1960 Long Beach Vikings football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1960

| team = Long Beach Vikings

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Metropolitan Conference

| short_conf = Metropolitan

| record = 10–0

| conf_record = 7–0

| head_coach = Jim Stangeland

| hc_year = 4th

| captain =

| stadium = Veterans Memorial Stadium

| champion = Metropolitan Conference champion
Junior Rose Bowl champion

| bowl = Junior Rose Bowl

| bowl_result = W 38–16 vs. {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}}

}}

{{1960 Metropolitan Conference football standings}}

The 1960 Long Beach Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Long Beach City College as a member of the Metropolitan Conference during the 1960 junior college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jim Stangeland, the Vikings compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the championship, defeated {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}} in the Junior Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 282 to 127.

Key players included quarterback Dave Groff, halfback Dee Anderson, and fullback Lonzo Irvin.

The team played its home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, California.

Schedule

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|September 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Cerritos Falcons|title=Cerritos}}|Falcon Stadium|Norwalk, CA|W 24-10|10,673|{{cite news|title=LBCC Bounces Back to Dump Cerritos: Irvin Runs Wild, 24-10|newspaper=Independent-Press-Telegram|author=Bob Shibley|date=September 25, 1960|page=C2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-lbcc-bounces-back-to-dump-ce/144217436/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 1||{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Santa Ana Dons|title=Santa Ana}}|Veterans Memorial Stadium|Long Beach, CA|W 24-19|5,686|{{cite news|title=Long Beach Rips Corsairs 51-24|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Don Snyder|date=November 6, 1960|page=11H|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-long-beach-rips-co/144217648/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8|vs|{{cfb link|year=1960|team=San Diego Junior College Knights|title=San Diego Junior College}}|Falcon Stadium|Norwalk, CA|W 13-8||

|October 15||{{cfb link|year=1960|team=El Camino Warriors|title=El Camino}}|Veterans Stadium|Long Beach, CA|W 12-8||

|October 21|at|{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Harbor Seahawks|title=Harbor}}|Casey Field|Wilmington, CA|W 27-0||

|October 29|at|{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Bakersfield Renegades|title=Bakersfield}}||Bakersfield, CA|W 27-7|18,358|

|November 5||{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Santa Monica Corsairs|title=Santa Monica}}|||W 51-24||

|November 11|at|{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Los Angeles Valley Monarchs|title=Los Angeles Valley}}|Monarch Field|Van Nuys, CA|W 46-20||

|November 18|at|{{cfb link|year=1960|team=East Los Angeles Huskies|title=East Los Angeles}}|Husky Field|Los Angeles, CA|W 20-15||

|December 10|vs|{{cfb link|year=1960|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}}|Rose Bowl|Pasadena, CA (Little Rose Bowl)|W 38-16|38,064|{{cite news|title=Vikings Win JRB, 38-16|newspaper=Independent Star-News|author=Mannie Pineda|date=December 11, 1960|page=A1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-star-news-vikings-win-jrb-3/144215099/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Opening Whistle Turning Point, Wagstaff Says|newspaper=Independent Press-Telegram|date=December 11, 1960|page=C3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-opening-whistle-turning-poin/144215338/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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