1954 Connecticut Huskies football team

1954 Yankee Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1954 Connecticut Huskies football
1954 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1954 record	1–8 (0–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Bob Ingalls (3rd season);
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1954 college football season. The Huskies were led by third year head coach Bob Ingalls, and completed the season with a record of 1–8.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–27	25,000	^[3]
October 2	Boston University*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 13–41
October 9	at UMass	Alumni Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 13–20
October 16	Maine	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 13–41
October 23	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 7–28	6,919	^[4]
October 30	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 0–34
November 6	Northeastern*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 20–19
November 13	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 0–20
November 20	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 26–46	5,000	^[5]
*Non-conference game

^ 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 26, 1954). "Yale Thumps Connecticut in Opener 27-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Newell, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Unbeaten Delaware Whips Connecticut". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Weeks, Bud (November 21, 1954). "Holy Cross Rallies to Top Scrappy UConn Gang, 46-26". The Bridgeport Sunday Post. Bridgeport, Conn. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.

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1954 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
New Hampshire $	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Maine	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Vermont	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	1	–	1
UMass	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Connecticut	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion