1960 Texas A&M

1–⁠6–⁠3 (0–⁠4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Myers.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1960, game by game: lost at LSU 0–9; tied vs. Texas Tech 14–14; won at Trinity (Texas) 14–0; lost at Houston 0–17; tied vs. TCU 14–14; lost at No. 7 Baylor 0–14; lost vs. No. 12 Arkansas 3–7; tied at SMU 0–0; lost at No. 16 Rice 14–21; lost at Texas 14–21+14−17Lost 0–9 at LSU-9LSUTied 14–14 vs. Texas Tech0Texas TechWon 14–0 at Trinity (Texas)+14Trinity (Texas)Lost 0–17 at Houston-17HoustonTied 14–14 vs. TCU0TCULost 0–14 at No. 7 Baylor-14No. 7 BaylorLost 3–7 vs. No. 12 Arkansas-4No. 12 ArkansasTied 0–0 at SMU0SMULost 14–21 at No. 16 Rice-7No. 16 RiceLost 14–21 at Texas-7Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atLSUL 0–⁠920%
Sep 24vsTexas TechT 14–⁠1457%
Oct 1atTrinity (Texas)W 14–⁠067%
Oct 8atHoustonL 0–⁠1744%
Oct 15vsTCUT 14–⁠1438%
Oct 22at7BaylorL 0–⁠1424%
Oct 29vs12ArkansasL 3–⁠734%
Nov 5atSMUT 0–⁠045%
Nov 12at16RiceL 14–⁠2124%
Nov 24atTexasL 14–⁠2115%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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
1–⁠6–⁠3
Conference
0–⁠4–⁠3 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
73–⁠117
Coach
Jim Myers
Elo
1411 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.2 No. 39 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Joe EilersOTAP-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.