1919 Connecticut Aggies football team

American college football season

1919 Connecticut Aggies football
Conference	Athletic League of New England State Colleges
Record	2–6 (1–2 New England)
Head coach	Roy J. Guyer (1st season)
Home stadium	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
Seasons ← 1916 1920 →

The 1919 Connecticut Aggies football team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1919 college football season. The Aggies were led by first-year head coach Roy J. Guyer, and completed the season with a record of 2–6. There was no team in 1917 or 1918 due to World War I.^[1] After the first game against New Hampshire, Aggie junior Gardner Dow died of injuries from a tackle he delivered in the fourth quarter. The school would name the Athletic Fields on which many sports competed for him.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 27	at New Hampshire	Durham, NH	L 0–13	^[5]^[6]
October 4	at Massachusetts	Alumni Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 7–15
October 11	at Trinity (CT)*	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	L 0–6
October 18	at Stevens*	Hoboken, NJ	L 0–35
October 25	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–69	^[7]
November 1	New York Aggies*	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 7–33
November 8	Boston University*	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 7–0
November 22	at Rhode Island State	Kingston, RI (rivalry)	W 7–3
*Non-conference game

References

^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 119. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
^ Roy, Mark (September 27, 2004). "Football Player Gardner Dow Remembered, 85 Years Later". University of Connecticut Advance. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
^ Anthony, Mike (March 29, 2014). "Football Death Of Gardner Dow Silenced UConn Campus In 1919". Hartford Courant. Hartford, CT. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
^ "Tackle Plunge at Durham, N H, Fatal". The Boston Globe. September 28, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved February 18, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire Wins First Game". The New Hampshire. Vol. 9, no. 1. October 1, 1919. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
^ "Holy Cross Easy Winner: Runs Ahead 69 to 0 in Game with Connecticut Aggies". The New York Times. October 26, 1919. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.