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1960 Nebraska

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by William Jennings.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1960, game by game: won at No. 4 Texas 14–13; lost vs. Minnesota 14–26; lost vs. Iowa State 7–10; won vs. Kansas State 17–7; won vs. Army 14–9; lost at Colorado 6–19; lost vs. No. 5 Missouri 0–28; lost at Kansas 0–31; lost vs. Oklahoma State 6–7; won at Oklahoma 17–14+10−31Won 14–13 at No. 4 Texas+1No. 4 TexasLost 14–26 vs. Minnesota-12MinnesotaLost 7–10 vs. Iowa State-3Iowa StateWon 17–7 vs. Kansas State+10Kansas StateWon 14–9 vs. Army+5ArmyLost 6–19 at Colorado-13ColoradoLost 0–28 vs. No. 5 Missouri-28No. 5 MissouriLost 0–31 at Kansas-31KansasLost 6–7 vs. Oklahoma State-1Oklahoma StateWon 17–14 at Oklahoma+3Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17at4TexasW 14–⁠1320%
Sep 24vsMinnesotaL 14–⁠2657%
Oct 1vsIowa StateL 7–⁠1034%
Oct 8vsKansas StateW 17–⁠762%
Oct 15vsArmyW 14–⁠934%
Oct 22atColoradoL 6–⁠1927%
Oct 29vs5MissouriL 0–⁠2824%
Nov 5atKansasL 0–⁠3120%
Nov 12vsOklahoma StateL 6–⁠743%
Nov 19atOklahomaW 17–⁠1425%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 117th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 12

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.

Led the nationPat Fischer: punt return average (21.2)

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
95–⁠164
Coach
William Jennings
Elo
1407 −7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.0 No. 52 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Wing T

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 4Ron McDole OTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 4Ron McDole DEDenver Broncos (AFL)

All-Big Eight

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 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.