1960 LSU

5–⁠4–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Paul Dietzel.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1960, game by game: won vs. Texas A&M 9–0; lost vs. Baylor 3–7; lost at Georgia Tech 2–6; lost at Kentucky 0–3; lost vs. Florida 10–13; tied at No. 2 Ole Miss 6–6; won vs. South Carolina 35–6; won vs. Mississippi State 7–3; won vs. Wake Forest 16–0; won at Tulane 17–6+29−4Won 9–0 vs. Texas A&M+9Texas A&MLost 3–7 vs. Baylor-4BaylorLost 2–6 at Georgia Tech-4Georgia TechLost 0–3 at Kentucky-3KentuckyLost 10–13 vs. Florida-3FloridaTied 6–6 at No. 2 Ole Miss0No. 2 Ole MissWon 35–6 vs. South Carolina+29South CarolinaWon 7–3 vs. Mississippi State+4Mississippi Sta…Won 16–0 vs. Wake Forest+16Wake ForestWon 17–6 at Tulane+11Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 17–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 18

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
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
105–⁠50
Coach
Paul Dietzel
Elo
1630 −15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.9 No. 21 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 2Bo Strange CPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 3Bo Strange CDenver Broncos (AFL)

All-SEC

2 second 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.