1945 Connecticut Huskies football team
| 1945 Connecticut Huskies football | |
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New England Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 7–1 (2–0 New England) |
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| Home stadium | Gardner Dow Athletic Fields |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State + | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1945 college football season. The Huskies were led by 11th-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 7–1.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | at Worcester Tech* | Worcester, MA | W 46–0 | ||
| October 6 | Middlebury* |
| W 28–6 | ||
| October 13 | at Franklin & Marshall* | L 0–19 | |||
| October 20 | at Maine |
| W 18–12 | 5,000 | [2][3] |
| October 27 | at Lehigh* | W 33–6 | 5,000 | [4] | |
| November 3 | Amherst* |
| W 33–0 | ||
| November 10 | at Maine |
| W 53–0 | [5] | |
| November 17 | Boston University* |
| W 54–0 | 4,000 | [6] |
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After the season
[edit]NFL draft
[edit]The following Huskies were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[7]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 49 | Walt Trojanowski | Back | Washington Redskins |
| 9 | 74 | Walt Dropo | End | Chicago Bears |
References
[edit]- ^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ "Walt Trojanowski Leads Connecticut To 18-12 Triumph Over Maine Eleven". The Hartford Courant. October 21, 1945. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Trojanowski Stars as Connecticut Tops Maine Eleven, 18-12". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1945. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Connecticut Tops Lehigh". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 28, 1945. p. S3.
- ^ "Trojanowski Scores Four Times As Connecticut Triumphs By 53 To 0 Margin". The Hartford Courant. November 11, 1945. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Trojanowski Scores 4 More T.D.'s, Conn. Tops B. U., 54-0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1945. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1946 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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