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1960 Arkansas

8–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1960, game by game: won vs. Oklahoma State 9–0; won vs. Tulsa 48–7; won at TCU 7–0; lost vs. No. 20 Baylor 14–28; won at No. 11 Texas 24–23; lost vs. No. 2 Ole Miss 7–10; won at Texas A&M 7–3; won vs. No. 10 Rice 3–0; won vs. SMU 26–3; won at Texas Tech 34–6; lost vs. No. 11 Duke 6–7+41−14Won 9–0 vs. Oklahoma State+9Oklahoma StateWon 48–7 vs. Tulsa+41TulsaWon 7–0 at TCU+7TCULost 14–28 vs. No. 20 Baylor-14No. 20 BaylorWon 24–23 at No. 11 Texas+1No. 11 TexasLost 7–10 vs. No. 2 Ole Miss-3No. 2 Ole MissWon 7–3 at Texas A&M+4Texas A&MWon 3–0 vs. No. 10 Rice+3No. 10 RiceWon 26–3 vs. SMU+23SMUWon 34–6 at Texas Tech+28Texas TechLost 6–7 vs. No. 11 Duke-1No. 11 Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsOklahoma StateW 9–⁠066%
Sep 24vsTulsaW 48–⁠776%
Oct 1atTCUW 7–⁠047%
Oct 8vs20BaylorL 14–⁠2872%
Oct 15at11TexasW 24–⁠2334%
Oct 22vs2Ole MissL 7–⁠1038%
Oct 29atTexas A&MW 7–⁠366%
Nov 5vs10RiceW 3–⁠063%
Nov 12vsSMUW 26–⁠383%
Nov 19atTexas TechW 34–⁠668%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs11DukeCotton BowlL 6–⁠759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 7–⁠6 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 3: 14
  3. Wk 4: 9
  4. Wk 6: 14
  5. Wk 7: 12
  6. Wk 8: 16
  7. Wk 9: 9
  8. Wk 10: 7
  9. Wk 11: 6
  10. Final: 7

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1960.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Led the nationLance Alworth: punt return yards (307 yds)

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 6
Points
185–⁠87
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1648 +53 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.7 No. 11 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Steve Butler and Wayne Harris

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 4Paul Dudley BGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Jim Collier ENew York Giants

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • George McKinneyBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1960 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1960 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠18–⁠37
Baylor5–⁠28–⁠312
Texas5–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Rice5–⁠27–⁠4
TCU3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Texas Tech1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Texas A&M0–⁠4–⁠31–⁠6–⁠3
SMU0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.