1960 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

1960 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football
FWC champion
NAIA semifinal, W 13–6 vs. Whitworth
NAIA championship game—Holiday Bowl, L 14–15 vs. Lenoir Rhyne
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8 (UPI small college)
APNo. 3 (AP small college)
Record11–1 (5–0 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlbee Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2/3 Humboldt State $ 5 0 0 11 1 0
San Francisco State 4 1 0 9 1 0
Chico State 2 3 0 6 4 0
Sacramento State 2 3 0 5 5 0
Nevada 2 3 0 3 6 0
UC Davis 0 5 0 0 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll

The 1960 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College during the 1960 college football season. Humboldt State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).

The 1960 Lumberjacks were led by tenth-year head coach Phil Sarboe. They played home games at Albee Stadium in Eureka, California. Humboldt State went undefeated during the regular season, finishing with ten wins and no losses (10–0, 5–0 FWC).

At the end of the season Humboldt State was invited to take part in the NAIA playoffs. In the semifinal game they played at home against the Whitworth Pirates and emerged victorious. In the NAIA championship game, called the Holiday Bowl from 1956 to 1960, they faced the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears in St. Petersburg, Florida. Lenoir–Rhyne prevailed by one point in the game, breaking the Lumberjacks two-season, 20-game winning streak. That brought Humboldt State's final record to eleven wins and one loss (11–1, 5–0 FWC). The Lumberjacks outscored their opponents 307 to 89 for the season. In their 11 wins, Humboldt State outscored their opponents by an average score of 27–7.