1941 Connecticut Huskies football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record2–6 (0–2 New England)
Head coach
Home stadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rhode Island State $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Maine 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
New Hampshire 0 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Northeastern 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Connecticut 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1941 college football season. The Huskies were led by eighth-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 2–6.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Coast Guard*
L 0–7
October 4at Massachusetts State*
L 6–8
October 11at Wesleyan*
L 0–7
October 18Maine
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
L 13–14[3]
October 25at Springfield*Springfield, MAW 25–8
November 1Middlebury*
  • Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 7–0
November 8at Rhode Island State
L 0–64,000[4]
November 15at Rutgers*
L 7–3210,500[5]
  • *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 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Connecticut Nearly Pulls Game Out Of Fire Before Bowing To Maine, 14 To 13". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 19, 1941. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Uconns Blank Rhode Island, Fumbles Help". The Boston Globe. November 9, 1947. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Ed Isaacs (November 16, 1941). "Rutgers Defeats Connecticut By Score of 32 To 7". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com.


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