Jump to content

1960 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1960 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–7 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainRip Hawkins, Frank Riggs
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Duke $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
NC State 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Maryland 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Clemson 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Virginia 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1960 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1960 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by second-year head coach Jim Hickey and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for sixth.

Schedule

[edit]
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 242:00 p.m.NC State
L 0–341,000[2]
September 308:15 p.m.at Miami (FL)*
L 12–2940,252[3]
October 82:00 p.m.Notre Dame*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 12–741,000[4]
October 152:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 12–1336,000[5]
October 222:00 p.m.at South Carolina
L 6–2220,000[6]
October 292:00 p.m.at No. 11 Tennessee*
L 14–2727,060[7]
November 52:00 p.m.at Clemson
L 0–2435,000[8]
November 122:00 p.m.Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 19–2226,000[9]
November 192:00 p.m.No. 6 Duke
W 7–642,000[10]
November 261:30 p.m.at Virginia
W 35–88,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[12]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "1960 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "'Pack upsets Tar Heels, 3–0". The Miami News. September 25, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Hurricanes whiz by Tar Heels with Johns at controls, 29–12". The Miami Herald. October 1, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tar Heels fight off Notre Dame, 12–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 9, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wake Forest scores late to top Tar Heels, 13–12". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 16, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tar Heels upset, 22–6". Daily Press. October 23, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tennessee overtakes Tar Heels, romps to 27–14 football victory". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 30, 1960. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Clemson blanks North Carolina". The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Terps dupe UNC and officials in disputed, 22–19 comeback". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. November 13, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tar Heels upset Duke, but Devils win ACC championship". The Rocky Mount Telegram. November 20, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Virginia is defeated by Tar Heels, 35 to 8". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 27, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1960 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
Retrieved from "https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=1960_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team&oldid=1239860284"