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1960 Iowa

8–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Forest Evashevski, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1960, game by game: won vs. No. 10 Oregon State 22–12; won at No. 6 Northwestern 42–0; won at No. 13 Michigan State 27–15; won vs. No. 12 Wisconsin 28–21; won vs. No. 10 Purdue 21–14; won vs. No. 19 Kansas 21–7; lost at No. 3 Minnesota 10–27; won vs. No. 3 Ohio State 35–12; won at Notre Dame 28–0+42−17Won 22–12 vs. No. 10 Oregon State+10No. 10 Oregon StateWon 42–0 at No. 6 Northwestern+42No. 6 NorthwesternWon 27–15 at No. 13 Michigan State+12No. 13 Michigan StateWon 28–21 vs. No. 12 Wisconsin+7No. 12 WisconsinWon 21–14 vs. No. 10 Purdue+7No. 10 PurdueWon 21–7 vs. No. 19 Kansas+14No. 19 KansasLost 10–27 at No. 3 Minnesota-17No. 3 MinnesotaWon 35–12 vs. No. 3 Ohio State+23No. 3 Ohio StateWon 28–0 at Notre Dame+28Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vs10Oregon StateW 22–⁠1270%
Oct 1at6NorthwesternW 42–⁠047%
Oct 8at13Michigan StateW 27–⁠1554%
Oct 15vs12WisconsinW 28–⁠2164%
Oct 22vs10PurdueW 21–⁠1469%
Oct 29vs19KansasW 21–⁠771%
Nov 5at3MinnesotaL 10–⁠2762%
Nov 12vs3Ohio StateW 35–⁠1260%
Nov 19atNotre DameW 28–⁠079%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Notre Dame 28–⁠0; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 1
  8. Wk 8: 1
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 2
  11. Wk 11: 2
  12. Final: 3

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.

National championsa title the school claims

Big Ten champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Minnesota

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Big Ten
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 1
Points
234–⁠108
Coach
Forest Evashevski
Elo
1721 +118 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
28.9 No. 1 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jerry Mauren
Most valuable player
Bernie Wyatt

All-Big Ten

3 first team

First team

  • Wilburn HollisQBAP-1
  • Larry FergusonRBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Mark MandersOGAP-1; UPI-1

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 Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota6–⁠18–⁠21
Iowa5–⁠18–⁠13
Ohio State5–⁠27–⁠28
Michigan State4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠115
Illinois3–⁠45–⁠4
Northwestern3–⁠45–⁠4
Michigan3–⁠45–⁠4
Purdue3–⁠44–⁠4–⁠119
Wisconsin2–⁠54–⁠5
Indiana0–⁠71–⁠8

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