1940 Connecticut Huskies football team

1940 Connecticut Huskies football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record4–4 (1–2 New England)
Head coach
Home stadiumGardner Dow Athletic Fields
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 2 0 0 5 3 0
Rhode Island State 2 1 0 5 3 0
Connecticut 1 2 0 4 4 0
Maine 1 2 0 1 6 0
Northeastern 0 1 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1940 college football season. The Huskies were led by seventh-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 4–4.[1]

Connecticut was ranked at No. 315 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

  1. ^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.