Bio:
The 1960 McGill Football Team, coached by Bruce Coulter, began the season with an ominous 0-3 start but bounced back to win their first game in two years and won six consecutive contests, to finish with a 6-3 record overall, outscoring their opponents 255-127. By season's end, they were averaging crowds in excess of 8,000 at Molson Stadium.
They ended regular season with a 4-2 record, tied for first with Queen's after a clutch 15-9 victory in Kingston on the last day of the season to force a sudden-death playoff for the Yates Cup. McGill lost a coin toss and were forced to return to Kingston for the playoff game. They captured McGill's first Yates Cup in 22 years, winning the sudden-death playoff at Queen's by a 21-0 score in front of 8,000 fans to win the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. The Redmen then won the Canadian Intercollegiate championship (a challenge match pitting the eastern and western champions) with a lopsided 46-7 victory over the Alberta Golden Bears for the Churchill Bowl before 9,200 fans at Molson Stadium.
They were given a testimonial dinner in front of some 400 people at the Windsor Hotel and in the introduction to the University's 1960 Annual Report to the Board of Governors, it was noted that the two most discussed topics of conversation at the University this year was: a) finances and b) the football team's championship!
The Redmen took six of the top 10 spots in the individual scoring race and had the league MVP in quarterback Tom Skypeck. McGill placed 10 players on the conference all-star team, including Skypeck, Al Braekevelt, Paul Harasimowicz, Willie Lambert, Al MacKenzie, Johnny Moore, John Roberts, Tom Stefl, Don Taylor and Chuck Wood.
Team captain Carl Hansen won the Forbes Trophy as McGill's athlete of the year. Other members of the team included Fraser Allen, Wally Barrie, Tony Blair, John Bowler, Rae Brown, John Cleghorn, Harry Haukkala, Pete Hoisak, Bill Holmes, Bob Johnson, Leo Konyk, Stephen Longstaff, Dave Martin, Doug Maule, John McLernon, Bob Milligan, Ian Monteith, Rein Mutso, Gord Navis, Dan Uniat, Doug Pryde and Bob Winsor.
The assistant coaches were Vaughan McVey, Bob MacLellan and John Taylor. The support staff was composed of Dick Nicholson (mgr.), Alan Murdock (asst. mgr.), Jim Adams (trainer), Al Duguid (asst. trainer) and Al bert Hunter (asst. trainer).
1960 schedule and results
Sep. 24 Lost 31-38* at Queen's 0-1
Oct. 1 Lost 26-27 vs Queen's 0-2
Oct. 8 Lost 13-17 at Western 0-3
Oct. 15 Won 9-7 at Toronto 1-3
Oct. 22 Won 37-17 vs Toronto 2-3
Oct. 29 Won 57-6 vs Western 3-3
Nov. 5 Won 15-9 at Queen's 4-3
Nov. 12 Won 21-0** at Queen's 5-3
Nov. 19 Won 46-7*** vs Alberta 6-3
* pre-season game
** Yates Cup playoff (Ontario-Quebec intercollegiate championship)
*** Churchill Bowl (Canadian Intercollegiate championship)
