1960 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1960 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–3
Head coach
Home stadium Pitt Stadium
Seasons
  1959
1961  
1960 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rutgers   8 1 0
No. 4 Navy   9 2 0
Memphis State   8 2 0
Detroit   7 2 0
No. 19 Syracuse   7 2 0
No. 16 Penn State   7 3 0
Oregon   7 3 1
Army   6 3 1
Oregon State   6 3 1
Holy Cross   6 4 0
Houston   6 4 0
Miami (FL)   6 4 0
San Jose State   5 4 0
Pittsburgh   4 3 3
Xavier   5 5 0
Washington State   4 5 1
Air Force   4 6 0
Boston University   3 5 2
Pacific (CA)   4 6 0
Boston College   3 6 1
Florida State   3 6 1
Marquette   3 6 0
Colgate   2 7 0
Notre Dame   2 8 0
Villanova   2 8 0
Dayton   1 9 0
Idaho   1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at UCLA No. 7L 7–836,056
September 24No. 6 Michigan State No. 17T 7–746,140
October 1at Oklahoma L 14–1548,835
October 8 Miami (FL)
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 17–6
October 15 West Virginia
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 42–031,813 [1]
October 22at TCU T 7–7
October 29at No. 3 Syracuse W 10–041,872
November 5at Notre Dame No. 14W 20–1355,696
November 12 Army No. 12
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 7–7
November 19 Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
L 3–1445,023
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1960 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 89 Mike Ditka Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

At Syracuse

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Mike Ditka Tight end15 Chicago Bears
Dick MillsLinebacker334 Detroit Lions
Jim Cunningham Back339 Washington Redskins
Ed Sharockman Running back557 Minnesota Vikings
Fred Cox Running back8110 Cleveland Browns
Bob ClemensBack10133 Baltimore Colts
Paul HodgeLinebacker13178 Detroit Lions
Steve JastrzembskiBack17231 Baltimore Colts
James Traficant Quarterback20276 Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. "Pitt's best offensive in 6 years beats W. Virginia, 42–0". Sunday News. October 16, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.