1960 Iowa State
7–3 (4–3 Big Eight), coached by Clay Stapleton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Drake 46–0Sep 17
By 46 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Drake | W 46–0 | 79% |
| Sep 23 | atDetroit Mercy | W 44–21 | 51% |
| Oct 1 | at Nebraska | W 10–7 | 66% |
| Oct 8 | vs 10Kansas | L 14–28 | 60% |
| Oct 15 | vs Colorado | L 6–21 | 62% |
| Oct 22 | at 5Missouri | L 8–34 | 23% |
| Oct 29 | at Oklahoma State | W 13–6 | 41% |
| Nov 5 | vs Oklahoma | W 10–6 | 51% |
| Nov 12 | at Kansas State | W 20–7 | 75% |
| Nov 19 | atPacific | W 14–6 | 58% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Pacific 14–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.
In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
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
- 7–3
- Conference
- 4–3 4th in Big Eight
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 185–136
- Coach
- Clay Stapleton
- Elo
- 1560 +42 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.2 No. 48 of 113 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Arden Esslinger
All-Big Eight
1 first team, 4 second teamFirst team
Tom WatkinsBAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
- Dave HoppmannBAP-2; UPI-2
- Don WebbEAP-2; UPI-2
- Dan CeloniOGAP-2; UPI-3
- Arden EsslingerCAP-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 Big Eight standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 6–0–1 | 7–2–1 | 11 |
| Missouri | 6–1 | 10–1 | 5 |
| Colorado | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| Iowa State | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
| Oklahoma | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Nebraska | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| Oklahoma State | 2–5 | 3–7 | |
| Kansas State | 0–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.