UConn Football

UConn’s new head football coach, Jim Mora, has added four members to his staff and said members of the 2021 coaching staff will not be retained, according to UConn Athletics.  He announced the additions of John Allen, E.J. Barthel, Siriki Diabate and John Marinelli.  Allen will join the coaching staff as the wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator, Barthel is...

Clayton Tune threw for 301 yards and four touchdowns Saturday as No. 19 Houston tuned up for next week’s American Athletic Conference championship game with a 45-17 win over UConn. Nathaniel Dell caught two touchdowns and Jake Herslow and Jeremy Singleton each topped 100 receiving yards to go with a TD apiece for Houston (11-1, 8-0 American), which plays at…

Former NFL and UCLA coach Jim Mora has been named the next head football coach of the University of Connecticut. He spoke to the media soon after the announcement.

The University of Connecticut has chosen a new head football coach. Former NFL and UCLA coach Jim Mora has been named as the next head football coach of the University of Connecticut.  UConn Athletics said Jim L. Mora will be an assistant coach through the end of the 2021 UConn football season through Nov. 27 and his duties will include…

Chase Cunningham passed for 297 yards and four touchdowns, Middle Tennessee scored in every quarter and defeated UConn 44-13 on Friday night. Cunningham had racked up 182 yards and three touchdowns in the first half — including scoring strikes of 25 and 18 yards to Izaiah Gathings and Jimmy Marshall, respectively, on Middle Tennessee’s final two possessions before halftime to…

As part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Inclusion Week, the UConn football team is set to host their first Pride Game this Friday. The team’s goal is to support and promote an atmosphere of inclusion at UConn, said an athletic department spokesperson. “We are happy to host the first Pride Game in our history,” director of athletics...

Steven Krajewski threw for two touchdowns, ran for another and UConn snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 21-15 win over Yale on Saturday. The victory ended the second-longest losing streak in the nation and gave interim head coach Lou Spanos, who took over two games into the season, his first victory. The win comes after Spanos missed last...

Ellis Merriweather carried 39 times for 171 yards and two touchdowns and UMass ground out a 27-13 win over UConn in a battle of previously winless Bowl Subdivision independents on Saturday. Merriweather carried on 10 of the 12 plays on the Minutemen’s opening drive, punching in from the 9 to make it 7-0, but the Huskies came back to take…

Five members of the University of Connecticut football program have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the UConn Athletics Department.  Three members of the Huskies’ coaching staff and two student-athletes have tested positive. All five are fully vaccinated, according to the school.  The members of the coaching staff who tested positive are interim head coach Lou Spanos, offensive coordinator/offensive...

It was predicted by many to be an ugly game and it lived up to its billing. In a meeting between two of the worst teams in college football Vanderbilt rallied for a 30-28 victory over Connecticut Saturday night. “I will take an ugly win any day knowing we have a long way to go,” first-year Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea…

Christian Anderson ran for two touchdowns, passed for another and Army reached the end zone on all six of its first-half possessions in rolling to a 52-21 win over UConn on Saturday. Anderson’s two short scoring runs and his 39-yard TD pass to Isaiah Alston gave the Black Knights (3-0) a 21-0 lead on the way to their 12th...

Purdue quarterback Jack Plummer threw four touchdown passes in the first half, three to wide receiver David Bell, as the Boilermakers rolled over winless UConn 49-0 Saturday afternoon at Pratt & Whitney Stadium. After punting on its first possession, Purdue (2-0) scored touchdowns on each of its next five to take a 35-0 lead at halftime. The Boilermakers, a 34-point…

For UConn Nation, there was a Labor Day shocker after the announcement football head coach Randy Edsall would step down immediately.

For UConn Nation, there was a Labor Day shocker after the announcement football head coach Randy Edsall would step down immediately. Fans seem to see Monday’s announcement as something to celebrate. Many are hopeful this will lead to a better future for the team. “I was a little surprised coming off of two losses, two kind of disappointing losses,”...

Head University of Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall will step down effective immediately after coming to a “mutual decision” with the director of athletics.

University of Connecticut head football coach Randy Edsall stepped down effective immediately Monday after coming to a “mutual decision” with the director of athletics. UConn Athletics officials said David Benedict, the director of athletics, and Edsall came to the decision because “it is in the best interest of the UConn football program.” On Sunday, Edsall announced he was retiring at…

University of Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall has announced he is retiring at the end of this season.

University of Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall has announced he is retiring at the end of this season. Edsall is retiring after serving as head football coach at UConn for a total of 17 years. His teams have won just six games since he returned to the Huskies for a second stint as coach in 2017. Edsall, 63, went 74-70…

Sophomore Matt Sluka passed for two touchdowns, ran for another and his 76-yard keeper in the fourth quarter iced Holy Cross’ 38-28 season-opening win at UConn on Saturday. Sluka passed for 123 yards and ran for 112. His long run set up Tyler Purdy’s 14-yard TD carry — his second score of the game — to give Holy Cross a…

Jake Haener threw for three touchdowns and 331 yards and Fresno State started its 100th year of football with a 45-0 win over Connecticut on Saturday. Haener left the contest on the Bulldogs’ first drive of the second half due to apparent leg cramps as temperatures on the field reached 120 degrees. Haener, a transfer from Washington, threw all his…