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1960 Missouri

10–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine, finished No. 5 in the AP poll. Officially 11–⁠0. Kansas forfeited to Missouri.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1960, game by game: won vs. SMU 20–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 28–7; won at No. 20 Penn State 21–8; won vs. Air Force 34–8; won at Kansas State 45–0; won vs. Iowa State 34–8; won at Nebraska 28–0; won vs. No. 18 Colorado 16–6; won at Oklahoma 41–19; lost vs. Kansas 7–23; won vs. No. 7 Navy 21–14+45−16Won 20–0 vs. SMU+20SMUWon 28–7 vs. Oklahoma State+21Oklahoma StateWon 21–8 at No. 20 Penn State+13No. 20 Penn StateWon 34–8 vs. Air Force+26Air ForceWon 45–0 at Kansas State+45Kansas StateWon 34–8 vs. Iowa State+26Iowa StateWon 28–0 at Nebraska+28NebraskaWon 16–6 vs. No. 18 Colorado+10No. 18 ColoradoWon 41–19 at Oklahoma+22OklahomaLost 7–23 vs. Kansas-16KansasWon 21–14 vs. No. 7 Navy+7No. 7 Navy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsSMUW 20–⁠055%
Sep 24vsOklahoma StateW 28–⁠763%
Oct 1at20Penn StateW 21–⁠835%
Oct 8vsAir ForceW 34–⁠856%
Oct 15atKansas StateW 45–⁠081%
Oct 22vsIowa StateW 34–⁠877%
Oct 29atNebraskaW 28–⁠076%
Nov 5vs18ColoradoW 16–⁠672%
Nov 12atOklahomaW 41–⁠1964%
Nov 19vsKansasL 7–⁠23won by forfeit70%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs7NavyOrange BowlW 21–⁠1451%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Navy 21–⁠14 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16
  2. Wk 3: 19
  3. Wk 4: 11
  4. Wk 5: 6
  5. Wk 6: 5
  6. Wk 7: 5
  7. Wk 8: 2
  8. Wk 9: 2
  9. Wk 10: 1
  10. Wk 11: 5
  11. Final: 5

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 Eight champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanDan LaRose, E

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 1
Points
295–⁠93
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1699 +167 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
22.8 No. 5 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 2Danny LaRose EDetroit Lions
Rd 3Dan LaRose OTBoston Patriots (AFL)

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Mel WestBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Dan LaRoseEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Rockne CalhounOTUPI-1
  • Paul HenleyOGAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Donnie SmithBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Ed BlaineOTAP-2; UPI-3

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.