1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	8–1 (4–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	John F. Bateman (1st season)
Home stadium	Rutgers 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 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach John F. Bateman, the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8–1 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, outscored their opponents 225 to 69.

The team's statistical leaders included Sam Mudie with 452 passing yards, Steve Simms with 613 rushing yards, and Arnie Byrd with 269 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 13–9	30,000
October 1	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 19–6	8,888
October 8	Colgate	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 49–12	15,000
October 15	Bucknell	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 23–19	11,000
October 22	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Behtlehem, PA	W 8–0	14,000
October 29	Villanova	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	L 12–14	11,000
November 5	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 36–8
November 12	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 22–0
November 19	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 43–2	16,677
Homecoming