1960 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1960 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Jayhawks were led by third-year head coach Jack Mitchell and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

1960 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig 8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. T–9
APNo. 11
1960 record7–2–1 (4–2–1 Big 8, 1 win forfeited)
Head coach
CaptainDoyle Schick
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 38,000)
1960 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

Kansas started the season with an upset over #11 TCU, shooting them up the polls. Losses were suffered to two top-two teams in #2 Syracuse and #1 Iowa, as well as a tie to Oklahoma. The Jayhawks ended the regular season with an upset victory over their arch-rivals and previously-undefeated #1 Missouri Tigers. Their victory earned them their first outright Big 8 Conference championship since 1930 and an invitation to the 1961 Orange Bowl. They finished 11th in the final AP Poll, their second ever ranked finish, and first since 1947.

Controversy surrounded the end of the season, however, as Kansas was found to have fielded an ineligible player, Bert Coan, in their games against Colorado and Missouri. The Big 8 Conference considers those games to be forfeits by Kansas, though Kansas and the NCAA recognize Kansas' on-field victories.[3][1][4] The forfeited games remain a topic of dispute in the Border War.[5][6][7]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17No. 11 TCU*
W 21–732,000
September 24at Kansas StateNo. 7
W 41–018,000
October 1No. 2 Syracuse*No. 5
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
L 7–1440,000
October 8at Iowa StateNo. 10
W 28–1416,277
October 15OklahomaNo. 9
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
T 13–1340,000
October 22at Oklahoma StateNo. 15
W 14–730,000
October 29at No. 1 Iowa*No. 19
L 7–2147,000
November 5Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas (rivalry)
W 31–028,000
November 12Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
W 34–633,000
November 19at No. 1 Missouri
W 23–7 (vacated)43,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[2][5]

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. "1960 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. "Big 8 Makes Kansas Forfeit Title". The Atlanta Constitution. December 9, 1960. p. 41.
  4. "Jayhawks lose league title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 9, 1960. p. 2B. The committee found Kansas violated league rules in recruiting Coan and ordered the Jayhawks' last two victories over Colorado and Missouri forfeited.
  5. "2016 KU Football Media Guide". kuathletics.com. p. 188. Later ordered to forfeit victories over Colorado and Missouri because of ineligible player
  6. "2020 Media Guide" (PDF). mutigers.com. Missouri Tigers Athletics. p. 78, 81, 89.
  7. Wood, Ryan (August 12, 2006). "Damage Control". KUSports.com. Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
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