Houston at Florida State

Saturday, November 12, 1960

Houston beat Florida State 7–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Houston led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayHouston6–⁠4 in 1960
7
HomeFlorida State3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1960
6

FinalHigh 56°F, low 51°FAttendance 10,400

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Houston NiDs Florida State

    Evening star, November 13, 1960, page 42

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    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.

Houston leads 13–⁠2–⁠2 in 17 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Houston 38, Florida State 24Peach Bowl
1978Houston 27, Florida State 21
1975Florida State 33, Houston 22
1974Houston 23, Florida State 8
1973Houston 34, Florida State 3
1972Houston 31, Florida State 27

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