1949 Connecticut Huskies football team

The 1949 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1949 college football season. The Huskies were led by 15th-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 4–4–1.[1][2]

1949 Connecticut Huskies football
Yankee Conference co-champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record4–4–1 (2–0–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
1949 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vermont 2 0 06 2 0
Connecticut + 2 0 14 4 1
Maine + 2 0 12 4 1
UMass 1 1 03 5 0
New Hampshire 1 3 04 4 0
Rhode Island State 0 4 00 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Yale*L 0–2624,006[3]
October 1American International*
W 14–0
October 8Springfield*Springfield, MAL 7–26
October 15at MaineOrono, MET 12–12
October 22Newport NTS*
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 125–0
October 29at Kent State*L 0–27
November 5Rhode Island State
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT (rivalry)
W 23–0
November 12New Hampshire
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 27–7
November 19at Ohio Wesleyan*L 12–43
  • *Non-conference game

[4]

References

  1. 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.


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