1968 Connecticut Huskies football team

1968 Connecticut Huskies football
Yankee Conference co-champion
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	4–6 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach	John Toner
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies were led by third-year head coach John Toner, and completed the season with a record of 4–6.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Vermont	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 21–0	7,819	^[3]
September 28	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–31	33,373	^[4]
October 5	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 10–17	8,500
October 12	at Davidson*	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	L 18–30	7,500	^[5]
October 19	Maine	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 29–0	6,400–6,407	^[6]
October 26	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA (rivalry)	W 27–20	17,500
November 2	Boston University*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 23–33	12,053
November 9	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 15–27	10,000	^[7]
November 16	Rhode Island	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	W 35–6	10,500–11,384	^[8]
November 23	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 24–27	7,331	^[9]
*Non-conference game

^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Sophs excel as UConn rolls". The Hartford Courant. September 22, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Litsky, Frank (September 29, 1968). "UConns defeated, 31–14". The New York Times. p. S1.
^ "Davidson tops UConn by 30 to 18". The Hartford Courant. October 13, 1968. Retrieved August 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
^ Caruso, Mike (November 10, 1968). "Policastro, Mitchell lead Rutgers past Connecticut". The Hartford Courant. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ "Holy Cross scores, 27–24". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 24, 1968. p. S4.
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

v t e UConn Huskies football
Venues	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields (1896–1952) Memorial Stadium (1953–2002) Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field (2003–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Rhode Island Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Civil Conflict Jonathan the Husky University of Connecticut Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

This college football 1960s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a sports team in Connecticut is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page was last edited on 17 August 2023, at 04:57