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1960 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 41–12 vs. Oregon
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
1960 record7–3
Head coachRip Engle (11th season)
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 46,284)
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 NCAA University Division independents football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 17Boston UniversityNo. 19W 20–0
October 1No. 19 MissouridaggerNo. 20
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
L 8–21
October 8at No. 18 ArmyW 27–16
October 15at No. 4 SyracuseNo. 20L 15–21
October 22at IllinoisL 8–10
October 29West Virginia
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 34–13
November 5Maryland
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 28–9
November 12at Holy CrossW 33–8
November 19at PittsburghW 14–3
December 17vs. OregonNo. 15W 41–12
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

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