1960 Long Beach Vikings football team
1960 Long Beach Vikings football | |
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Metropolitan Conference champion Junior Rose Bowl champion | |
Junior Rose Bowl, W 38–16 vs. Tyler | |
Conference | Metropolitan Conference |
Record | 10–0 (7–0 Metropolitan) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bakersfield | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Monica | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
El Camino | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Los Angeles | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego Junior College | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Valley | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harbor | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Long Beach Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Long Beach City College as a member of the Metropolitan Conference during the 1960 junior college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jim Stangeland, the Vikings compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the championship, defeated Tyler in the Junior Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 282 to 127.
Key players included quarterback Dave Groff, halfback Dee Anderson, and fullback Lonzo Irvin.
The team played its home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, California.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 24 | at Cerritos* |
| W 24–10 | 10,673 | [1] | ||
October 1 | Santa Ana* | W 24–19 | 5,686 | [2] | |||
October 8 | vs. San Diego Junior College |
| W 13–8 | ||||
October 15 | El Camino |
| W 12–8 | ||||
October 21 | at Harbor |
| W 27–0 | ||||
October 29 | at Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | W 27–7 | 18,358 | |||
November 5 | Santa Monica | W 51–24 | |||||
November 11 | at Los Angeles Valley |
| W 46–20 | ||||
November 18 | at East Los Angeles |
| W 20–15 | ||||
December 10 | vs. Tyler* | W 38–16 | 38,064 | [3][4] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ Bob Shibley (September 25, 1960). "LBCC Bounces Back to Dump Cerritos: Irvin Runs Wild, 24-10". Independent-Press-Telegram. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Don Snyder (November 6, 1960). "Long Beach Rips Corsairs 51-24". Los Angeles Times. p. 11H – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mannie Pineda (December 11, 1960). "Vikings Win JRB, 38-16". Independent Star-News. p. A1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Opening Whistle Turning Point, Wagstaff Says". Independent Press-Telegram. December 11, 1960. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.