The 1949 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by 15th-year head coach J. Orlean Christian, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4âÂÂ4âÂÂ1 with a mark of 2âÂÂ0âÂÂ1 in conference play, sharing the Yankee Conference title with Maine.