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1960 Purdue

4–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Jack Mollenkopf, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1960, game by game: tied vs. No. 8 UCLA 27–27; won at No. 12 Notre Dame 51–19; lost at Wisconsin 13–24; won vs. No. 3 Ohio State 24–21; lost at No. 1 Iowa 14–21; lost vs. Illinois 12–14; lost vs. No. 17 Michigan State 13–17; won at No. 1 Minnesota 23–14; won vs. Indiana 35–6+32−11Tied 27–27 vs. No. 8 UCLA0No. 8 UCLAWon 51–19 at No. 12 Notre Dame+32No. 12 Notre DameLost 13–24 at Wisconsin-11WisconsinWon 24–21 vs. No. 3 Ohio State+3No. 3 Ohio StateLost 14–21 at No. 1 Iowa-7No. 1 IowaLost 12–14 vs. Illinois-2IllinoisLost 13–17 vs. No. 17 Michigan State-4No. 17 Michigan StateWon 23–14 at No. 1 Minnesota+9No. 1 MinnesotaWon 35–6 vs. Indiana+29Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vs8UCLAT 27–⁠2765%
Oct 1at12Notre DameW 51–⁠1947%
Oct 8atWisconsinL 13–⁠2443%
Oct 15vs3Ohio StateW 24–⁠2156%
Oct 22at1IowaL 14–⁠2131%
Oct 29vsIllinoisL 12–⁠1467%
Nov 5vs17Michigan StateL 13–⁠1758%
Nov 12at1MinnesotaW 23–⁠1435%
Nov 19vsIndianaW 35–⁠683%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 35–⁠6; No. 19 in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The tied 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 7
  2. Wk 6: 10
  3. Wk 7: 15
  4. Wk 10: 13
  5. Final: 19
Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 7
Points
212–⁠163
Coach
Jack Mollenkopf
Elo
1606 +21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.5 No. 9 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jerry Beabout and Maury Guttman
Most valuable player
Bernie Allen

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bernie AllenQBAP-2
  • Willie JonesFBAP-2
  • Ron MaltonyOGAP-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 Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota6–⁠18–⁠21
Iowa5–⁠18–⁠13
Ohio State5–⁠27–⁠28
Michigan State4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠115
Illinois3–⁠45–⁠4
Northwestern3–⁠45–⁠4
Michigan3–⁠45–⁠4
Purdue3–⁠44–⁠4–⁠119
Wisconsin2–⁠54–⁠5
Indiana0–⁠71–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.