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1960 Oregon

7–⁠3–⁠1, coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1960, game by game: won vs. Idaho 33–6; lost at Michigan 0–21; won at Utah 20–17; won vs. San José State 33–0; won vs. Washington State 21–12; won at California 20–0; lost at No. 9 Washington 6–7; won vs. Stanford 27–6; won vs. West Virginia 20–6; tied at Oregon State 14–14; lost vs. No. 15 Penn State 12–41+33−29Won 33–6 vs. Idaho+27IdahoLost 0–21 at Michigan-21MichiganWon 20–17 at Utah+3UtahWon 33–0 vs. San José State+33San José StateWon 21–12 vs. Washington State+9Washington StateWon 20–0 at California+20CaliforniaLost 6–7 at No. 9 Washington-1No. 9 WashingtonWon 27–6 vs. Stanford+21StanfordWon 20–6 vs. West Virginia+14West VirginiaTied 14–14 at Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 12–41 vs. No. 15 Penn State-29No. 15 Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsIdahoW 33–⁠680%
Sep 24atMichiganL 0–⁠2155%
Oct 1atUtahW 20–⁠1747%
Oct 8vsSan José StateW 33–⁠073%
Oct 15vsWashington StateW 21–⁠1261%
Oct 22atCaliforniaW 20–⁠070%
Oct 29at9WashingtonL 6–⁠736%
Nov 5vsStanfordW 27–⁠687%
Nov 12vsWest VirginiaW 20–⁠685%
Nov 19atOregon StateT 14–⁠1451%
Dec 17Bowls & playoffvs15Penn StateLiberty BowlL 12–⁠4140%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 41–⁠12 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 19

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
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
206–⁠130
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1586 +27 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.5 No. 43 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dave Urell and Dave Grosz

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team

First team

  • Dave GroszQBAP-1; UPI-2
  • Steve BarnettOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Dave UrellOGAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1960 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).