1981 Connecticut Huskies football team

1981 Yankee Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1981 Connecticut Huskies football
1981 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1981 record	4–7 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Walt Nadzak;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by fifth year head coach Walt Nadzak, and completed the season with a record of 4–7.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewistown, PA	W 27–7	4,500	^[3]
September 19	Northeastern*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 31–3
September 26	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 18–27	36,000	^[4]
October 3	New Hampshire	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 24–28
October 10	at No. 6 Lehigh*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 17–21	11,874	^[5]
October 17	Holy Cross*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 44–24	11,884	^[6]
October 24	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 31–10
October 31	UMass	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 24–29
November 7	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 20–37
November 14	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 29–34
November 27	No. 7 Delaware*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 26–35	5,084	^[7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 121. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
^ Anderson, Woody (September 13, 1981). "UConn Thumps Bucknell". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Visser, Lesley (September 27, 1981). "Yale Tops UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lehigh Tips Connecticut". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. United Press International. October 11, 1981. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (October 18, 1981). "Connecticut Survives". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Tomashek, Tom (November 28, 1981). "Dougherty Rushes Hens Past UConn". The News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. B-1 – via Newspapers.com.

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1981 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Rhode Island +^	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
No. T–10 UMass +	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Boston University	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
No. T–10 New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0	7	��	3	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maine	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll