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No - I don't know when we started using the trailers, unfortunately. Someone has got to know this.
 
1-2 - Middteton High School - 1896(x2), 1901 - 28-20


One correction it is Middletown High school one of the oldest high schools in the country

Great job with all the info on UConn history which many have have no clue about before the 70's
 
1-2 - Middteton High School - 1896(x2), 1901 - 28-20


One correction it is Middletown High school one of the oldest high schools in the country

Great job with all the info on UConn history which many have have no clue about before the 70's
From Wikipedia: "In 1841, Middletown established the state's first public high school, which at first enrolled all students from age nine through age sixteen who had previous attended district schools."

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/cthistory/81.ch.02.x.html#l

Some of those high schools are older than UConn.
 
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Butch, great stuff. On the games against military teams, during Word War II the military put together teams on at least the larger bases and they played regular "college" schedules. In fact in at least 1944, they were ranked along with college teams in the Top 20. Lots of big names played. Frank Leahy, the Notre Dame coach, coached Great Lakes Naval Station in as did Paul Brown. Otto Graham was the quarterback at Raleigh Naval Pre-flight Training. In fact, Great Lakes was granted temporary membership in the Big 10 for the 1944 season, though they don't show up in the standings. Randolph Field Army Air Corps played Texas in the Cotton bowl in 1943. Roughly half of the top 20 (not 25 in those years) were military installations. Also, the rules were such that players who had competed their college eligibility but went to Army and Navy were allowed to compete again for the academies (which by the way shortened their programs from 4 to 3 years). A number of these programs stuck around at various levels through the late 40s and even longer and continued to play local college teams.
 
I went to Springfield College. There is all sorts of memorabilia in their trophy cases with UConn mentions. Very cool to see the full scope of the history.

1978 is the year the NCAA began its radical rule. Too bad.
 
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