1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8–1 (4–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
1960 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University
Rutgers x 4 –0 –08 –1 –0
Bucknell 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
Lehigh 3 –2 –04 –5 –0
Lafayette 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Gettysburg 2 –3 –03 –6 –0
Delaware 1 –4 –02 –6 –1
Temple 0 –5 –02 –7 –0
Muhlenberg * 1 –2 –06 –3 –0
College–Northern
Albright x 6 –0 –09 –0 –0
Wagner x 6 –0 –09 –0 –0
Lebanon Valley 6 –1 –07 –2 –0
Susquehanna 5 –1 –07 –1 –0
Juniata 4 –1 –05 –2 –0
Scranton 3 –3 –04 –4 –0
Upsala 1 –3 –11 –5 –2
Wilkes 2 –7 –02 –7 –0
Moravian 1 –5 –11 –6 –1
Hofstra * 2 –0 –07 –1 –1
Lycoming * 1 –3 –03 –5 –0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x 5 –1 –05 –2 –1
Pennsylvania Military 5 –3 –05 –4 –0
Western Maryland 3 –2 –06 –3 –0
Ursinus 3 –3 –03 –4 –0
Swarthmore 2 –3 –02 –5 –0
Dickinson 1 –6 –01 –7 –0
Drexel 0 –6 –00 –7 –1
Haverford 0 –7 –00 –7 –0
Franklin & Marshall * 1 –2 –02 –6 –0
No. 5 West Chester * 0 –0 –09 –0 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach John F. Bateman, the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8–1 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, outscored their opponents 225 to 69.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Sam Mudie with 452 passing yards, Steve Simms with 613 rushing yards, and Arnie Byrd with 269 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Princeton*
W 13–930,000[4]
October 1at Connecticut*
W 19–68,888[5]
October 8Colgatedagger*
W 49–1215,000[6]
October 15Bucknell
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 23–1911,000[7]
October 22at Lehigh
W 8–014,000[8]
October 29Villanova*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
L 12–1411,000[9]
November 5Lafayette
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 36–813,500 [10]
November 12at Delaware
W 22–07,500 [11]
November 19at Columbia*
W 43–216,677[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ↑ "1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Adams, Frank S. (September 25, 1960). "Rutgers Downs Princeton Third Season in Row, 13-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ↑ Newell, Bill (October 2, 1960). "Rugged Rutgers Rips Uconns, 19-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Scarlet Achieves 49-12 Conquest". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 9, 1960. p. S7.
  7. ↑ Fleming, Jimmie (October 16, 1960). "Rutgers Wins Real Thriller by 23-19". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Fleming, Jimmie (October 23, 1960). "Rutgers Gets Fifth Straight Win at Lehigh". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Dell, John (October 30, 1960). "Villanova Turns on Rutgers to Win 14-12 Upset". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Fleming, Jimmie (November 6, 1960). "Rutgers Rebounds with 36-8 Victory". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Fleming, Jimmie (November 13, 1960). "Rutgers Trounces Delaware to Gain Conference Title". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 20, 1960). "Scarlet Crushes Columbia, 43 to 2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.


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