1960 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1960 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Missouri $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 11 Kansas†	6	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	No. 14 Northwestern*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 3–19	61,289
October 1	Pittsburgh*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 15–14	48,835
October 8	vs. No. 15 Texas*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 0–24	76,059	^[2]
October 15	at No. 9 Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	T 13–13	39,593
October 22	Kansas State	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 49–7	44,677
October 29	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 0–7	45,281
November 5	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	L 6–10	15,451
November 12	No. 2 Missouri	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	L 19–41	53,369
November 19	Nebraska	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	L 14–17	42,701
November 26	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)	W 17–6	32,381
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
AP	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
4	51	Ron Hartline	Running back	Detroit Lions
6	80	Mike McClellan	Back	San Francisco 49ers
14	159	Phil Loman	Center	Cleveland Browns

^ 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.
^ "Texas makes it three in row over OU". The Muskogee Sunday Phoenix. October 9, 1960. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "1961 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.