1960 Maine Black Bears football team

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1960 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
1960 record4–3–1 (3–2 Yankee)
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 during the 1960 NCAA College Division football season. In its 10th season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and finished third out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Ewen MacKinnon, Wayne Champeon, and Richard Leadbetter were the team captains.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17vs. UMass
L 13–217,500[2]
September 24Rhode Island
W 7–0
October 1at VermontW 27–0[3]
October 8New Hampshire
W 13–7
October 15at ConnecticutL 2–30
October 22Bates*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
T 13–13
October 29Colby*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 28–12
November 5at Bowdoin*Brunswick, MEL 21–28
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "UMass Tips U. of Maine By 21 to 13". The Boston Globe. September 18, 1960. pp. 69, 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "U-M eyes 'Cats after Vermont rout". The Bangor Daily News. October 3, 1960. Retrieved June 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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