The 1960 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented the

College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...

as an independent during the

1960 NCAA University Division football season The 1960 NCAA University Division football season marked the last time that the University of Minnesota was a national champion on the gridiron. Murray Warmath's Minnesota Gophers were not in the Top 20 in preseason polling, but received the AP ...

. Eddie Anderson returned for the 11th consecutive year as head coach, his 17th year overall. For the second year in a row, the team compiled a record of 6–4. All home games were played at

Fitton Field Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were ...

on the Holy Cross campus in

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Schedule

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders for the 1960 Crusaders included: * Rushing: Tom Hennessey, 365 yards and 3 touchdowns on 73 attempts * Passing: Pat McCarthy, 941 yards, 59 completions and 4 touchdowns on 142 attempts * Receiving: Richard Skinner, 158 yards on 16 receptions * Scoring: Pat McCarthy, 42 points on 5 touchdowns and 2 two-point conversions * Total offense: Pat McCarthy, 1,220 yards (941 passing, 279 rushing) * All-purpose yards: Tom Hennessey, 1,066 yards (418 returning, 365 rushing, 283 receiving)

References

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Holy Cross Crusaders football The Holy Cross Crusaders football team is the collegiate American football program of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Patriot League, an NCAA Division I conference that participates in the F ...