1953 Connecticut Huskies football team

1953 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1953 record	3–4–1 (2–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Robert Ingalls
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1953 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire $	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Rhode Island $	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Maine	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Vermont	0	–	1	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
UMass	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1953 college football season. The Huskies were led by second year head coach Robert Ingalls, and completed the season with a record of 3–4–1. For the first time, home games were played at Memorial Stadium, which replaced the Gardner Dow Athletic Fields as the Huskies' home venue.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	at Yale*	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 0–32
October 3	at UMass	Alumni Field • Amherst, MA (Rivalry)	W 41–0
October 10	St. Lawrence*	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT	W 26–6
October 17	at Maine	Orono, ME	T 18–18
October 24	Delaware*	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT	L 7–30
October 31	New Hampshire	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT	W 6–0
November 7	at Brown*	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	L 7–42
November 14	Rhode Island	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT (Ramnapping Trophy)	L 13–19
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.