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1960 Rice

7–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1960, game by game: lost vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech 13–16; won vs. Tulane 10–7; won vs. No. 18 Florida 10–0; won at SMU 47–0; won vs. No. 16 Texas 7–0; won vs. Texas Tech 30–6; lost at No. 16 Arkansas 0–3; won vs. Texas A&M 21–14; won vs. TCU 23–0; lost at No. 19 Baylor 7–12; lost vs. No. 3 Ole Miss 6–14+47−8Lost 13–16 vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech-3No. 13 Georgia TechWon 10–7 vs. Tulane+3TulaneWon 10–0 vs. No. 18 Florida+10No. 18 FloridaWon 47–0 at SMU+47SMUWon 7–0 vs. No. 16 Texas+7No. 16 TexasWon 30–6 vs. Texas Tech+24Texas TechLost 0–3 at No. 16 Arkansas-3No. 16 ArkansasWon 21–14 vs. Texas A&M+7Texas A&MWon 23–0 vs. TCU+23TCULost 7–12 at No. 19 Baylor-5No. 19 BaylorLost 6–14 vs. No. 3 Ole Miss-8No. 3 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vs13Georgia TechL 13–⁠1645%
Oct 1vsTulaneW 10–⁠755%
Oct 8vs18FloridaW 10–⁠035%
Oct 15atSMUW 47–⁠044%
Oct 22vs16TexasW 7–⁠041%
Oct 29vsTexas TechW 30–⁠673%
Nov 5at16ArkansasL 0–⁠337%
Nov 12vsTexas A&MW 21–⁠1476%
Nov 19vsTCUW 23–⁠056%
Nov 26at19BaylorL 7–⁠1243%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs3Ole MissSugar BowlL 6–⁠1425%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 14–⁠6 in the Sugar Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 20
  2. Wk 7: 13
  3. Wk 8: 10
  4. Wk 9: 16
  5. Wk 10: 14
  6. Wk 11: 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
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
174–⁠72
Coach
Jess Neely
Elo
1582 +120 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.0 No. 7 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Billy CoxBAP-2
  • Robert JohnstonOTAP-2
  • Bob LivelyOGAP-2
  • Boyd KingCAP-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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠18–⁠37
Baylor5–⁠28–⁠312
Texas5–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Rice5–⁠27–⁠4
TCU3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Texas Tech1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Texas A&M0–⁠4–⁠31–⁠6–⁠3
SMU0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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