 10
| visitor_rank_coaches = 11
| home_rank_AP = 7
| home_rank_coaches = 7
| visitor_1q = 0
| visitor_2q = 0
| visitor_3q = 0
| visitor_4q = 7
| home_1q = 0
| home_2q = 0
| home_3q = 6
| home_4q = 0
| date_game_played = January 2
| stadium = [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]
| city = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]
| MVP = [[Lance Alworth]] (Arkansas HB) Dwight Bumgarner (Duke T)
| odds = Arkansas by 7 points<ref name=expass>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=chMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e5wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1715%2C1077403 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=UPI |title=Expect pass battle at Dallas between Duke and Arkansas |date=January 2, 1961 |page=25 }}</ref>
| referee = Carl Bredt ([[Southwest Conference|SWC]]; split crew: SWC, [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]])
| attendance = 74,000
| us_network = [[CBS Sports|CBS]]
| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers = [[Jack Drees]], [[Terry Brennan]]
}}
The '''1961 Cotton Bowl Classic''' was the 25th [[Cotton Bowl Classic|edition]] of the [[college football]] [[bowl game]], played at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] in [[Dallas]], on Monday, January 2. Part of the [[1960 college football season#Bowl games|1960–61 bowl game]] season, it matched two conference champions, the seventh-ranked [[1960 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas Razorbacks]] of the [[Southwest Conference]] (SWC), and the No. 10 [[1960 Duke Blue Devils football team|Duke Blue Devils]] of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC).<ref name=quklk>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sr1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GQEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5377%2C103529 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |title=Here's quick look at foes in major bowl games |date=January 1, 1961 |page=1, sports}}</ref><ref name=ttchmar>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7slRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3743%2C775045 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Third time charm for Arkansas? |date=January 2, 1961 |page=44}}</ref> With a late score, underdog Duke won 7–6, in front of 74,000 spectators.<ref name=shdhog>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D-JHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rIAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1205%2C2891383 |work=Victoria Advocate |location=(Texas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Late pass to lonesome end enables Duke to shade Hogs |date=January 3, 1961 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=dkelvn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0f9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4274%2C377708 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Duke eleven nips Arkansas by point on late comeback |date=January 3, 1961 |page=3B}}</ref><ref name=ppick>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AUIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m04EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2156%2C599792 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=UPI |title='Lonesome' Blue Devil end wins Cotton-picking prize |date=January 3, 1961 |page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ratliff |first=Harold V. |title=Duke Edges Razorbacks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79767529/arizona-daily-star/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |location=[[Tucson, Arizona]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 3, 1961 |page=29 |access-date=June 17, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

[[New Year's Day]] was on Sunday in 1961; the major bowl games were played the following day.

==Teams==
{{main|1960 college football season}}

===Arkansas===
{{main|1960 Arkansas Razorbacks football team}}
Arkansas won the Southwest Conference in 1960, led by junior star [[Lance Alworth]] ([[Running back|RB]]/[[Punt returner|PR]]/[[Defensive back|DB]]/[[Punter (American football)|P]]), who led the nation in punt return yardage, and was ninth in the country in kick return yardage. The Hogs defeated #11 [[1960 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] and #10 [[1960 Rice Owls football team|Rice]], but lost to #20 [[1960 Baylor Bears football team|Baylor]] and second-ranked [[1960 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Ole Miss]].

It was the Razorbacks' third [[Arkansas Razorbacks football#Bowl games|appearance]] in the Cotton Bowl,<ref name=ttchmar/> and the first under third-year head coach [[Frank Broyles]].

===Duke===
{{main|1960 Duke Blue Devils football team}}
Duke won the Atlantic Coast Conference, but lost its final two games,<ref name=ttchmar/> on the road at [[1960 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] and [[1960 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]].<ref name=dltblo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YxdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5001%2C3311026 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Bowl hopes dealt blow by upsets |date=November 20, 1960 |page=4B}}</ref><ref name=rolbbd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OABWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6095%2C494553|work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=UCLA rolls past bowl-bound Duke |date=December 4, 1960 |page=1B}}</ref> The Blue Devils had four first team-all conference players.<ref name="du" /> This was the program's sixth [[Duke Blue Devils football#Bowl games|appearance]] in a major bowl, and first in the Cotton.

==Game summary==
[[File:Chanticleer 1961 page 23 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Photo of the 1961 Cotton Bowl Classic]]
In a game full of stars such as [[Lance Alworth]] of Arkansas and Don Altman and Tee Moorman of Duke, Dave Unser came up biggest. His block of Mickey Cissel's extra point attempt was the difference in the final score.<ref name="ark">"1961 Cotton Bowl" [http://www.arsnonline.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=212 Razorback Bowl History – 1961 Cotton Bowl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928224620/http://www.arsnonline.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=212 |date=2011-09-28 }} Retrieved on February 2, 2009.</ref>

The games was scoreless until late in the third quarter. Alworth provided a memorable play when he snagged a high snap on a punt. Under pressure from Duke defenders, he then rolled right and sprinted upfield. While running he punted the ball deep, which went out at the Duke 2. Two plays later he returned a Duke punt for a touchdown. The kick was blocked by Unser, keeping the Hogs' lead at six points.

In the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils hooked together five passes from Altman to Moorman in one drive that culminated in the tying touchdown and go-ahead extra point.<ref name=shdhog/><ref name=dkelvn/><ref name=ppick/>

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=DUKE|HomeName=ARK|state=collapsed}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=2:53
| Team=ARK
| DrivePlays=
| DriveLength=
| DriveTime=
| Type=Other
| Other=49-yard punt return by [[Lance Alworth]], Mickey Cissel kick blocked by Dave Unser
| Visitor=0
| Home=6
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=2:45
| Team=DUKE
| DrivePlays=18
| DriveLength=73
| DriveTime=
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Tee Moorman
| QB=Don Altman
| yards=9
| kickresult=good
| Kicker= Art Browning
| Visitor=7
| Home=6
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd|Visitor=7|Home=6}}
{{Clear}}
 
Duke improved to 3–3 in bowl appearances, all in major bowls, while the Arkansas postseason record dropped to 2–2–2, with two losses and a tie in the Cotton Bowl.<ref name="ark" />

==Aftermath==
In the nineteen seasons under Broyles, Arkansas played in four Cotton Bowls and four [[Sugar Bowl]]s; the [[1964 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|1964]] team went undefeated.

It was the first of three consecutive conference titles for Duke,<ref name="du">"ACC Year by Year." [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07fbguide097123.pdf ACC.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319221837/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07fbguide097123.pdf |date=2009-03-19 }} Retrieved on February 2, 2009.</ref> but the Blue Devils did not appear in another bowl game until [[1989 Duke Blue Devils football team|1989]].

Duke did not earn another bowl victory until 2015, when the Blue Devils defeated [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]] in the [[Pinstripe Bowl]].

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://www.cottonbowl.com/documents/2019/10/14//1961_Classic_Recap.pdf?id=49 Cotton Bowl Classic] – January 2, 1961
*[https://duke_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/media-guides/football/2017/87-164_History.pdf Duke Blue Devils football] – 2017 media guide – 1961 Cotton Bowl – page 102

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