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1960 Montana

5–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Ray Jenkins.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1960, game by game: won vs. North Dakota 21–14; lost vs. Wyoming 0–14; lost vs. Utah State 12–14; won vs. Idaho 18–14; won at Denver 26–12; lost vs. BYU 6–7; won at Colorado State 26–14; won vs. Montana State 10–6; lost at Utah 6–16; lost at New Mexico 7–24+14−17Won 21–14 vs. North Dakota+7North DakotaLost 0–14 vs. Wyoming-14WyomingLost 12–14 vs. Utah State-2Utah StateWon 18–14 vs. Idaho+4IdahoWon 26–12 at Denver+14DenverLost 6–7 vs. BYU-1BYUWon 26–14 at Colorado State+12Colorado StateWon 10–6 vs. Montana State+4Montana StateLost 6–16 at Utah-10UtahLost 7–24 at New Mexico-17New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsNorth DakotaW 21–⁠1477%
Sep 17vsWyomingL 0–⁠1413%
Sep 24vsUtah StateL 12–⁠1434%
Oct 1vsIdahoW 18–⁠1446%
Oct 15atDenverW 26–⁠1228%
Oct 22vsBYUL 6–⁠753%
Oct 29atColorado StateW 26–⁠1428%
Nov 5vsMontana StateW 10–⁠683%
Nov 12atUtahL 6–⁠1622%
Nov 19atNew MexicoL 7–⁠2429%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠135
Coach
Ray Jenkins
Elo
1340 +67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.2 No. 82 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1960 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah State6–⁠19–⁠2
Wyoming6–⁠18–⁠2
Utah5–⁠17–⁠3
New Mexico4–⁠25–⁠5
Montana2–⁠55–⁠5
BYU2–⁠53–⁠8
Denver1–⁠63–⁠7
Colorado State1–⁠62–⁠8

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