UConn at Yale

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  Evening star, September 27, 1953, page 75

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  Yale Surge Crushes Connecticut, 80 NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 26. Highly favored Yale, suddenly coming to life early in the final period, trounced stubborn Uni versity of Connecticut. 800, u the seasons inaugural for both rivals in the Bowl today. Yale’s victory margin was the largest over Connecticut in their f1ve-game series. A crowd of more than 10000, many in shirtSleeves, saw Yale cash in on two interceptions and score three times in the finaE quarter to break up what had been a dull but hard-fought game. Connecticut held Yale to one touchdown in the opening half and reluctantly yielded another in the third period. but the heavy pounding it took from the bigger Yales finally took its toll shortly after the final quarter got under way. It was Yale’s sophomores who put on the show today. They were Quarterback Jim Lopez and Bob Brink, End Roger Hansen and Byron Campbell and Steve Schainman and Backs Jim Arm strong and Phil Matthias. Connecticut ---,---- o Q Q o q Yale --- r 1872 Yale scoring: Touchdowns – Jones. Hansen, SChainman. Armstrong, Camp bell. ConversionS-Pruett, Matthias.

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Yale leads 30–⁠4 in 34 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.