1960 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team

1960 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (7–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcConagha Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Muskingum $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Ohio Wesleyan 6 1 0 7 2 0
Otterbein 5 1 0 8 1 0
Wittenberg 5 1 0 8 1 0
Wooster 5 3 0 6 3 0
Denison 4 3 0 6 3 0
Marietta 4 3 0 6 3 0
Heidelberg 3 3 0 5 4 0
Mount Union 3 5 0 3 6 0
Oberlin 2 4 0 4 4 0
Capital 2 6 0 2 6 0
Kenyon 1 6 0 2 6 0
Akron 1 6 0 1 8 0
Hiram 0 6 0 0 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1960 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team was an American football team that represented Muskingum University of New Concord, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1960 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Ed Sherman, the Fighting Muskies compiled a perfect 9–0 record (7–0 against OAC opponents), won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 425 to 39.[1][2]

The 1960 season was one of four perfect seasons in Muskingum football history, along with 1926, 1931, and 1955. The delta of 386 points between points scored and points allowed during the 1960 season was the largest in Muskingum football history.[3]

The team played its home games at McConagha Stadium in New Concord, Ohio.

  1. ^ "1960 - Muskingum (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "2020 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Record Book" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference. 2020. p. 48. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Muskingum (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.