1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8–1 (4–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University Division
Rutgers x 4 0 0 8 1 0
Bucknell 5 1 0 7 2 0
Lehigh 3 2 0 4 5 0
Lafayette 4 3 0 5 4 0
Gettysburg 2 3 0 3 6 0
Delaware 1 4 0 2 6 1
Temple 0 5 0 2 7 0
Muhlenberg * 1 2 0 6 3 0
Northern College Division
Albright x 6 0 0 9 0 0
Wagner x 6 0 0 9 0 0
Lebanon Valley 6 1 0 7 2 0
Susquehanna 5 1 0 7 1 0
Juniata 4 1 0 5 2 0
Scranton 3 3 0 4 4 0
Upsala 1 3 1 1 5 2
Wilkes 2 7 0 2 7 0
Moravian 1 5 1 1 6 1
Hofstra * 2 0 0 7 1 1
Lycoming * 1 3 0 3 5 0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x 5 1 0 5 2 1
Pennsylvania Military 5 3 0 5 4 0
Western Maryland 3 2 0 6 3 0
Ursinus 3 3 0 3 4 0
Swarthmore 2 3 0 2 5 0
Dickinson 1 6 0 1 7 0
Drexel 0 6 0 0 7 1
Haverford 0 7 0 0 7 0
Franklin & Marshall * 1 2 0 2 6 0
No. 5 West Chester * 0 0 0 9 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 college 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]

  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.