1960 Maine Black Bears football team

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1960 Maine Black Bears football
Conference Yankee 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Connecticut + 3 –1 –05 –4 –0
UMass + 3 –1 –07 –2 –0
Maine 3 –2 –04 –3 –1
New Hampshire 2 –2 –04 –3 –0
Rhode Island 1 –4 –03 –5 –0
Vermont 0 –2 –01 –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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17vs. UMass
L 13–217,500–8,500 [3]
September 24 Rhode Island
W 7–04,800
October 1at Vermont
W 27–05,000–5,400 [4] [5]
October 8 New Hampshire
W 13–76,900
October 15at Connecticut
L 2–3011,500–11,539 [6]
October 22 Bates
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
T 13–137,460
October 29 Colby
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 28–127,500
November 5at Bowdoin
L 21–288,100

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ "UMass Tips U. of Maine By 21 to 13". The Boston Globe. September 18, 1960. pp. 69, 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "U-M eyes 'Cats after Vermont rout". The Bangor Daily News. October 3, 1960. Retrieved June 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Vermont)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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