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1960 Maryland

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Thomas Nugent.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1960, game by game: won at West Virginia 31–8; lost vs. No. 15 Texas 0–34; lost vs. Duke 7–20; lost at NC State 10–13; won vs. No. 8 Clemson 19–17; won at Wake Forest 14–13; won vs. South Carolina 15–0; lost at Penn State 9–28; won at North Carolina 22–19; won at Virginia 44–12+32−34Won 31–8 at West Virginia+23West VirginiaLost 0–34 vs. No. 15 Texas-34No. 15 TexasLost 7–20 vs. Duke-13DukeLost 10–13 at NC State-3NC StateWon 19–17 vs. No. 8 Clemson+2No. 8 ClemsonWon 14–13 at Wake Forest+1Wake ForestWon 15–0 vs. South Carolina+15South CarolinaLost 9–28 at Penn State-19Penn StateWon 22–19 at North Carolina+3North CarolinaWon 44–12 at Virginia+32Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atWest VirginiaW 31–⁠849%
Sep 24vs15TexasL 0–⁠3449%
Oct 1vsDukeL 7–⁠2053%
Oct 8atNC StateL 10–⁠1342%
Oct 15vs8ClemsonW 19–⁠1731%
Oct 22atWake ForestW 14–⁠1347%
Oct 29vsSouth CarolinaW 15–⁠062%
Nov 5atPenn StateL 9–⁠2827%
Nov 12atNorth CarolinaW 22–⁠1950%
Nov 19atVirginiaW 44–⁠1276%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 44–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠164
Coach
Thomas Nugent
Elo
1514 +16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.0 No. 60 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dale BettyBAP-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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠18–⁠310
NC State4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Maryland5–⁠26–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠53–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠52–⁠8
Virginia0–⁠60–⁠10

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