The 1960 NAIA football season was the fifth season of
college football sponsored by the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its st ...
. The season was played from August to December 1960, culminating in the fifth annual
NAIA Football National Championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Associ ...
, played this year for the last time at
Stewart Field in
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the ...
. 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.
Conference standings
Postseason
*† ''The game ended in a tie but Lenoir Rhyne advanced based on having more total penetrations within Northern Michigan's 20 yard line.''
See also
*
1960 NCAA University Division football season
*
1960 NCAA College Division football season
References
{{NAIA football
NAIA Football National Championship