| Year: | 1942 |
| Team: | Connecticut Huskies |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | New England Conference |
| Short Conf: | New England |
| Record: | 6–2 |
| Conf Record: | 2–0 |
| Head Coach: | J. Orlean Christian |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Stadium: | Gardner Dow Athletic Fields |
| Champion: | New England Conference co-champion |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
The 1942 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1942 college football season. The Huskies were led by ninth-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 6–2. No team was fielded in 1943 due to World War II.[1]
Connecticut State was ranked at No. 191 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]