1946 Connecticut Huskies football team
American college football season
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The 1946 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1946 college football season. The Huskies were led by 12th-year head coach J. Orlean Christian, and completed the season with a record of 4–3–1.[1]
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record4–3–1 (2–0–1 New England)
Headcoach
- J. Orlean Christian (12th season)
HomestadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
| 1946 Connecticut Huskies football | |
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New England Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 4–3–1 (2–0–1 New England) |
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| Home stadium | Gardner Dow Athletic Fields |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Harvard* | L 0–7 | 14,000 | [2] | |
| October 5 | Springfield * |
| W 25–0 | 3,500 | [3] |
| October 12 | at Wesleyan* |
| L 2–7 | [4] | |
| October 19 | Maine |
| W 21–20 | 7,300 | [5] |
| October 26 | Lehigh* | L 0–10 | 4,500 | [6] | |
| November 2 | Coast Guard* |
| W 27–13 | [7] | |
| November 9 | at Rhode Island State | W 33–0 | [8] | ||
| November 16 | at New Hampshire | T 12–12 | 6,000 | [9] | |
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After the season
The 1947 NFL draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Huskies were selected.[10]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 24 | 224 | Bill Moll | Back | New York Giants |
| 28 | 259 | Milt Dropo | Center | Washington Redskins |
