November 5, 1960: Country singer Johnny Horton dies when his band's car collides with a truck on a bridge in Milano, Texas, on their way to a gig in Shreveport, Louisiana. Two other band members were seriously injured.
John LaGale Horton, a.k.a. "The Singing Fisherman," was born on April 30, 1925 in Los Angeles, but grew up in Rusk, a farm community in East Texas. Although best known for his history-novelty song "The Battle of New Orleans," which was Number 1 for 5 weeks in 1959, Horton also sang the themes to the World War II film Sink the Bismarck!, and the Gold Rush film North to Alaska.
Horton was 35, and his wife, Billie Jean, was widowed for the 2nd time in 8 years: She had previously been married to country singer Hank Williams. As of November 5, 2022, she is still alive.
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November 5, 1960 as a Saturday. British actress Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton was born.
These were among the college football games played that day:
* The big game of the day was the rivalry for Floyd of Rosedale, a trophy in the shape of a bronze pig. Number 1 Iowa were beaten by Number 3 Minnesota, 27-10 at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis. This all but clinched the Big Ten Conference title for Minnesota.
* Number 2 Missouri beat Number 18 Colorado, 16-6 at Memorial Stadium (later renamed Faurot Field) in Columbia, Missouri. This game all but clinched the Big Eight Conference title for "Mizzou."
* Number 4 Navy were upset by Number 15 Duke, 19-10 at Duke Stadium (later Wallace Wade Stadium) in Durham, North Carolina. It was Navy's only loss of the regular season, and they were invited to the Orange Bowl, where they were beaten by Missouri.
* Number 5 Ohio State beat Indiana, 36-7 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
* Number 6 Mississippi beat the University of Chattanooga, 45-0 at Hemingway Stadium (now Vaught-Hemingway Stadium) in Oxford, Mississippi. "Ole Miss" won the Southeastern Conference title.
* Number 7 University of Washington beat the University of Southern California (USC), 34-0 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Washington won the Championship of the American Association of Western Universities (AAWU), the league that eventually became the Pacific-12 Conference.
At the time, the National Championship was awarded after the end of the regular season, but before the bowl game. Minnesota were awarded the National Championship. But Washington beat them in the Rose Bowl, tainting their title.
* Number 8 Tennessee were upset by Georgia Tech, 14-7 at Grant Field in Atlanta.
* Number 9 Syracuse were upset by Army, 9-6 in front of 66,000 people at Yankee Stadium.
* Number 10 Rice were upset by Number 16 Arkansas, 3-0 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. This cost Rice the Southwest Conference title. Nevertheless, they were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they were beaten by Ole Miss. Arkansas won the SWC title, but lost the Cotton Bowl to Duke.
* Number 11 Baylor were upset by Texas, 12-7 at Baylor Stadium (later Floyd Casey Stadium) in Waco, Texas.
* Number 14 University of Pittsburgh beat Notre Dame, 20-13 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
* In a rivalry game, Florida beat Georgia, 22-14 at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida.
* In another rivalry game, Montana beat Montana State, 10-6 at Dornblaser Field, UM's home field, in Missoula, Montana.
* And in New Jersey, Rutgers beat Lafayette, 36-8 at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway; and Princeton beat Harvard, 14-12 at Palmer Stadium in Princeton.
Baseball was out of season. There were 4 games in the NBA:
* The New York Knicks lost to the St. Louis Hawks, 119-104 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Cliff Hagan of the Hawks scored 35 points.
* The Cincinnati Royals beat the Boston Celtics, 113-104 at the Boston Garden.
* The Philadelphia Warriors beat the Detroit Pistons, 130-123 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit. Wilt Chamberlain scored 32 points.
* And the Los Angeles Lakers, newly moved from Minneapolis, beat the Syracuse Nationals, 112-110 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Elgin Baylor led all scorers on the night with 40 points, and also grabbed 25 rebounds.
There were 2 games in the NHL. The New York Rangers lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-3 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. And the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks played to a tie, 4-4 at the Montreal Forum. The Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings were not scheduled.
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