1960 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1960 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Record	2–6–1 (1–4 MAC)
Head coach	David M. Nelson (10th season)
Captain	Mickey Heinecken
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium

1960 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University
Rutgers x	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Delaware	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Temple	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
College–Northern
Albright x	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Wagner x	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Lebanon Valley	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Susquehanna	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Juniata	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Scranton	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Upsala	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
Wilkes	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Moravian	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Hofstra *	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Lycoming *	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Pennsylvania Military	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ursinus	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Swarthmore	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Drexel	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	7	–	1
Haverford	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
No. 5 West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1960 NCAA College Division football season. In its tenth season under head coach David M. Nelson, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–4 against MAC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 141 to 92. Mickey Heinecken was the team captain. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 24	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 14–27
October 1	Amherst*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 12–15
October 8	Lafayette	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 0–3
October 15	at New Hampshire*	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	L 14–31
October 22	at Marshall*	Fairfield StadiumHuntington, WV	T 6–6
October 29	Hofstra*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 20–0
November 5	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 26–12
November 12	Rutgers	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 0–22
November 19	Bucknell	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 22–6
*Non-conference game