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{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox NCAAcollege sports team season
|year=1960
| year = 1960
| team = Connecticut Huskies
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Yankee Conference]]
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 3–1
| head_coach = [[Bob Ingalls]]
| hc_year = 9th
|off_scheme=
| captain =
|def_scheme=
| stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Storrs)|Memorial Stadium]]
| champion = Yankee Conference co-champion
}}
{{1960 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The '''1960 Connecticut Huskies football team''' represented the [[University of Connecticut]] in the [[1960 NCAA College Divisioncollege football season]]. The Huskies were led by ninth-year head coach [[Bob Ingalls]], and completed the season with a record of 5–4.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf|publisher=UConn Huskies|title=2015 UConn Football Media Guide|access-date=24 January 2016|page=120}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/connecticut/1960-1964_yearly_results.php|title=Connecticut Game by Game Results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=24 January 2016|archive-date=2418 MarchNovember 20162015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016032412563320151118130900/http://wwwgrfx.cfbdatawarehousecstv.com/dataphotos/activeschools/cconn/connecticutsports/1960m-1964_yearly_resultsfootbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.phppdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
After the end of the season, an investigation revealed that William "Bill" Minnerly, a player on the team, was involved with the [[1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal]] as a go-between alongside two former [[University of Alabama]] men's basketball players.<ref>{{cite book|last=Figone |first=Albert |year=2012 |title=Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball|publisher=Urbana: University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252037283}}, pg. 103-104</ref> Minnerly was expelled from the University of Connecticut and subsequently banned from playing in the [[National Football League]] (NFL).
 
==Schedule==
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| gamename = [[UConn–UMass football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 31–0
| attend = 10,500–11,000
| source = <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (UMass) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/400/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 24, 2022 }}</ref>
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| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| score = 30–2
| attend = 11,500–11,539
| source = <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Maine) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 25, 2022 }}</ref>
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| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| score = 16–14
| attend = 13,168
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| away = y
| opponent = [[1960 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| site_stadium = [[Wildcat Stadium (University of New Hampshire)|Cowell Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Durham, New Hampshire|Durham, NH]]
| score = 9–17
| attend = 6,200
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=New Hampshire Upsets Uconns|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|date=October 30, 1960|page=7B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97951727/new-hampshire-upsets-uconns/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| site_cityst = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, NY]]
| score = 31–24
| attend = 6,875–6,900
| source = <ref>{{cite news |last=Ranallo |first=Phil |title=UConn's Late Scores Defeat UB, 31-24 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-express/139150994/ |newspaper=[[Buffalo Courier-Express]] |location=[[Buffalo, New York]] |date=November 6, 1960 |page=1C |access-date=January 20, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Buffalo) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/86/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref>
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| gamename = [[Rhode Island–UConn football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 42–6
| attend = 12,000–12,194
| source = <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Rhode Island) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/572/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 28, 2022 }}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Connecticut) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/164/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 26, 2022 }}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Yankee Conference football champion seasons]]
[[Category:1960 in sports in Connecticut|Connecticut Huskies football]]
 
 
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