1960 Long Beach Vikings football team

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.

1960 Long Beach Vikings football
Metropolitan Conference champion
Junior Rose Bowl champion
Junior Rose Bowl, W 38–16 vs. Tyler
ConferenceMetropolitan Conference
Record10–0 (7–0 Metropolitan)
Head coach
Home stadiumVeterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Metropolitan Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Long Beach $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
Bakersfield 6 1 0 8 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
  • $ – Conference champion

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Cerritos*
W 24–1010,673[1]
October 1Santa Ana*W 24–195,686[2]
October 8vs. San Diego Junior College
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Norwalk, CA
W 13–8
October 15El Camino
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
W 12–8
October 21at Harbor
  • Casey Field
  • Wilmington, CA
W 27–0
October 29at BakersfieldBakersfield, CAW 27–718,358
November 5Santa MonicaW 51–24
November 11at Los Angeles Valley
  • Monarch Field
  • Van Nuys, CA
W 46–20
November 18at East Los Angeles
  • Husky Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–15
December 10vs. Tyler*W 38–1638,064[3][4]
  • *Non-conference game

References edit

  1. ^ Bob Shibley (September 25, 1960). "LBCC Bounces Back to Dump Cerritos: Irvin Runs Wild, 24-10". Independent-Press-Telegram. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Don Snyder (November 6, 1960). "Long Beach Rips Corsairs 51-24". Los Angeles Times. p. 11H – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Mannie Pineda (December 11, 1960). "Vikings Win JRB, 38-16". Independent Star-News. p. A1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Opening Whistle Turning Point, Wagstaff Says". Independent Press-Telegram. December 11, 1960. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.