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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Infobox NCAA team season
|Year=1960
|year=1960
|Team=Connecticut Huskies
|team=Connecticut Huskies
|Image=
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|Conference=Yankee Conference
|conference=Yankee Conference
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|Division=
|record=5–4
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|conf_record=3–1
|CoachRank=
|head_coach=[[Bob Ingalls]]
|APRank=
|BCSRank=
|hc_year=9th
|Record=5–4
|off_scheme=
|ConfRecord=3–1
|def_scheme=
|stadium=[[Memorial Stadium (Storrs)|Memorial Stadium]]
|HeadCoach=[[Robert Ingalls]]
|champion=Yankee Conference co-champion
|OffCoach=
|DefCoach=
|OScheme=
|DScheme=
|StadiumArena=[[Memorial Stadium (Storrs)|Memorial Stadium]]
|Champion=[[Yankee Conference]] Champions
|BowlTourney=
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}}
}}
{{1960 Yankee Conference football standings}}
{{1960 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The '''1960 Connecticut Huskies football team''' represented the [[University of Connecticut]] in the [[1960 college football season]]. The Huskies were led by ninth year head coach [[Robert 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|accessdate=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|accessdate=24 January 2016}}</ref>
The '''1960 Connecticut Huskies football team''' represented the [[University of Connecticut]] in the [[1960 NCAA College Division 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|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118130900/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf|url-status=dead}}</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=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324125633/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/connecticut/1960-1964_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the end of this season, it was discovered that a football player of theirs named William "Bill" Minnerly would be an individual that 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 web |date=2012-05-03 |title=The Valley Reporter - Bill Minnerly |url=https://www.valleyreporter.com/index.php/news/obit/623-bill-minnerly |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.valleyreporter.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><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> Following the reveal of his involvement, Minnerly would be expelled from the University of Connecticut and subsequently be banned from playing in the [[NFL]].


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB Schedule Start|time=no|rank=no|ranklink=no|rankyear=no|tv=no|attend=no}}

{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| date = September 24
| time = no
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| nonconf = yes
| nonconf = y
| homecoming =
| away = y
| opponent = [[1960 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]]
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Yale Bulldogs|title=Yale}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Yale Bowl]]
| site_stadium = [[Yale Bowl]]
| site_cityst = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven, CT]]
| site_cityst = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven, CT]]
| gamename =
| score = 8–11
| attend = 22,678
| tv = no
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Yale Squeezes Past Connecticut, 11-8 |first=Bill |last=Newell |date=September 25, 1960 |page=1C |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant|The Hartford Courant]] |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420509/1960-yale-uconn/ }}</ref>
| score = 8–11
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| date = October 1
| time = no
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = yes
| away = y
| opponent = [[1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team|Rutgers]]
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|title=Rutgers}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Storrs)|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Storrs)|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Storrs, Connecticut|Storrs, CT]]
| site_cityst = [[Storrs, Connecticut|Storrs, CT]]
| gamename =
| score = 6–19
| tv = no
| attend = 8,888
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Rugged Rutgers Rips Uconns, 19-6 |first=Bill |last=Newell |date=October 2, 1960 |page=1C |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant|The Hartford Courant]] |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68369459/1960-rutgers-uconn/ }}</ref>
| score = 6–19
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| date = October 8
| time = no
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = [[1960 UMass Redmen football team|UMass]]
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[1960 UMass Redmen football team|UMass]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst, MA]]
| site_cityst = [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst, MA]]
| gamename = [[UConn–UMass football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| gamename = [[UConn–UMass football rivalry|rivalry]]
| tv = no
| score = 31–0
| attend = 10,500–11,000
| score = 31–0
| source = <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/400/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 24, 2022 }}</ref>
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| date = October 15
| time = no
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1960 Maine Black Bears football team|Maine]]
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Maine Black Bears|title=Maine}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| gamename =
| score = 30–2
| attend = 11,500–11,539
| tv = no
| source = <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 25, 2022 }}</ref>
| score = 30–2
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| date = October 22
| time = no
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1960 Boston University Terriers football team|Boston University]]
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Boston University Terriers|title=Boston University}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| gamename =
| score = 16–14
| tv = no
| attend = 13,168
| score = 16–14
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| date = October 29
| time = no
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1960 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| nonconf =
| site_stadium = [[Wildcat Stadium (University of New Hampshire)|Cowell Stadium]]
| homecoming =
| site_cityst = [[Durham, New Hampshire|Durham, NH]]
| away = yes
| neutral =
| score = 9–17
| rank = no
| 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>
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=New Hampshire Wildcats|title=New Hampshire}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Cowell Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Durham, New Hampshire|Durham, NH]]
| gamename =
| tv = no
| score = 9–17
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| date = November 5
| time = no
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = yes
| away = y
| opponent = [[1960 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]
| homecoming =
| site_stadium = [[Rotary Field]]
| away = yes
| site_cityst = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, NY]]
| neutral =
| rank = no
| score = 31–24
| attend = 6,875
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Buffalo Bulls|title=Buffalo}}
| 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>
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Rotary Field
| site_cityst = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, NY]]
| gamename =
| tv = no
| score = 31–24
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| date = November 12
| time = no
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1960 Rhode Island Rams football team|Rhode Island]]
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Rhode Island Rams|title=Rhode Island}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| gamename = [[Ramnapping Trophy]]
| gamename = [[Rhode Island–UConn football rivalry|rivalry]]
| tv = no
| score = 42–6
| attend = 12,000–12,194
| score = 42–6
| source = <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/572/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 28, 2022 }}</ref>
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| date = November 19
| time = no
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = yes
| away = y
| opponent = [[1960 Holy Cross Crusaders football team|Holy Cross]]
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1960|team=Holy Cross Crusaders|title=Holy Cross}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Fitton Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Fitton Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester, MA]]
| site_cityst = [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester, MA]]
| gamename =
| score = 6–30
| attend = 10,000
| tv = no
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Holy Cross Rolls Over UConn, 30-6 |first=Clif |last=Keane |date=November 20, 1960 |page=69 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe|The Boston Sunday Globe]] |location=Boston, Mass.|via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68376874/1960-uconn-hc/ }}</ref>
| score = 6–30
| overtime =
| attend =
}}
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=no|poll=|timezone=}}
<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/164/stats/13014 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=December 26, 2022 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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Revision as of 06:13, 10 June 2024

