1940 Connecticut Huskies football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = Connecticut Huskies
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = New England Conference
| short_conf = New England
| record = 4–4
| conf_record = 1–2
| head_coach = J. Orlean Christian
| hc_year = 7th
| captain =
| stadium = Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
}}
{{1940 New England Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite book|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf|publisher=UConn Huskies|title=2015 UConn Football Media Guide|accessdate=16 January 2016|page=120|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118130900/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Coast Guard Bears|title=Coast Guard}}
| site_stadium = Cadet Memorial Field
| site_cityst = New London, CT
| score = 10–9
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Massachusetts State
| site_stadium = Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Wesleyan Cardinals|title=Wesleyan}}
| site_stadium = Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| score = 6–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Maine
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Orono, ME
| score = 13–6
|source = {{cite news|title=Connecticut Defeats U. of Maine, 13 to 6|newspaper=The Bangor Daily News|date=October 21, 1940|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120345429/connecticut-defeats-u-of-maine-13-to-6/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Buffalo
| site_stadium = Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| score = 6–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Rutgers
| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium
| site_cityst = New Brunswick, NJ
| score = 7–45
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Rutgers Swamps Connecticut By Score of 45 to 7|newspaper=The Sunday Times|author=Jack Casey|location=New Brunswick, New Jersey|date=November 3, 1940|pages=1, 8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120282651/rutgers-swamps-connecticut-by-score-of/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = l
| opponent = Rhode Island State
| site_stadium = Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–13
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Rhode Island Overcomes 12 Points Deficit To Conquer Connecticut, 13 To 12: 7000 Watch Rams Defeat Nutmeg Foes|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=William Newell|date=November 10, 1940|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120349811/rhode-island-overcomes-12-points/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = New Hampshire
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Durham, NH
| score = 0–9
New Hampshire Scores Touchdown And Field Goal To Defeat Connecticut, 9-0 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=49 |date=November 17, 1940 |accessdate=November 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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