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1960 Clemson

6–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Frank Howard.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1960, game by game: won at Wake Forest 28–7; won vs. Virginia Tech 13–7; won vs. Virginia 21–7; lost at Maryland 17–19; lost at Duke 6–21; lost at Vanderbilt 20–22; won vs. North Carolina 24–0; won vs. South Carolina 12–2; lost at Boston College 14–25; won vs. Furman 42–14+28−15Won 28–7 at Wake Forest+21Wake ForestWon 13–7 vs. Virginia Tech+6Virginia TechWon 21–7 vs. Virginia+14VirginiaLost 17–19 at Maryland-2MarylandLost 6–21 at Duke-15DukeLost 20–22 at Vanderbilt-2VanderbiltWon 24–0 vs. North Carolina+24North CarolinaWon 12–2 vs. South Carolina+10South CarolinaLost 14–25 at Boston College-11Boston CollegeWon 42–14 vs. Furman+28Furman
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atWake ForestW 28–⁠761%
Oct 1vsVirginia TechW 13–⁠776%
Oct 8vsVirginiaW 21–⁠792%
Oct 15atMarylandL 17–⁠1970%
Oct 22atDukeL 6–⁠2157%
Oct 29atVanderbiltL 20–⁠2259%
Nov 5vsNorth CarolinaW 24–⁠076%
Nov 12vsSouth CarolinaW 12–⁠281%
Nov 19atBoston CollegeL 14–⁠2560%
Nov 26vsFurmanW 42–⁠1491%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Furman 42–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 8
Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
197–⁠124
Coach
Frank Howard
Elo
1589 −30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.8 No. 56 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dave Lynn and Lowndes Shingler

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 5Ron Osborne OTBaltimore Colts

All-ACC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Gary BarnesEUPI-1; AP-2
  • Ronnie OsborneOTUPI-1
  • Lowndes ShinglerBAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Dave LynnOGAP-2; UPI-2
  • Bill McGuirtBAP-2; UPI-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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠18–⁠310
NC State4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Maryland5–⁠26–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠53–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠52–⁠8
Virginia0–⁠60–⁠10

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