1960 Maine Black Bears football team

1960 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference, Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3–1 (3–2 Yankee, 1–1–1 MIAA)
Head coach
CaptainEwen MacKinnon, Wayne Champeon, Richard Leadbetter
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut + 3 1 0 5 4 0
UMass + 3 1 0 7 2 0
Maine 3 2 0 4 3 1
New Hampshire 2 2 0 4 3 0
Rhode Island 1 4 0 3 5 0
Vermont 0 2 0 1 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1960 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1960 college football season. In its 10th season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record (3–2 against Yankee Conference and 1–1–1 against MIAA opponents) and finished third out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Ewen MacKinnon, Wayne Champeon, and Richard Leadbetter were the team captains.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included halfback Wayne Champeon with 244 rushig yards, 165 receiving yards, and 32 points scored (five touchdowns and one two-point conversion); and quarterback Manchester Wheeler with 449 passing yards.[2]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ncaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).