1960 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1960 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference Big Eight Conference
Record3–6–1 (2–4–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Captains
  • Ron Hartline
  • Marshall York
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1959
1961  →
1960 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Missouri $ 7 –0 –011 –0 –0
No. 11 Kansas† 6 –0 –17 –2 –1
Colorado 6 –1 –07 –3 –0
Iowa State 4 –3 –07 –3 –0
Oklahoma 2 –4 –13 –6 –1
Nebraska 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Oklahoma State 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Kansas State 0 –7 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Kansas' conference victories against Colorado and Missouri were forfeited by Big Eight sanctions, though both are recognized as Kansas victories by Kansas and the NCAA. [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1960 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27No. 14 Northwestern *
L 3–1961,289
October 1 Pittsburgh *
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 15–1448,835
October 8vs. No. 15 Texas *
L 0–2476,059 [2]
October 15at No. 9 Kansas
T 13–1339,593
October 22 Kansas State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 49–744,677
October 29at Colorado
L 0–745,281
November 5at Iowa State
L 6–1015,451
November 12No. 2 Missouri
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
L 19–4153,369
November 19 Nebraska
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
L 14–1742,701
November 26at Oklahoma State
W 17–632,381
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked
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NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season. [4]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL team
451Ron HartlineRunning back Detroit Lions
680Mike McClellanBack San Francisco 49ers
14159Phil LomanCenter Cleveland Browns

References

  1. ↑ Morey, Earl (December 9, 1960). "Big Eight voted 5-3 to strip KU's title in Bert Coan action". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 1. The Big Eight faculty committee, meeting in Kansas City, found that Kansas violated league rules in recruiting Coan and order the Jayhawks to forfeit their last two victories-over Colorado and Missouri.
  2. ↑ "Texas makes it three in row over OU". The Muskogee Sunday Phoenix. October 9, 1960. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "1961 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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