1953 Connecticut Huskies football team

1953 Yankee Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions;

1953 Connecticut Huskies football
1953 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1953 record	3–4–1 (2–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Bob Ingalls (2nd season);
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1953 college football season. The Huskies were led by second year head coach Bob Ingalls, and completed the season with a record of 3–4–1. For the first time, home games were played at Memorial Stadium, which replaced the Gardner Dow Athletic Fields as the Huskies' home venue.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–32	20,000	^[3]
October 3	at UMass	Alumni Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	W 41–0
October 10	St. Lawrence*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 26–6
October 17	at Maine	Orono, ME	T 18–18
October 24	Delaware*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 7–30	10,800	^[4]
October 31	New Hampshire	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 6–0
November 7	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 7–42	3,000	^[5]
November 14	Rhode Island	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 13–19
*Non-conference game

References[]

^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
^ Newell, Bill (September 27, 1953). "Yale Trims Uconns with Late Splurge". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lee, Bill (October 25, 1953). "Five-Minute Onslaught Tramples Huskies, 30-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ahern, John (November 8, 1953). "Thompson Scores 3 Times as Brown Beats Conn., 42-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

[2] "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

[3] Newell, Bill (September 27, 1953). "Yale Trims Uconns with Late Splurge". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Lee, Bill (October 25, 1953). "Five-Minute Onslaught Tramples Huskies, 30-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] Ahern, John (November 8, 1953). "Thompson Scores 3 Times as Brown Beats Conn., 42-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t UConn Huskies football
Venues	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields (1896–1952) Memorial Stadium (1953–2002) Rentschler Field (2003–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Rhode Island Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Civil Conflict Jonathan the Husky University of Connecticut Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1953 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
New Hampshire +	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Rhode Island +	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	1	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Maine	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	2	–	1
Vermont	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
UMass	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions