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1960 Georgia Tech

5–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1960, game by game: won vs. Kentucky 23–13; won at Rice 16–13; lost at Florida 17–18; won vs. LSU 6–2; lost at Auburn 7–9; won vs. Tulane 14–6; lost at No. 15 Duke 0–6; won vs. No. 8 Tennessee 14–7; lost vs. Alabama 15–16; lost at Georgia 6–7+10−6Won 23–13 vs. Kentucky+10KentuckyWon 16–13 at Rice+3RiceLost 17–18 at Florida-1FloridaWon 6–2 vs. LSU+4LSULost 7–9 at Auburn-2AuburnWon 14–6 vs. Tulane+8TulaneLost 0–6 at No. 15 Duke-6No. 15 DukeWon 14–7 vs. No. 8 Tennessee+7No. 8 TennesseeLost 15–16 vs. Alabama-1AlabamaLost 6–7 at Georgia-1Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsKentuckyW 23–⁠1359%
Sep 24atRiceW 16–⁠1355%
Oct 1atFloridaL 17–⁠1843%
Oct 8vsLSUW 6–⁠248%
Oct 15atAuburnL 7–⁠939%
Oct 22vsTulaneW 14–⁠673%
Oct 29at15DukeL 0–⁠644%
Nov 5vs8TennesseeW 14–⁠756%
Nov 12vsAlabamaL 15–⁠1654%
Nov 26atGeorgiaL 6–⁠738%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 13
  2. Wk 3: 10
  3. Wk 5: 19

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.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
118–⁠97
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1566 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.0 No. 16 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 2Ed Nutting OTCleveland Browns
Rd 6Jerry Burch EMinnesota Vikings
Rd 2Billy Shaw OGBuffalo Bills (AFL)

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 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

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.