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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
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
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 StateW 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.