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1960 Colorado

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Everett Grandelius. Officially 7–⁠3. Kansas forfeited to Colorado.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1960, game by game: lost at Baylor 0–26; won vs. Kansas State 27–7; won vs. Arizona 35–16; won at Iowa State 21–6; won vs. Nebraska 19–6; won vs. Oklahoma 7–0; lost at No. 2 Missouri 6–16; lost at Kansas 6–34; won at Oklahoma State 13–6; lost vs. Air Force 6–16+20−28Lost 0–26 at Baylor-26BaylorWon 27–7 vs. Kansas State+20Kansas StateWon 35–16 vs. Arizona+19ArizonaWon 21–6 at Iowa State+15Iowa StateWon 19–6 vs. Nebraska+13NebraskaWon 7–0 vs. Oklahoma+7OklahomaLost 6–16 at No. 2 Missouri-10No. 2 MissouriLost 6–34 at Kansas-28KansasWon 13–6 at Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateLost 6–16 vs. Air Force-10Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atBaylorL 0–⁠2646%
Oct 1vsKansas StateW 27–⁠772%
Oct 8vsArizonaW 35–⁠1673%
Oct 15atIowa StateW 21–⁠638%
Oct 22vsNebraskaW 19–⁠673%
Oct 29vsOklahomaW 7–⁠055%
Nov 5at2MissouriL 6–⁠1628%
Nov 12atKansasL 6–⁠34won by forfeit37%
Nov 19atOklahoma StateW 13–⁠648%
Nov 26vsAir ForceL 6–⁠1671%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Air Force 16–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 18

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.

Consensus All-AmericanJoe Romig, OG/LB

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
140–⁠133
Coach
Everett Grandelius
Elo
1525 +18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.4 No. 38 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Elkins
Most valuable player
Joe Romig

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Chuck WeissBAP-2
  • Bill EurichOTAP-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 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas6–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠111
Missouri6–⁠110–⁠15
Colorado5–⁠26–⁠4
Iowa State4–⁠37–⁠3
Oklahoma2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Nebraska2–⁠54–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠9

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