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1960 New Mexico

5–⁠5 (4–⁠2 Skyline Conference), coached by Bill Weeks.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1960, game by game: won vs. University of Mexico 77–6; lost at Wyoming 3–13; lost at UTEP 17–23; lost vs. New Mexico State 0–34; lost vs. Utah State 7–46; lost vs. Arizona 14–26; won at Denver 41–6; won at BYU 27–15; won vs. Colorado State 24–6; won vs. Montana 24–7+71−39Won 77–6 vs. University of Mexico+71University of M…Lost 3–13 at Wyoming-10WyomingLost 17–23 at UTEP-6UTEPLost 0–34 vs. New Mexico State-34New Mexico StateLost 7–46 vs. Utah State-39Utah StateLost 14–26 vs. Arizona-12ArizonaWon 41–6 at Denver+35DenverWon 27–15 at BYU+12BYUWon 24–6 vs. Colorado State+18Colorado StateWon 24–7 vs. Montana+17Montana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsUniversity of MexicoW 77–⁠691%
Sep 24atWyomingL 3–⁠1329%
Oct 1atUTEPL 17–⁠2365%
Oct 8vsNew Mexico StateL 0–⁠3448%
Oct 15vsUtah StateL 7–⁠4651%
Oct 22vsArizonaL 14–⁠2665%
Oct 28atDenverW 41–⁠648%
Nov 5atBYUW 27–⁠1551%
Nov 12vsColorado StateW 24–⁠668%
Nov 19vsMontanaW 24–⁠771%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Montana 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠2 4th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
234–⁠182
Coach
Bill Weeks
Elo
1473 −44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.1 No. 78 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.