UConn at Yale

Saturday, September 28, 1957

Yale beat UConn 27–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 9–⁠0.

AwayUConn0–⁠3 in 1957
0
HomeYale6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1957
27

FinalHigh 62°F, low 34°FAttendance 24,196

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .Winterbuuer PAGES Yale To27-O Win

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1957, page 1

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    .Winterbuuer PAGES Yale To27-O Win NEW HAVEN. Conn. Sept. 20 R. - Sharp opening-game pitching by Quarterback Dick Winterbauer paced Yale’s de- Tending Ivy League champions to an easy 27–⁠0 victory over the University Of. Connecticut today. The 6-foot. l94-pound Win terbauer, one Of the Blues few veterans, tossed touchdown passes Of 5 and q yards and handled himself like a potential All-Ivy Lacquer. Yale was in charge most of the time and looked impressive despite the dizziness Of the contest, witnessed by more than $4,000 fans. Connecticut made only one serious threat to score and that early in the final quarter. It was halted on Yale’s by an interception. Yale scored twice in the opening period, the first touch down coming early on a 5-yard pass from Winterbauer to Herb Hallas. Just before the period ended Mike Cavallon blocked q kick, picked up the ball and ran to the Connecticut 2. Gene Coker plunged over. Yale scored again Just before the second quarter ended on a 27-yard flip from Winterbauer to John Pendexter, who was standing on the goal. Just before the game ended, Art Lavslle plunged over from the 3 for Yale’s final touch down. The play was set UP by a 5S-yard punt return by stu Horowitz. Yale -13 o N27 o. D Dsss ifi rom coEsr n winferbauer5: Esvare- “a, S plun se ConverSions-Well 90.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 30–⁠4 in 34 meetings, counting the 25 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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