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1960 Richmond

3–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Edwin Merrick.

Schedule and results

Richmond in 1960, game by game: lost at Florida State 0–28; lost at VMI 6–21; tied at West Virginia 6–6; lost vs. The Citadel 12–24; won at Davidson 35–6; lost vs. Virginia Tech 0–20; lost at George Washington 0–16; won at Furman 35–28; lost at East Carolina 7–22; won vs. William & Mary 19–0+29−28Lost 0–28 at Florida State-28Florida StateLost 6–21 at VMI-15VMITied 6–6 at West Virginia0West VirginiaLost 12–24 vs. The Citadel-12The CitadelWon 35–6 at Davidson+29DavidsonLost 0–20 vs. Virginia Tech-20Virginia TechLost 0–16 at George Washington-16George Washingt…Won 35–28 at Furman+7FurmanLost 7–22 at East Carolina-15East CarolinaWon 19–0 vs. William & Mary+19William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atFlorida StateL 0–⁠2841%
Oct 1atVMIL 6–⁠2121%
Oct 8atWest VirginiaT 6–⁠646%
Oct 15vsThe CitadelL 12–⁠2451%
Oct 22atDavidsonW 35–⁠680%
Oct 29vsVirginia TechL 0–⁠2038%
Nov 4atGeorge WashingtonL 0–⁠1642%
Nov 11atFurmanW 35–⁠2858%
Nov 19atEast CarolinaL 7–⁠2276%
Nov 24vsWilliam & MaryW 19–⁠057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat William & Mary 19–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

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
3–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
120–⁠171
Coach
Edwin Merrick
Elo
1351 −100 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−13.8 No. 88 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Buffman and John Boggs

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Earl StoudtBAP-1
  • Bob CoolbaughEAP-1

Second team

  • Bob BuffmanOTAP-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 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
VMI4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
The Citadel4–⁠28–⁠2–⁠1
George Washington4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Virginia Tech4–⁠26–⁠4
Furman2–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Richmond3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠33–⁠5
William & Mary1–⁠52–⁠8
West Virginia0–⁠2–⁠10–⁠8–⁠2

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