1960 NAIA football season

1960 Evergreen Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NAIA playoff participant;

1960 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1960 NAIA football season
Regular season	August–December 1960
Postseason	December 3–17, 1960
National Championship	Stewart Field; St. Petersburg, FL
Champion	Lenoir–Rhyne

The 1960 NAIA football season, as part of the 1960 college football season in the United States, was the fifth season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The season was played from August to December 1960, culminating in the fifth annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year for the last time at Stewart Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. During its four years in St. Petersburg, the game was called the Holiday Bowl.

Lenoir–Rhyne, who lost the 1959 championship game, defeated Humboldt State in the championship game, 15–14, to win their first NAIA national title.[1]

Conference standings

1960 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Parsons +	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Luther +	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Wartburg	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Upper Iowa	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Dubuque	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Buena Vista	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Central (IA)	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Iowa Wesleyan	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1
Simpson	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1960 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Missouri Valley +	3	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
William Jewell +	3	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Culver–Stockton	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Tarkio	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Central Methodist	0	–	2	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Graceland	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1960 Nebraska College Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Peru State $	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Hastings	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Wayne State (NE)	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Kearney State	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Doane	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Chadron State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Nebraska Wesleyan	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1960 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northern State +	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Huron +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
South Dakota Tech	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Dakota Wesleyan	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Southern State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Black Hills	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
General Beadle	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions

1960 Tri-State Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Concordia (NE) $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Midland	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Sioux Falls	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Westmar	3	–	2	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Dana	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Yankton	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Northwestern (IA)	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Postseason

Semifinals December 3, 1960		Championship December 17, 1960 Holiday Bowl[2]


Whitworth	6

Humboldt State*	13
		Humboldt State	14

		Lenoir–Rhyne	15
Northern Michigan	20

Lenoir–Rhyne*	20†

† The game ended in a tie but Lenoir–Rhyne advanced based on having more total penetrations within Northern Michigan's 20 yard line.

References

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
"1960 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

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[1] "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

[2] "1960 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 13, 2015.