1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–4–1 record, finished in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–4 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 212 to 163.[1][2]

1960 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 19
Record4–4–1 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBernie Allen
CaptainJerry Beabout, Maury Guttman
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1960 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Minnesota + 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
No. 3 Iowa + 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
No. 8 Ohio State 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
No. 15 Michigan State 4 –2 –06 –2 –1
Illinois 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Michigan 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
No. 19 Purdue 3 –4 –04 –4 –1
Wisconsin 2 –5 –04 –5 –0
Indiana 0 –7 –01 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 24No. 8 UCLA*
T 27–2748,542
October 1at No. 12 Notre Dame*
W 51–1959,235
October 8at WisconsinNo. 7
L 13–2458,292
October 15No. 3 Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 24–2146,284
October 22at No. 1 IowaNo. 10
L 14–2159,200
October 29Illinoisdagger
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
L 12–1448,625
November 5at No. 17 Michigan State
L 13–1738,481
November 12at No. 1 Minnesota
W 23–1461,348
November 19Indiana
W 35–645,723
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel
1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB, K 15 Bernie Allen Sr
OT 76 Jerry Beabout (C) Sr
C 55 Edward Behanna So
HB 20 Thomas Bloom So
OT 73 Don Brumm So
OT 72 Bill Currie So
E 88 John Elwell Jr
E 83 Forest Farmer So
QB 12 Maury Guttman (C)
FB 31 Willie Jones
C 59 Phil Kardasz Sr
G 61 Tom Krysinski
E 61 Jim Kubinski Jr
G 67 Ron Maltony Sr
B 30 Donn Mayoras
HB 27 Dave Miller So
G 51 Albert Mincevich
C 53 Don Paltani So
OT 75 Pat Russ Jr
G 60 Stan Sczurek Jr
HB 21 Jim Tiller Sr
HB 43 Bob Wiater So
FB 33 Tom Yakubowski
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Game summaries

    Notre Dame
    1 234Total
    Notre Dame 13 006 19
    • Purdue 14 3160 51
    • Source: Palm Beach Post. 1960 Oct 02.
    Scoring summary
    1PURElwell 44-yard pass from Guttman (Allen kick)PUR 7-0
    1NDScarpitto 64-yard run (kick failed)PUR 7-6
    1PURWinters 78-yard run (Allen kick)PUR 14-6
    1NDDabiero 24-yard pass from Haffner (Perkowski kick)PUR 14-13
    2PURMayoras 1-yard run (Allen kick)PUR 21-13
    2PURAllen 24-yard field goalPUR 24-13
    2PURYakubowski 1-yard run (Allen kick)PUR 31-13
    2PURTiller 30-yard pass from Allen (Allen kick)PUR 38-13
    2PURTiller 66-yard punt return (Allen kick)PUR 45-13
    3PURAllen 6-yard run (kick blocked)PUR 51-13
    4NDLamonica 7-yard run (run failed)PUR 51-19

    Indiana
    • Willie Jones 25 rushes, 111 yards [4]

    References
    1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
    2. "1960 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
    3. "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 87. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
    4. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-02.
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