1960 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

1960 UC Riverside Highlanders football
Conference Independent
1960 record 7–0–1
Head coach Jim Whitley (2nd season)
Home stadium UCR Athletic Field

The 1960 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1960 College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1960.

UC Riverside was led by second-year head coach Jim Whitley. They played home games at UCR Athletic Field in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season undefeated, with a record of seven wins, no losses and one tie (7–0–1). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 144–75 for the season.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 24 Chino Institute for Men Chino, CA W 20–14  
October 1 Caltech UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA W 28–18  
October 8 UC Davis[note 1] UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA W 12–6  
October 15 Naval Ordnance UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA W 42–13  
October 22 Claremont-Mudd[note 2] UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA W 12–7  
October 29 at Pomona-Claremont[note 3] Claremont Alumni Field • Claremont, CA W 6–0  
November 5 at Azusa[note 4] Covina High School • Covina, CA T 8–8  
November 12 at Cal Western[note 5] Balboa Stadium ? • San Diego, CA W 16–9  

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Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1961 NFL Draft. [3][4][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  2. ↑ The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.
  3. ↑ What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
  4. ↑ Azusa College existed from 1956 to 1964. It merged with Los Angeles Pacific College in 1965 to become Azusa Pacific University. Azusa Pacific's official football records do not include the history from either of the predecessor schools.
  5. ↑ Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.

References

  1. ↑ "1960 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Southland College Log". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 21, 1960. p. IV-9. Retrieved March 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "1961 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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