1940 Connecticut Huskies football | |
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Conference | New England Conference |
Record | 4–4 (1–2 New England) |
Head coach |
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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]
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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1940 Connecticut Huskies football | |
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Conference | New England Conference |
Record | 4–4 (1–2 New England) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Gardner Dow Athletic Fields |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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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