The 1949 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by 15th-year head coach J. Orlean Christian, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4–4–1 with a mark of 2–0–1 in conference play, sharing the Yankee Conference title with Maine.[1]
| 1949 Connecticut Huskies football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 4–4–1 (2–0–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Gardner Dow Athletic Fields |
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| Connecticut + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | at Yale* | L 0–26 | 24,006 | [2] | |
| October 1 | American International* |
| W 14–0 | ||
| October 8 | Springfield* | Springfield, MA | L 7–26 | ||
| October 15 | at Maine |
| T 12–12 | ||
| October 22 | Newport NTS* |
| W 125–0 | ||
| October 29 | at Kent State* | L 0–27 | |||
| November 5 | Rhode Island State |
| W 23–0 | ||
| November 12 | New Hampshire |
| W 27–7 | 7,000 | [3] |
| November 19 | at Ohio Wesleyan* | L 12–43 | |||
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References edit
- ^ "Maine, Connecticut Share Conference Title". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Associated Press. November 19, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Dove, Roger (September 25, 1949). "Yale Survives Early Scare to Whip Connecticut, 26-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. part IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Keyes, Frank (November 13, 1949). "Connecticut Huskies Whip New Hampshire By 27 To 7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 2C. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
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