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1960 Auburn

8–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1960, game by game: lost vs. Tennessee 3–10; won at Kentucky 10–7; won vs. Chattanooga 10–0; won vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech 9–7; won vs. Miami 20–7; won at Florida 10–7; won vs. Mississippi State 27–12; won vs. Georgia 9–6; won vs. Florida State 57–21; lost vs. No. 17 Alabama 0–3+36−7Lost 3–10 vs. Tennessee-7TennesseeWon 10–7 at Kentucky+3KentuckyWon 10–0 vs. Chattanooga+10ChattanoogaWon 9–7 vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech+2No. 19 Georgia TechWon 20–7 vs. Miami+13MiamiWon 10–7 at Florida+3FloridaWon 27–12 vs. Mississippi State+15Mississippi Sta…Won 9–6 vs. Georgia+3GeorgiaWon 57–21 vs. Florida State+36Florida StateLost 0–3 vs. No. 17 Alabama-3No. 17 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsTennesseeL 3–⁠1073%
Oct 1atKentuckyW 10–⁠755%
Oct 8vsChattanoogaW 10–⁠095%
Oct 15vs19Georgia TechW 9–⁠761%
Oct 22vsMiamiW 20–⁠769%
Oct 29atFloridaW 10–⁠749%
Nov 5vsMississippi StateW 27–⁠1280%
Nov 12vsGeorgiaW 9–⁠663%
Nov 19vsFlorida StateW 57–⁠2183%
Nov 26vs17AlabamaL 0–⁠357%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 3–⁠0; No. 13 in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 6: 17
  3. Wk 7: 14
  4. Wk 8: 12
  5. Wk 9: 10
  6. Wk 10: 9
  7. Wk 11: 8
  8. Final: 13

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.

Heisman voteEd Dyas, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanKen Rice, OT

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 8
Points
155–⁠80
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1649 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.0 No. 12 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 1Ken Rice OTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 3Billy Wilson OTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 5Ed Dyas BBaltimore Colts
Rd 1Ken Rice OTBuffalo Bills (AFL)

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

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

1960 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠12
Florida5–⁠19–⁠218
Alabama5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠29
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠213
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠26–⁠2–⁠2
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠73–⁠7

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