1960 Michigan Wolverines football team

1960 Michigan Wolverines football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1960 record 5–4 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Bump Elliott (2nd year)
MVP Dennis Fitzgerald
Captain Gerald Smith
Home stadium Michigan Stadium
1960 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Minnesota + 6 1 0     8 2 0
#3 Iowa + 5 1 0     8 1 0
#8 Ohio State 5 2 0     7 2 0
#15 Michigan State 4 2 0     6 2 1
Illinois 3 4 0     5 4 0
Michigan 3 4 0     5 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 0     5 4 0
#19 Purdue 3 4 0     4 4 1
Wisconsin 2 5 0     4 5 0
Indiana 0 7 0     1 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1960 college football season. The team's head coach was Bump Elliott. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 24, 1960 Oregon* Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI W 21–0   48,021
October 1, 1960 at #NR/13 Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI L 17–24   76,490
October 8, 1960 Duke* Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 31–6   77,183
October 15, 1960 Northwestern #NR/19 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 14–7   63,027
October 22, 1960 #6/5 Minnesotadagger #NR/16 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 0–10   71,752
October 29, 1960 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 13–16   57,629
November 5, 1960 Illinois Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 8–7   63,665
November 12, 1960 Indiana Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 29–7   51,584
November 19, 1960 at #10/9 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH L 0–7   83,107
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Statistical leaders

Rushing

Player Attempts Net yards Yards per attemptTouchdowns
Bennie McRae803424.30
Dave Raimey622924.76
Dennis Fitzgerald662634.01

Passing

Player AttemptsCompletions InterceptionsComp %YardsYds/CompTDLong
Dave Glinka124541143.575514.0550

Receiving

Player ReceptionsYards Yds/RecpTDLong
Robert Johnson1523015.3150
George Mans913615.1131
Scott Maentz712718.1234

Kickoff returns

Player ReturnsYards Yds/ReturnTDLong
Bennie McRae916918.8039
Dennis Fitzgerald313846.0199
Dave Raimey37826.0016

Punt returns

Player ReturnsYards Yds/ReturnTDLong
Bennie McRae141138.1018
Gary McNitt55611.2031
Reid Bushong44511.3014

Players

1960 team captain Gerald Smith

Awards and honors

Coaching staff

References

    External links

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