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1960 Notre Dame

2–⁠8, coached by Joe Kuharich.

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 1960, game by game: won vs. California 21–7; lost vs. Purdue 19–51; lost at North Carolina 7–12; lost vs. No. 14 Michigan State 0–21; lost at Northwestern 6–7; lost vs. No. 4 Navy 7–14; lost vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh 13–20; lost at Miami 21–28; lost vs. No. 2 Iowa 0–28; won at USC 17–0+17−32Won 21–7 vs. California+14CaliforniaLost 19–51 vs. Purdue-32PurdueLost 7–12 at North Carolina-5North CarolinaLost 0–21 vs. No. 14 Michigan State-21No. 14 Michigan StateLost 6–7 at Northwestern-1NorthwesternLost 7–14 vs. No. 4 Navy-7No. 4 NavyLost 13–20 vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh-7No. 14 PittsburghLost 21–28 at Miami-7MiamiLost 0–28 vs. No. 2 Iowa-28No. 2 IowaWon 17–0 at USC+17USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsCaliforniaW 21–⁠773%
Oct 1vsPurdueL 19–⁠5153%
Oct 8atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1247%
Oct 15vs14Michigan StateL 0–⁠2151%
Oct 22atNorthwesternL 6–⁠736%
Oct 29vs4NavyL 7–⁠1423%
Nov 5vs14PittsburghL 13–⁠2034%
Nov 12atMiamiL 21–⁠2829%
Nov 19vs2IowaL 0–⁠2821%
Nov 26atUSCW 17–⁠026%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 17–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 125th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 3: 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.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
111–⁠188
Coach
Joe Kuharich
Elo
1461 −77 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.5 No. 49 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Myron Pottios

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 2Myron Pottios LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 3Myron Pottios LBOakland Raiders (AFL)