1960 Washington Redskins season

1960 Washington Redskins season
Owner	George Preston Marshall
General manager	Dick McCann
Head coach	Mike Nixon
Home field	Griffith Stadium
Results
Record	1–9–2
Division place	6th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1960 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 29th season in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 3–9 record from 1959 and finished last-place in the NFL Eastern Conference, with a 1–9–2 record under second-year head coach Mike Nixon. The Redskins' only win that season was a 26–14 victory against the first-year expansionists Dallas Cowboys team on October 9 in Washington.

This season was also the last one in their old stadium, Griffith Stadium. Following the season, the Redskins fired Mike Nixon, and replaced him with Bill McPeak.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 25	at Baltimore Colts	L 0–20	0–1	Memorial Stadium	53,818	Recap
2	Bye
3	October 9	Dallas Cowboys	W 26–14	1–1	Griffith Stadium	21,142	Recap
4	October 16	at New York Giants	T 24–24	1–1–1	Yankee Stadium	60,625	Recap
5	October 23	Pittsburgh Steelers	T 27–27	1–1–2	Griffith Stadium	25,292	Recap
6	October 30	Cleveland Browns	L 10–31	1–2–2	Griffith Stadium	32,086	Recap
7	November 6	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 6–44	1–3–2	Busch Stadium	22,458	Recap
8	November 13	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–19	1–4–2	Franklin Field	39,361	Recap
9	November 20	St. Louis Cardinals	L 14–26	1–5–2	Griffith Stadium	23,848	Recap
10	November 27	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 10–22	1–6–2	Forbes Field	22,334	Recap
11	December 4	at Cleveland Browns	L 16–27	1–7–2	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	35,211	Recap
12	December 11	New York Giants	L 3–17	1–8–2	Griffith Stadium	14,077	Recap
13	December 18	Philadelphia Eagles	L 28–38	1–9–2	Griffith Stadium	20,558	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	10	2	0	.833	8–2	321	246	W1
Cleveland Browns	8	3	1	.727	6–3–1	362	217	W3
New York Giants	6	4	2	.600	5–4–1	271	261	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	288	230	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	6	1	.455	4–5–1	240	275	L1
Washington Redskins	1	9	2	.100	0–8–2	178	309	L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.