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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 5–4–1 (3–0–1 Yankee) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1957 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1957 college football season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Ingalls, and completed the season with a record of 5–4–1.[1][2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 21 | 1:30 p.m. | at Springfield* | L 14–19 | 5,100 | [3][4][5] | |
September 28 | at Yale* | L 0–27 | 24,196 | [6] | ||
October 5 | at Rutgers* | L 7–14 | 5,500 | [7] | ||
October 12 | UMass | W 19–6 | ||||
October 19 | at Maine |
| W 19–0 | |||
October 26 | Delaware* |
| W 13–9 | 7,643 | [8] | |
November 2 | New Hampshire |
| W 18–0 | |||
November 9 | at Northeastern* | W 46–14 | ||||
November 16 | Rhode Island |
| T 0–0 | |||
November 23 | at Boston University* | L 7–32 | ||||
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The following Husky was drafted into the National Football League following the season.[10]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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18 | 210 | Lenny King | Back | Washington Redskins |
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