Houston at Florida State
Saturday, November 12, 1960 Share
Houston beat Florida State 7–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Houston led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 51°FAttendance 10,400
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 13, 1960, page 42
Read the text
Houston NiDs Florida State TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Nov. IL CAP).-Houston’s Cougars overcame a bad case of FUN blitis in the final period today and rolled to a 7–6 football vic tory over Florida State on the passing of Quarterback Don Sessions. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Sessions fired a 12-yard touchdown pass to Halfback Ken Bolin to cap a 52-yard drive. Eddie Mitchamore kicked the extra point. Florida State came right back with a furious passing at tack that carried 81 yards to a touchdown in the final three minutes. Quarterback Ed Tran cygier fired a 20-yard scoring pass to End George Tillman. The Seminoles went for the two points but Trancygier’s pass to Halfback Carl Meyer was too high. FLORIDA STATE % 0 0 6-t Houston-Bolin II. pass from Sessions Mitchamore, kick. Florida State-Tillman ~, pass IRON Trancygier (pess failed. Attendance 1U,4OO.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Houston 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Houston–Florida State gameHouston leads 13–2–2 in 17 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
| 2015 | Houston 38, Florida State 24 | Peach Bowl |
| 1978 | Houston 27, Florida State 21 | |
| 1975 | Florida State 33, Houston 22 | |
| 1974 | Houston 23, Florida State 8 | |
| 1973 | Houston 34, Florida State 3 | |
| 1972 | Houston 31, Florida State 27 |
Around this game
Houston
- Next gamevs. TulsaNov. 26, 1960
- SeasonHouston in 1960
- ProgramHouston history and records
Florida State
- Next gameat AuburnNov. 19, 1960
- SeasonFlorida State in 1960
- ProgramFlorida State history and records

