1960 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–4 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach	Tom Nugent (2nd season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Duke $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
NC State	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Maryland	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1960 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Tom Nugent, the Terrapins compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 in conference), finished in third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 171 to 164.^[2]^[3] The team's statistical leaders included Dale Betty with 796 passing yards, Pat Drass with 297 rushing yards, and Gary Collins with 404 receiving yards.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 31–8
September 24	No. 15 Texas*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–34	31,000	^[5]
October 1	Duke	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 7–20	25,000
October 8	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 10–13
October 15	No. 8 Clemson	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 19–17
October 22	at Wake Forest	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 14–13	11,000
October 29	South Carolina	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 15–0
November 5	at Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 9–28	30,126
November 12	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 22–19
November 19	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	W 44–12
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "1960 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
^ "1960 Maryland Terrapins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
^ "Maryland Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
^ "1960 Maryland Terrapins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
^ "Texas whips Terps, 34–0". The Baltimore Sun. September 25, 1960. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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