1960 NAIA football season
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| 1960 NAIA football season | |||
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| Regular season | August–December 1960 | ||
| Postseason | December 3–17, 1960 | ||
| National Championship | Stewart Field St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Champions | Lenoir–Rhyne | ||
NAIA football season
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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]
Postseason
| Semifinals December 3, 1960 |
Championship December 17, 1960 Holiday Bowl[2] |
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| 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.
