Bio

The 1960 team was the first of Matt Anthony's undefeated teams, playing to a 7-0 regular season record in the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference. The team then defeated Loyola for the Ontario-St. Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship, winning by a score of 49-13 in the title game. Over the course of the season, the Gee-Gees outscored opponents 259-78 before travelling to Halifax for the Atlantic Bowl.

The team was considered favourites to win the league coming into the season, having finished second in 1959. Bill McIntyre, a medical student who had led the league in scoring in 1959 was returning, as was Brien Benoit who was considered the league's best lineman. Both were local Ottawa players, as the majority of the roster was made up of grads from Lisgar, Fisher, St. Pat's, Glebe, and U of O high schools. Glenn Robinson hailed from Arnprior, Earl Blackadder from Cornwall, and Dick Barch was an American import. As the wins began to pile up, Matt Anthony declared his fedora hat to be lucky and refused to replace it prior to the Atlantic Bowl.

1960 Game Results:

W 29-19 vs McMaster at Lansdowne, Oct. 1 - TDs by Pete Barnabe (2 rec from Earl Hendy), Earl Blackadder, Bill McIntyre

W 28-6 at Waterloo, Oct. 8 - TDs by McIntyre (3), Barnabe (70-yard rec from Rick Charbonneau)

W vs Carleton, Oct. 15 - TDs by McIntyre (3), Pete Barnabe

W 27-13 at RMC, Oct. 22 - TDs by Bill Hendy, McIntyre, Tony Malloy, Earl Blackadder

W 15-2 at Guelph (OAC), Oct. 29 - TDs by Blackadder (2)

W 34-18 vs Carleton, Nov. 5 - TDs by McIntyre (2), Blackadder, Glenn Robinson, Rick Carbonneau (90-yard INT return)

W 49-1 vs RMC, Nov. 12 - TDs by Barnabe (2), McIntyre, Hendy, Malloy, Blackadder, Robinson.

W 49-13 vs Loyola (OSLAA Championship)

L 6-21 at St.FX (Atlantic Bowl) - two field goals by Don Myles

Team Roster:

Bill Auger, Dave Preston, Ward Adams, Andre Primeau, Bob McEvoy, Bill Hendy, Guy Duford, Dick Barch, Avrum Smith, Rich Hutchings, Paul Benoit, Dennis Lynch, Bill McIntyre, Pete Barnabe, Andre Cadieux, Glen Robinson, Ron Verrall, Len Shore, Jim Allen, Tony Malloy, John Thompson, Pete Radley, Brian Benoit, Pete Benoit, Paul Desjardins, Rick Carbonneau, Earl Blackadder, Mike Ninninger, Don Myles, John Bonhomme, Tom Kritsch.

Coaches and staff:

Matt Anthony (head coach), Fred Kijeck (assistant coach), Andre Cousineau (manager), Fern St. Pierre (assistant manager), F. Clouthier (assistant manager), Jack Park (trainer).

RECAP: Easy Victory for Gee-Gees Over Loyola 

Business at hand for Matt Anthony and his University of Ottawa were Loyola College Warriors and next Saturday's Atlantic Bowl game Saturday afternoon at Lansdowne Park.

However, the Gee-Gees handled both situations with a dispatch that gave promise of a worthy display in the bowl against Don Loney's St. Francis Xavier University aggregation. The X-men, unbeaten in 26 games gained the other spot in the Maritime version of the Grey Cup by sinking Stadacona Sailors, 30-9, at the same time.

On the field, the powerful Sandy Hill outfit ambledto a 49-13 triumph over the previously undefeated Warriors to lay a firm hold on the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Conference title. The triumph was also the eighth straight for the garnet and grey, Ontario Conference champions.

With the Ontario Conference title, U of O took the Otttawa St.-Lawerence "A" title. They were challenged by Warriors, "B" winners and unbeaten in 15 games.

The Atlantic Bowl entered the picture from the roof in the presence on an unadvertised movie camera. It was properly and politely asked to cease and desist from recording action on the field and it did.

On the gridiron, the Gee-Gees had just too much polish for the Warriors, who did show a couple of sparkling individuals. The score went to 22-0 quickly and then there was a good stream of traffic to and from the U of O bench as Anthony subsituted freely.

Varsity inlcuded scoring plays from one yard to a 100, the latter an electrifying return of the second-half kikoff by Peter Barnabe. "We've been trying for one all year," said Matt. "Come close a couple of times, but this time we did it."

Barnabe, who was a two-touchdown man and added a 50-yard fourth-quarter single as well, took the ball about his own 10 and broke out of the mob about the U of O 35. He had Earl Blackadder as a convoy and carried the last Warrior defensive man into the end zone in the dash along the north touch line.

Blackadder, Pete Radley, Bill Hendy, Gleb Robinson, and Rick Carbonneau also scored six-pointers. Don Myles added the remaining points on a 34-yard placement and four converts.

Jack Hogan and Bill Bacon picked off the Loyla majors. Peter Howlett, a good football player, converted one.

Note: this article originally appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on Monday, November 21, 1960. It was written by Doug Milton.