1939 Connecticut Huskies football team

1939 Connecticut Huskies football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record5–3 (1–1 New England)
Head coach
Home stadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
1939 New England Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Connecticut 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
New Hampshire 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Northeastern 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

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.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Coast Guard*
W 14–0
October 7at Wesleyan*
L 6–9
October 14at Massachusetts State*
W 7–6
October 21Maine
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
L 7–204,000[2]
October 28at Buffalo*
W 25–7
November 4Lowell Textile*
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 20–0
November 11at Rhode Island State
W 20–14[3][4]
November 18at Brown*
L 0–473,000[5][6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Robert Zaiman (October 22, 1939). "Undefeated University Of Maine Eleven Downs Fighting Connecticut Team, 20-7". The Hartford Daily Courant. p. 14C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Connecticut Huskies Seek Revenge In Rhode Island Game Tomorrow". The Hartford Courant. November 10, 1939. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "University of Connecticut Team Scores Victory Over Rhodes Island State, 20-14". The Hartford Courant. November 12, 1939. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Associated Press, "Brown Too Strong for Connecticut, 41–0," Springfield Daily Republican, Nov. 19, 1939, p. 8.
  6. ^ Robert Zaiman (November 19, 1939). "Brown Eleven Sweeps Through Outclassed University Of Connecticut Team, 41-0". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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