1960 Navy Midshipmen football team
American college football season
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The 1960 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent in the 1960 college football season. The offense scored 262 points while the defense allowed 103 points. Led by head coach Wayne Hardin, the Midshipmen finished the season with nine wins and an appearance in the Orange Bowl.
| 1960 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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Orange Bowl, L 21–14 vs. Missouri | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 9–2 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Joe Matalavage |
| Home stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Navy | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Midshipmen were Lambert Trophy co-champions with undefeated Yale. Senior halfback Joe Bellino was awarded the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award.[1]
Navy upset third-ranked Washington in Seattle,[2] which vaulted them up eleven places in the rankings, to sixth. They played Air Force for the first time this season, a 35–3 win in mid-October in Baltimore as Bellino scored three touchdowns and made an interception, all in the first half.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | at Boston College | W 22–7 | 27,000 | [4] | ||
| September 24 | Villanova | W 41–7 | 20,271 | [5] | ||
| October 1 | at No. 3 Washington | No. 17 | W 15–14 | 57,379 | [2] | |
| October 8 | vs. SMU | No. 6 | W 26–7 | 30,000 | [6] | |
| October 15 | Air Force | No. 5 | W 35–3 | 50,000 | [3] | |
| October 22 | at Penn | No. 4 | W 27–0 | 26,123 | [7] | |
| October 29 | vs. Notre Dame | No. 4 |
| W 14–7 | 63,000 | [8] |
| November 5 | at No. 15 Duke | No. 4 | L 10–19 | 46,000 | [9] | |
| November 12 | Virginia | No. 8 |
| W 41–6 | 20,208 | [10] |
| November 26 | vs. Army | No. 7 |
| W 17–12 | 100,000 | [11] |
| January 2, 1961 | vs. No. 5 Missouri | No. 4 | L 14–21 | 71,218 | [12] | |
Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Awards and honors
1961 NFL draft
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Joe Bellino | Halfback | 17 | 227 | Washington Redksins |
