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
Seasons
« 1959 1961 »
1960 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1/1 Minnesota § 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
#3/2 Iowa § 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
#8/8 Ohio State 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
#15/11 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
#19/15 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 / Coaches' 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.

Contents

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 24, 1960 Oregon* Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 21–0   48,021
October 1, 1960 at #NR/13 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 24–17   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 Minnesota #NR/16 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 10–0   71,752
October 29, 1960 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 16–13   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 Stadium • Columbus, OH L 7–0   83,107
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #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 attempt Touchdowns
Bennie McRae 80 342 4.3 0
Dave Raimey 62 292 4.7 6
Dennis Fitzgerald 66 263 4.0 1

Passing

Player Attempts Completions Interceptions Comp % Yards Yds/Comp TD Long
Dave Glinka 124 54 11 43.5 755 14.0 5 50

Receiving

Player Receptions Yards Yds/Recp TD Long
Robert Johnson 15 230 15.3 1 50
George Mans 9 136 15.1 1 31
Scott Maentz 7 127 18.1 2 34

Kickoff returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Bennie McRae 9 169 18.8 0 39
Dennis Fitzgerald 3 138 46.0 1 99
Dave Raimey 3 78 26.0 0 16

Punt returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Bennie McRae 14 113 8.1 0 18
Gary McNitt 5 56 11.2 0 31
Reid Bushong 4 45 11.3 0 14

Players

Awards and honors

Coaching staff

References

External links

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