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 | |
Conference | Metropolitan Conference |
Record | 10–0 (7–0 Metropolitan) |
Head coach |
|
Home stadium | Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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] | |||
|
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.