1960 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1960
| team = North Carolina Tar Heels
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference
| short_conf = ACC
| record = 3–7
| conf_record = 2–5
| head_coach = Jim Hickey
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Rip Hawkins
| captain2 = Frank Riggs
| stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1960 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings}}
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
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1960
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = NC State
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–3
| attend = 41,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-pack-upsets-tar-heels-3/139111435/|work=The Miami News|title='Pack upsets Tar Heels, 3–0|date=September 25, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|September 30|Friday}}
| time = 8:15 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Miami (FL)
| site_stadium = Miami Orange Bowl
| site_cityst = Miami, FL
| score = 12–29
| attend = 40,252
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-hurricanes-whiz-by-tar/139115925/|work=The Miami Herald|title=Hurricanes whiz by Tar Heels with Johns at controls, 29–12|date=October 1, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–7
| attend = 41,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-tar-heels-fight/139115775/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Tar Heels fight off Notre Dame, 12–7|date=October 9, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Wake Forest
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–13
| attend = 36,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-wake-forest/139115693/|work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|title=Wake Forest scores late to top Tar Heels, 13–12|date=October 16, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = South Carolina
| site_stadium = Carolina Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 6–22
| attend = 20,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-tar-heels-upset-226/139114957/|work=Daily Press|title=Tar Heels upset, 22–6|date=October 23, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Tennessee
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Shields–Watkins Field
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| score = 14–27
| attend = 27,060
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99640756/tennessee-overtakes-tar-heels-romps-to/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Tennessee overtakes Tar Heels, romps to 27–14 football victory|date=October 30, 1960|accessdate=April 12, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Clemson, SC
| score = 0–24
| attend = 35,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-virginian-pilot-clemson-blanks-north/139114382/|work=The Virginian-Pilot|title=Clemson blanks North Carolina|date=November 6, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Maryland
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| score = 19–22
| attend = 26,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-terps-dupe-unc-and/139113218/|work=Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel|title=Terps dupe UNC and officials in disputed, 22–19 comeback|date=November 13, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Duke
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = Victory Bell
| score = 7–6
| attend = 42,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-tar-heels-upset-duk/139110957/|work=The Rocky Mount Telegram|title=Tar Heels upset Duke, but Devils win ACC championship|date=November 20, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Virginia
| site_stadium = Scott Stadium
| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA
| gamename = South's Oldest Rivalry
| score = 35–8
| attend = 8,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-virginia-is-defe/139115553/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Virginia is defeated by Tar Heels, 35 to 8|date=November 27, 1960|accessdate=January 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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