UConn at Yale

Saturday, September 29, 1956

Yale beat UConn 19–⁠14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 8–⁠0.

AwayUConn1–⁠1 in 1956
14
HomeYale8–⁠1 in 1956
19

FinalHigh 73°F, low 52°FAttendance 17,828

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: LOSERS NEAR GOAL AT END Yale Wins After Score ByLittIe Connecticut

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1956, page 1

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    LOSERS NEAR GOAL AT END Yale Wins After Score ByLittIe Connecticut third quarter, both set up by intercepted passes. Paul Whitley registered from the one for the losers and Len King bulled through from the three. Midway in the third pc Rod, Quarterback Loucks tossed 20 yards to End Mike Cavallon a surprise starter, who stepped across the goal line. Dick Win terbauer converted, but Yale still trailed by one point. Then, with the quarter nearly over, McGill paced a 73-yard march. slicing off tackle from the three for the winning touch down. Yale : 8 0 Is Ola Connecticut scoring = Toushdowns: Conversion: Vernet 2. Yale scoring-Touchdowns D. Loucks $50, rum, Cavallon l29, pass and run from D. Loucksl, McGill Is on tackle } Conversions. Winterbauer.

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 26 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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