UConn at Yale

Saturday, September 20, 1952

Yale beat UConn 34–⁠13. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayUConn0–⁠2 in 1952
13
HomeYale7–⁠2 in 1952
34

FinalHigh 77°F, low 58°FAttendance 26,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 21, 1952, page 1

    Read the text

    the game. This moved the New York Giants. who were playing a night game. AZ games back of Brooklyn in the National League race. Barber fired a one-under par II for a three-round total of 2O9 to lead the Celebrities Tournament at Prince Georges Country Club. Byron Nelson, with a five under 81, moved to second place, one stroke behind Barber. Jim my Demaret is two strokes behind, Sammy Snead, three, and Julius Boros, four. Miss Pepsi, the Gold Cup entry from Detroit, took the lead at the upper turn in the first heat OF the Presidents Cup and never lost 1t. She was driven by Chuck Thompson. The two final heats are scheduled today. In other college football games Kansas defeated Texas Christian 1870 in a game seen by million. oyer a nationally -televiSed net. work; Duke romped over Wash. ington and Lee, $40: Penn State beat Temple, 20–⁠13. and Yale downed Connecticut, 34–⁠13. “Details in Sports Section.)

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Yale 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 30–⁠4 in 34 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021UConn 21, Yale 15
1981Yale 27, UConn 18
1980Yale 20, UConn 10
1979Yale 24, UConn 17
1978Yale 21, UConn 7
1977Yale 23, UConn 12

Around this game

UConn

Yale