1940 Connecticut Huskies football team
| 1940 Connecticut Huskies football | |
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| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (1–2 New England) |
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| Home stadium | Gardner Dow Athletic Fields |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1940 college football season. The Huskies were led by seventh-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 4–4.[1][2]
Connecticut was ranked at No. 315 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Coast Guard* |
| W 10–9 | ||
| October 5 | Massachusetts State* |
| W 13–0 | ||
| October 12 | Wesleyan* |
| W 6–0 | ||
| October 19 | at Maine | Orono, ME | W 13–6 | [4] | |
| October 26 | Buffalo* |
| L 6–7 | ||
| November 2 | at Rutgers* | L 7–45 | 7,000 | [5] | |
| November 9 | Rhode Island State |
| L 12–13 | 7,000 | [6] |
| November 16 | at New Hampshire | L 0–9 | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- ^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Connecticut Defeats U. of Maine, 13 to 6". The Bangor Daily News. October 21, 1940. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jack Casey (November 3, 1940). "Rutgers Swamps Connecticut By Score of 45 to 7". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ William Newell (November 10, 1940). "Rhode Island Overcomes 12 Points Deficit To Conquer Connecticut, 13 To 12: 7000 Watch Rams Defeat Nutmeg Foes". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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