UConn at Yale

Saturday, September 25, 1954

Yale beat UConn 27–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 6–⁠0.

AwayUConn0–⁠3 in 1954
0
HomeYale5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1954
27

FinalHigh 68°F, low 44°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Yale Wins, 27-0, Over Connecticut

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 26, 1954, page 67

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    Yale Wins, 27–⁠0, Over Connecticut NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept. IS. Paced by its sophomores. the potentially strong Yale football team trounced the University of Connecticut, 27–⁠0, today. For an opening game it was a good one and the losers. playing out of their class, proved stubborn. A crowd of some $4,000 saw Yale pile up 20 points in the first two quarters. Yale’s touchdowns were regis tered by Sophomores Paul Lopata, Dennis McGill, Dean Loucks and Steve Alderman. Connecticut never threatened. Male 13 O 7–⁠27 Connecticut q O. U Scoring: Yale. Touchdowns-Lopata, McGill. D. Loucks, Ackerman. Points after ouchdowns-Corelli. Armstrons Matthias.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 30–⁠4 in 34 meetings, counting the 28 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

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