1949 Connecticut Huskies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1949 Connecticut Huskies football Yankee Conference Yankee 4–4–1 2–0–1 J. Orlean Christian 15th Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Yankee Conference co-champion 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. Maine, Connecticut Share Conference Title https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portsmouth-herald/144301695/ The Portsmouth Herald Portsmouth, New Hampshire Associated Press November 19, 1949 5 March 28, 2024 Newspapers.com Schedule September 24 l y y Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 0–26 24,006 Yale Survives Early Scare to Whip Connecticut, 26-0 Roger Dove September 25, 1949 part IV, p. 1 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67193025/1949-yale-uconn/ October 1 w y 1949 American International Yellow Jackets American International Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 14–0 October 8 l y 1949 Springfield Gymnasts Springfield Springfield, MA 7–26 October 15 t y Maine Alumni Field Orono, ME 12–12 October 22 w y Newport NTS Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 125–0 October 29 l y y Kent State Memorial Stadium Kent, OH 0–27 November 5 w Rhode Island State Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT rivalry 23–0 November 12 w New Hampshire Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 27–7 7,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40638038/connecticut_huskies_whip_new_hampshire/ Connecticut Huskies Whip New Hampshire By 27 To 7 Frank Keyes Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut 2C November 13, 1949 December 15, 2019 newspapers.com November 19 l y y 1949 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops Ohio Wesleyan Selby Field Delaware, OH 12–43 Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1949 Connecticut) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/164/stats/13166 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 26, 2022 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf UConn Huskies 2015 UConn Football Media Guide 17 January 2016 120 18 November 2015 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 dead References Connecticut Category:UConn Huskies football seasons Category:Yankee Conference football champion seasons Connecticut Huskies football