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1960 Georgia

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1960, game by game: lost at Alabama 6–21; won at Vanderbilt 18–7; won vs. South Carolina 38–6; lost at USC 3–10; won vs. Mississippi State 20–17; won at Kentucky 17–13; won vs. Tulsa 45–7; lost vs. Florida 14–22; lost at No. 10 Auburn 6–9; won vs. Georgia Tech 7–6+38−15Lost 6–21 at Alabama-15AlabamaWon 18–7 at Vanderbilt+11VanderbiltWon 38–6 vs. South Carolina+32South CarolinaLost 3–10 at USC-7USCWon 20–17 vs. Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Won 17–13 at Kentucky+4KentuckyWon 45–7 vs. Tulsa+38TulsaLost 14–22 vs. Florida-8FloridaLost 6–9 at No. 10 Auburn-3No. 10 AuburnWon 7–6 vs. Georgia Tech+1Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atAlabamaL 6–⁠2152%
Sep 24atVanderbiltW 18–⁠749%
Oct 1vsSouth CarolinaW 38–⁠677%
Oct 7atUSCL 3–⁠1061%
Oct 15vsMississippi StateW 20–⁠1777%
Oct 22atKentuckyW 17–⁠1356%
Oct 29vsTulsaW 45–⁠774%
Nov 5vsFloridaL 14–⁠2261%
Nov 12at10AuburnL 6–⁠937%
Nov 26vsGeorgia TechW 7–⁠662%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 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.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
174–⁠118
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1603 −11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.5 No. 27 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 3Fran Tarkenton QBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 4Bobby Walden RB/PHouston Oilers (AFL)
Rd 5Fran Tarkenton QBBoston Patriots (AFL)
Rd 6Fred Brown RBBuffalo 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.