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1960 Washington State

4–⁠5–⁠1, coached by Jim Sutherland.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1960, game by game: won vs. Stanford 15–14; lost at Denver 26–28; lost at Arizona State 21–24; tied at California 21–21; lost at Oregon 12–21; won vs. Pacific 51–12; won at San José State 29–6; lost vs. Oregon State 10–20; won at Idaho 18–7; lost vs. No. 5 Washington 7–8+39−10Won 15–14 vs. Stanford+1StanfordLost 26–28 at Denver-2DenverLost 21–24 at Arizona State-3Arizona StateTied 21–21 at California0CaliforniaLost 12–21 at Oregon-9OregonWon 51–12 vs. Pacific+39PacificWon 29–6 at San José State+23San José StateLost 10–20 vs. Oregon State-10Oregon StateWon 18–7 at Idaho+11IdahoLost 7–8 vs. No. 5 Washington-1No. 5 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsStanfordW 15–⁠1474%
Sep 23atDenverL 26–⁠2864%
Oct 1atArizona StateL 21–⁠2434%
Oct 8atCaliforniaT 21–⁠2164%
Oct 15atOregonL 12–⁠2139%
Oct 22vsPacificW 51–⁠1269%
Oct 29atSan José StateW 29–⁠652%
Nov 5vsOregon StateL 10–⁠2067%
Nov 12atIdahoW 18–⁠777%
Nov 19vs5WashingtonL 7–⁠839%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 8–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Photographs from 1960

  • 1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [07]
    1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [07]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [16]
    1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [16]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [15]
    1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [15]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [14]
    1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [14]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [10]
    1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) In-game action [10]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) Pre-game activities [03]
    1960 Football game, University of Idaho (7) vs. Washington State University (18) Pre-game activities [03]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

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.

Led the nationHugh Campbell: receptions (66 catches), receiving yards (881 yds), receiving touchdowns (10 TD)

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
210–⁠161
Coach
Jim Sutherland
Elo
1551 −18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.9 No. 63 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 5Keith Lincoln BChicago Bears
Rd 2Keith Lincoln FBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First 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).