1960 Army Cadets football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1960
| team = Army Cadets
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 6–3–1
| head_coach = Dale Hall
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Frank Gibson
| captain2 = Al Vanderbush
| stadium = Michie Stadium
}}
{{1960 NCAA University Division independents football records}}
The 1960 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1960 college football season. In their second year under head coach Dale Hall, the Cadets compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 222 to 95. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 17 to 12 score. The Cadets also lost to Penn State and Nebraska.{{cite web|title=1960 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=August 2, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1960-schedule.html}}
Army guard Al Vanderbush was selected by the Central Press Association as a first-team player on the 1960 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web|title=Hefty Line Features Central Press All-America|work=The Brainerd Daily Dispatch|location=Brainerd, MN|url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=35493422¤tResult=3¤tPage=0&fpo=False}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was also selected by the UPI as a second-team player.{{cite news|title=Bellino, Ditka and Davis Awarded 1st Team Spots|author=Leo H. Peterson|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=November 30, 1960|page=54|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19601130&id=LxIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YpwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4078,7072664}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1960
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 17
| w/l = w
| opponent = Buffalo
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 37–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = Boston College
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 20–7
| attend = 20,150
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 28–10
| attend = 51,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = l
| rank = 18
| opponent = Penn State
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 16–27
| attend = 27,150
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Nebraska
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE
| score = 9–14
| attend = 36,244
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = w
| opponent = Villanova
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 54–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = w
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 30–7
| attend = 19,126
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/414/stats/13014 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 18, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Syracuse
| site_stadium = Yankee Stadium
| site_cityst = Bronx, NY
| score = 9–6
| attend = 66,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = t
| away = y
| opponent = Pittsburgh
| site_stadium = Pitt Stadium
| site_cityst = Pittsburgh, PA
| score = 7–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = Navy
| site_stadium = Philadelphia Municipal Stadium
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| gamename = Army–Navy Game
| score = 12–17
}}
}}
References
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