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1960 UCLA

7–⁠2–⁠1 (2–⁠2 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Bill Barnes.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1960, game by game: won vs. No. 7 Pittsburgh 8–7; tied at Purdue 27–27; lost at No. 13 Washington 8–10; won vs. Stanford 26–8; won vs. NC State 7–0; won at California 28–0; won vs. Air Force 22–0; lost vs. USC 6–17; won at Utah 16–9; won vs. Duke 27–6+28−11Won 8–7 vs. No. 7 Pittsburgh+1No. 7 PittsburghTied 27–27 at Purdue0PurdueLost 8–10 at No. 13 Washington-2No. 13 WashingtonWon 26–8 vs. Stanford+18StanfordWon 7–0 vs. NC State+7NC StateWon 28–0 at California+28CaliforniaWon 22–0 vs. Air Force+22Air ForceLost 6–17 vs. USC-11USCWon 16–9 at Utah+7UtahWon 27–6 vs. Duke+21Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vs7PittsburghW 8–⁠754%
Sep 24atPurdueT 27–⁠2735%
Oct 15at13WashingtonL 8–⁠1029%
Oct 22vsStanfordW 26–⁠879%
Oct 29vsNC StateW 7–⁠064%
Nov 5atCaliforniaW 28–⁠064%
Nov 12vsAir ForceW 22–⁠071%
Nov 19vsUSCL 6–⁠1770%
Nov 26atUtahW 16–⁠942%
Dec 3vsDukeW 27–⁠652%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 27–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 8
  2. Wk 3: 16
  3. Wk 4: 16
  4. Wk 5: 15
  5. Wk 6: 19
  6. Wk 8: 15
  7. Wk 9: 11
  8. Wk 10: 11

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.

Heisman voteBilly Kilmer, fifth

Led the nationBilly Kilmer: total offense (1,889 yds), total offense per game (188.9)

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠2 3rd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
175–⁠84
Coach
Bill Barnes
Elo
1613 +86 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.2 No. 28 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 1James Earl Johnson WR/CB/SSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 1Billy Kilmer QBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 7Bobby Smith BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 4Jimmy Johnson CBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)
Rd 5Billy Kilmer QBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Billy KilmerBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Marv LusterEAP-2; UPI-1
  • Steve BauwensOTAP-1
  • Jack MetcalfOGAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Harry BaldwinCUPI-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 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington4–⁠010–⁠16
USC3–⁠14–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠27–⁠2–⁠1
California1–⁠32–⁠7–⁠1
Stanford0–⁠40–⁠10

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