UConn at Yale
Saturday, September 25, 1954 Share
Yale beat UConn 27–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 44°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 26, 1954, page 67
Read the text
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.
The series
Every UConn–Yale gameYale leads 30–4 in 34 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
| 2021 | UConn 21, Yale 15 | |
| 1981 | Yale 27, UConn 18 | |
| 1980 | Yale 20, UConn 10 | |
| 1979 | Yale 24, UConn 17 | |
| 1978 | Yale 21, UConn 7 | |
| 1977 | Yale 23, UConn 12 |
Around this game
UConn
- Next gamevs. Boston UniversityOct. 2, 1954
- SeasonUConn in 1954
- ProgramUConn history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. BrownOct. 2, 1954
- SeasonYale in 1954
- ProgramYale history and records

