1960 Montclair State Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
CaptainDick DeMasi
Home stadiumSprague Field
1960 NAIA independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Montclair State    8 0 0
No. 15 Hillsdale    9 1 0
No. 11 Northern Michigan ^    8 1 1
Austin    6 3 0
Earlham    5 3 0
Eastern New Mexico    4 5 0
La Verne    4 5 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State    4 6 0
St. Mary of the Plains    3 5 0
McMurry    3 7 0
Georgetown (KY)    2 6 0
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1960 Montclair State Indians football team was an American football team that represented Monclair State College (now known as Montclair State University) as an independent during the 1960 NAIA football season. In their first year under head coach Jerry Edwards, the Indians compiled a perfect 8–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 181 to 54. It was the second undefeated season in Montclair State history and the first since 1947. Despite their undefeated record, Montclair State was not chosen to participate in the NAIA's four-team playoffs.[1]

Junior Dick DeMasi was the team captain and received third-team honors from the United Press on the 1960 All-America team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24at Delaware ValleyDoylestown, PAW 14–0[3]
September 30Cheyney StateW 19–7[4]
October 8at Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CTW 34–8[5]
October 15Trenton State
  • Sprague Field
  • Montclair, NJ
W 9–6[6]
October 22Gallaudet
  • Sprague Field
  • Montclair, NJ
W 38–7[7]
October 29at Kutztown StateKutztown, PAW 32–0[8]
November 5Millersville State
  • Sprague Field
  • Montclair, NJ
W 14–7[9]
November 12at C. W. PostBrookville, NYW 21–19[10][11]

References

  1. "Tribe 11 Ignored Despite 8-0 Mark". The Montclair Times. December 1, 1960. p. 46 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Wins Grid Honor". The Montclair Times. December 8, 1960. p. 48 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Montclair State Beats Delaware". The Herald-News. September 26, 1960. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Montclair State Wins, 2 freshmen Are Stars: Defeats Cheney (Pa.) State 19-7, in Night Game Before Record Crowd; Area Men Play". The Herald-News. October 1, 1960. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Central State Trounced 34 to 8 By Montclair". The Hartford Courant. October 9, 1960. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Unbeaten Montclair State Tops Trenton on Field Goal". The Herald-News. October 17, 1960. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Montclair State Stays Unbeaten". The Record. October 24, 1960. p. 31 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Unbeaten Montclair State Routs Kutztown Eleven, 32-0". The Herald-News. October 31, 1960. p. 20 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Millersville's Third Defeat Costly In Grid Record Books". Intelligencer Journal. November 8, 1960. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Post Runs Its Negative Streak To 5, But Looks Good Losing". Newsday. November 14, 1960. p. 20C via Newspapers.com.
  11. "NCAA's Wild Card Sub Rule Befuddles Montclair State". The Herald-News. November 15, 1960. p. 48 via Newspapers.com.
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