1960 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1960 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1960 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 41–12 vs. Oregon
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
1960 record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 46,284)
1960 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Rutgers      8 1 0
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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 17Boston UniversityNo. 19W 20–0
October 1No. 19 MissouriNo. 20
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
L 8–21
October 8at No. 18 ArmyW 27–16
October 15at No. 4 SyracuseNo. 20L 15–21
October 22at IllinoisL 8–10
October 29West Virginia
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 34–13
November 5Maryland
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 28–9
November 12at Holy CrossW 33–8
November 19at PittsburghW 14–3
December 17vs. OregonNo. 15
W 41–12
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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