1939 Connecticut Huskies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1939 Connecticut Huskies football New England Conference New England 5–3 1–1 J. Orlean Christian 6th Gardner Dow Athletic Fields 1938 The 1939 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1939 college football season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 5–3.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 15 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 Schedule September 30 w y 1939 Coast Guard Bears Coast Guard Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 14–0 October 7 l y y 1939 Wesleyan Cardinals Wesleyan Andrus Field Middletown, CT 6–9 October 14 w y y Massachusetts State Alumni Field Amherst, MA rivalry 7–6 October 21 l Maine Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 7–20 4,000 Undefeated University Of Maine Eleven Downs Fighting Connecticut Team, 20-7 The Hartford Daily Courant Robert Zaiman October 22, 1939 14C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122233145/undefeated-university-of-maine-eleven/ Newspapers.com October 28 w y y Buffalo Rotary Field Buffalo, NY 25–7 November 4 w y 1939 Lowell Textile Millmen Lowell Textile Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 20–0 November 11 w y Rhode Island State Meade Stadium Kingston, RI rivalry 20–14 Connecticut Huskies Seek Revenge In Rhode Island Game Tomorrow The Hartford Courant November 10, 1939 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122127561/connecticut-huskies-seek-revenge-in/ Newspapers.comUniversity of Connecticut Team Scores Victory Over Rhodes Island State, 20-14 The Hartford Courant November 12, 1939 4C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122129337/university-of-connecticut-team-scores/ Newspapers.com November 18 l y y Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI 0–47 3,000 Associated Press, "Brown Too Strong for Connecticut, 41–0," Springfield Daily Republican, Nov. 19, 1939, p. 8.Brown Eleven Sweeps Through Outclassed University Of Connecticut Team, 41-0 The Hartford Courant Robert Zaiman November 19, 1939 IV-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122246205/brown-eleven-sweeps-through-outclassed/ Newspapers.com References Connecticut Category:UConn Huskies football seasons Connecticut Huskies football