1960 Oklahoma State

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Cliff Speegle.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1960, game by game: lost at No. 19 Arkansas 0–9; lost at No. 16 Missouri 7–28; won at Tulsa 28–7; lost at Houston 7–12; lost vs. No. 15 Kansas 7–14; lost vs. Iowa State 6–13; won at Kansas State 28–7; won at Nebraska 7–6; lost vs. Colorado 6–13; lost vs. Oklahoma 6–17+21−21Lost 0–9 at No. 19 Arkansas-9No. 19 ArkansasLost 7–28 at No. 16 Missouri-21No. 16 MissouriWon 28–7 at Tulsa+21TulsaLost 7–12 at Houston-5HoustonLost 7–14 vs. No. 15 Kansas-7No. 15 KansasLost 6–13 vs. Iowa State-7Iowa StateWon 28–7 at Kansas State+21Kansas StateWon 7–6 at Nebraska+1NebraskaLost 6–13 vs. Colorado-7ColoradoLost 6–17 vs. Oklahoma-11Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

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

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
102–⁠126
Coach
Cliff Speegle
Elo
1449 −89 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.5 No. 47 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 3Harold Beaty OGLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Frank Parker OTCleveland Browns

All-Big Eight

1 first team

First 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.