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1960 USC

4–⁠6 (3–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by John McKay.

Schedule and results

USC in 1960, game by game: lost vs. Oregon State 0–14; lost vs. TCU 6–7; lost at No. 9 Ohio State 0–20; won vs. Georgia 10–3; won vs. California 27–10; won at Stanford 21–6; lost vs. No. 7 Washington 0–34; lost at Baylor 14–35; won at No. 11 UCLA 17–6; lost vs. Notre Dame 0–17+17−34Lost 0–14 vs. Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 6–7 vs. TCU-1TCULost 0–20 at No. 9 Ohio State-20No. 9 Ohio StateWon 10–3 vs. Georgia+7GeorgiaWon 27–10 vs. California+17CaliforniaWon 21–6 at Stanford+15StanfordLost 0–34 vs. No. 7 Washington-34No. 7 WashingtonLost 14–35 at Baylor-21BaylorWon 17–6 at No. 11 UCLA+11No. 11 UCLALost 0–17 vs. Notre Dame-17Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsOregon StateL 0–⁠1470%
Sep 24vsTCUL 6–⁠749%
Oct 1at9Ohio StateL 0–⁠2038%
Oct 7vsGeorgiaW 10–⁠339%
Oct 15vsCaliforniaW 27–⁠1074%
Oct 29atStanfordW 21–⁠669%
Nov 5vs7WashingtonL 0–⁠3443%
Nov 12atBaylorL 14–⁠3536%
Nov 19at11UCLAW 17–⁠630%
Nov 26vsNotre DameL 0–⁠1774%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 17–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6

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
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠1 2nd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
95–⁠152
Coach
John McKay
Elo
1492 −73 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.3 No. 51 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Mike McKeever and George Van Vliet

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 1Marlin McKeever LBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 4Dan Ficca OGPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 3Marlin McKeever LBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • George Van VlietEUPI-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.