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1960 Kansas

7–⁠2–⁠1 (6–⁠0–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Jack Mitchell, finished No. 11 in the AP poll. Officially 5–⁠4–⁠1. Kansas forfeited two games.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “The Big 8 Conference considers those games to be forfeits by Kansas, though Kansas and the NCAA recognize Kansas’ on-field victories.”

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1960, game by game: won vs. No. 11 TCU 21–7; won at Kansas State 41–0; lost vs. No. 2 Syracuse 7–14; won at Iowa State 28–14; tied vs. Oklahoma 13–13; won at Oklahoma State 14–7; lost at No. 1 Iowa 7–21; won vs. Nebraska 31–0; won vs. Colorado 34–6; won at No. 1 Missouri 23–7+41−14Won 21–7 vs. No. 11 TCU+14No. 11 TCUWon 41–0 at Kansas State+41Kansas StateLost 7–14 vs. No. 2 Syracuse-7No. 2 SyracuseWon 28–14 at Iowa State+14Iowa StateTied 13–13 vs. Oklahoma0OklahomaWon 14–7 at Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateLost 7–21 at No. 1 Iowa-14No. 1 IowaWon 31–0 vs. Nebraska+31NebraskaWon 34–6 vs. Colorado+28ColoradoWon 23–7 at No. 1 Missouri+16No. 1 Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vs11TCUW 21–⁠742%
Sep 24atKansas StateW 41–⁠062%
Oct 1vs2SyracuseL 7–⁠1439%
Oct 8atIowa StateW 28–⁠1440%
Oct 15vsOklahomaT 13–⁠1361%
Oct 22atOklahoma StateW 14–⁠752%
Oct 29at1IowaL 7–⁠2129%
Nov 5vsNebraskaW 31–⁠080%
Nov 12vsColoradoW 34–⁠6forfeited63%
Nov 19at1MissouriW 23–⁠7forfeited30%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 23–⁠7; No. 11 in the final AP poll; first in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0–⁠1 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 5
Points
219–⁠89
Coach
Jack Mitchell
Elo
1670 +159 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.7 No. 6 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Doyle Schick

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John HadlB
  • Curtis McClintonBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Elvin BashamOGAP-2; UPI-1
  • Fred HagemanCAP-1; UPI-1

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 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.