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1960 Tennessee

6–⁠2–⁠2 (3–⁠2–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1960, game by game: won at Auburn 10–3; tied vs. Mississippi State 0–0; won vs. Tampa 62–7; won vs. No. 15 Alabama 20–7; won vs. Chattanooga 35–0; won vs. North Carolina 27–14; lost at Georgia Tech 7–14; lost vs. No. 4 Ole Miss 3–24; tied vs. Kentucky 10–10; won at Vanderbilt 35–0+55−21Won 10–3 at Auburn+7AuburnTied 0–0 vs. Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Won 62–7 vs. Tampa+55TampaWon 20–7 vs. No. 15 Alabama+13No. 15 AlabamaWon 35–0 vs. Chattanooga+35ChattanoogaWon 27–14 vs. North Carolina+13North CarolinaLost 7–14 at Georgia Tech-7Georgia TechLost 3–24 vs. No. 4 Ole Miss-21No. 4 Ole MissTied 10–10 vs. Kentucky0KentuckyWon 35–0 at Vanderbilt+35Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atAuburnW 10–⁠327%
Oct 1vsMississippi StateT 0–⁠070%
Oct 8vsTampaW 62–⁠791%
Oct 15vs15AlabamaW 20–⁠748%
Oct 22vsChattanoogaW 35–⁠094%
Oct 29vsNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠1471%
Nov 5atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠1444%
Nov 12vs4Ole MissL 3–⁠2430%
Nov 19vsKentuckyT 10–⁠1053%
Nov 26atVanderbiltW 35–⁠055%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 35–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 3: 11
  3. Wk 6: 12
  4. Wk 7: 11
  5. Wk 8: 8
  6. Wk 9: 14

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
6–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠2 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
209–⁠79
Coach
Bowden Wyatt
Elo
1570 +77 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.5 No. 17 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 5Mike Lucci CCleveland Browns

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

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

1960 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠12
Florida5–⁠19–⁠218
Alabama5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠29
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠213
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠26–⁠2–⁠2
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠73–⁠7

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