1944 Connecticut Huskies football team

1944 Connecticut Huskies football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record7–1 (0–0 New England)
Head coach
Home stadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
1944 New England Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 3 – 0
Maine + 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
0 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1944 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1944 college football season. The Huskies were led by tenth-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 7–1. No team was fielded in 1943 due to World War II.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23at Norwich*
W 27–0
September 30Bates*
L 0–6
October 7at Middlebury*Middlebury, VTW 13–7
October 14at Brooklyn*
W 10–0
October 21CCNY*
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 21–0[2]
October 28Brooklyn*
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 15–0
November 4at CCNY*
W 52–0[3]
November 11Norwich*
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 14–0
  • *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 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Russ Hunter scores three touchdowns to pace Connecticut win over CCNY". The Hartford Courant. October 22, 1944. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "University of Connecticut hands CCNY eleven 52–0 trouncing". The Hartford Courant. November 5, 1944. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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