1945 Connecticut Huskies football team
American college football season
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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]
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record7–1 (2–0 New England)
Headcoach
- J. Orlean Christian (11th season)
HomestadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
| 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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Schedule
| 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
NFL draft
The following Huskies were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[7]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 6 | 49 | Walt Trojanowski | Back | Washington Redskins |
| 9 | 74 | Walt Dropo | End | Chicago Bears |
