Sport: Scoreboard, Nov. 14, 1960

¶Before college football's game of the week, Coach Murray Warmath of second-ranked Minnesota was banking on his massive but agile line to force the flashy backfield stars of Iowa, first-ranked in the nation, into making costly errors. Said Warmath: "If they make more mistakes than we do, they'll lose. That's as sure as taxes." The plan worked perfectly. Warmath's undefeated team turned two Iowa fumbles and a bobbled punt into touchdowns, steamrollered to a 27-10 victory that capped its startling come-back from last year's 2-7 record and re called the Saturdays before World War...

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