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1960 Oklahoma

3–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Bud Wilkinson.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1960, game by game: lost vs. No. 14 Northwestern 3–19; won vs. Pittsburgh 15–14; lost vs. No. 15 Texas 0–24; tied at No. 9 Kansas 13–13; won vs. Kansas State 49–7; lost at Colorado 0–7; lost at Iowa State 6–10; lost vs. No. 2 Missouri 19–41; lost vs. Nebraska 14–17; won at Oklahoma State 17–6+42−24Lost 3–19 vs. No. 14 Northwestern-16No. 14 NorthwesternWon 15–14 vs. Pittsburgh+1PittsburghLost 0–24 vs. No. 15 Texas-24No. 15 TexasTied 13–13 at No. 9 Kansas0No. 9 KansasWon 49–7 vs. Kansas State+42Kansas StateLost 0–7 at Colorado-7ColoradoLost 6–10 at Iowa State-4Iowa StateLost 19–41 vs. No. 2 Missouri-22No. 2 MissouriLost 14–17 vs. Nebraska-3NebraskaWon 17–6 at Oklahoma State+11Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vs14NorthwesternL 3–⁠1970%
Oct 1vsPittsburghW 15–⁠1464%
Oct 8vs15TexasL 0–⁠2444%
Oct 15at9KansasT 13–⁠1339%
Oct 22vsKansas StateW 49–⁠785%
Oct 29atColoradoL 0–⁠745%
Nov 5atIowa StateL 6–⁠1049%
Nov 12vs2MissouriL 19–⁠4136%
Nov 19vsNebraskaL 14–⁠1775%
Nov 26atOklahoma StateW 17–⁠646%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 17–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10

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
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
136–⁠158
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1528 −104 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.5 No. 44 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ron Hartline and Marshall York

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 4Ron Hartline RBDetroit Lions
Rd 6Mike McClellan BSan Francisco 49ers

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Billy WhiteOTAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Ronnie HartlineBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Karl Don MilsteadOGUPI-2

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.