1960 Connecticut Huskies football
Yankee Conference co-champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record5–4 (3–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut + 3 - 1 - 0 5 - 4 - 0
UMass + 3 - 1 - 0 7 - 2 - 0
Maine 3 - 2 - 0 4 - 3 - 1
New Hampshire 2 - 2 - 0 4 - 3 - 0
Rhode Island 1 - 4 - 0 3 - 5 - 0
Vermont 0 - 2 - 0 1 - 6 - 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1960 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1960 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Ingalls, and completed the season with a record of 5–4.[1][2] After the end of this season, it was discovered that a football player of theirs named William "Bill" Minnerly would be an individual that 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.[3][4] Following the reveal of his involvement, Minnerly would be expelled from the University of Connecticut and subsequently be banned from playing in the NFL.

Zeitplan

DateOpponentWebsiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Yale*
L 8–1122,678[5]
October 1at Rutgers*
L 6–198,888[6]
October 8at UMass
W 31–010,500–11,000[7]
October 15Maine
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT
W 30–211,500–11,539[8]
October 22Boston University*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT
W 16–1413,168
October 29at New Hampshire
L 9–176,200[9]
November 5at Buffalo*
W 31–246,875[10]
November 12Rhode Island
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT (rivalry)
W 42–612,000–12,194[11]
November 19at Holy Cross*
L 6–3010,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game

[13]

References

  1. ^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Valley Reporter - Bill Minnerly". www.valleyreporter.com. May 3, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  4. ^ Figone, Albert (2012). Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252037283., pg. 103-104
  5. ^ Newell, Bill (September 25, 1960). "Yale Squeezes Past Connecticut, 11-8". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Newell, Bill (October 2, 1960). "Rugged Rutgers Rips Uconns, 19-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  8. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  9. ^ "New Hampshire Upsets Uconns". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 30, 1960. p. 7B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Ranallo, Phil (November 6, 1960). "UConn's Late Scores Defeat UB, 31-24". Buffalo Courier-Express. Buffalo, New York. p. 1C. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  12. ^ Keane, Clif (November 20, 1960). "Holy Cross Rolls Over UConn, 30-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.


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