1948 Connecticut Huskies football team

1948 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	3–5 (2–1 Yankee)
Head coach	J. Orlean Christian (14th season)
Home stadium	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields

1948 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire $	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Vermont	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
UMass	1	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Maine	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1948 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1948 college football season. The Huskies were led by 14th-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 3–5.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–7
October 9	Springfield*	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 7–10
October 16	Maine	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 34–6
October 23	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 6–49
October 30	Champlain*	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 64–7
November 6	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (Ramnapping Trophy)	W 28–6
November 13	at New Hampshire	Lewis Field Durham, NH	L 7–20
November 20	Kent State*	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 26–42
*Non-conference game