UConn Huskies

The Huskies enter their first road game as favorites in their first ever matchup against this Sun Belt squad.

Heralded Syracuse freshman two-sport standout Calvin Russell III is expected to make his debut for the football team vs. UConn on Oct. 3, coach Fran Brown said.

STORRS – Cyncir Bowers prefers road games. The new UConn running back enjoys the idea of going into someone else’s home, taking over and feeling the silence of their crowd. “You gotta take over they trap,” he said. It will be a hot one on Saturday, near-100 degrees in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, but Bowers and the Huskies’ running backs will be hydrated and motivated to improve on what they’ve ...

COLLEGE PARK — Malik Washington refused to take the victory lap. After an uneven showing in Maryland’s season-opening 62-0 pasting of Hampton on Sept. 5, the sophomore quarterback reminded fans and opponents of what he is capable of by passing for 347 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s 38-14 victory over UConn at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. That performance was a ...

The Huskies will head to Southern Miss for a game with the Golden Eagles on Saturday.

STORRS — Back in Malvern, Pa., outside of Philadelphia, Dave Gueriera has been getting video clips from UConn’s first two football games. One of them struck home immediately, and sticks with him. “He made a tackle where he rocked the kid back,” Gueriera said. “It was really a bang-bang play and the ballcarrier went backwards. It’s not because he’s big or because he weighs a lot, it’s because ...

After a 43-8 loss at Auburn, Southern Miss turns to UConn with an emphasis on cleaner execution, a faster offensive start and limiting explosive plays.

The Huskies competed early but the game finished with a lopsided score.

UConn held its own in the first quarter of Saturday’s game against Maryland, but it became clear in the second that the Huskies were punching above their weight. It was a drastic change of pace from the game speed the Huskies saw in Week One against Lafayette, and a tough spot for a completely new roster to take on a Big Ten team like the Terps, who returned 71% of their total production from ...

Maryland proved to be too much for the Huskies to handle on Saturday.

EAST HARTFORD – The UConn football team was overmatched in its first power-conference game of the Jason Candle era and lost, 38-14, to Maryland on Saturday at Rentschler Field. After a promising start, the Terrapins’ Big Ten size and sideline-to-sideline offensive attack wore the Huskies down as they produced 475 total yards to UConn’s 223. Sophomore quarterback Malik Washington had a stretch ...

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After starting their seasons with blowout wins over FCS opponents, UConn and Maryland meet at the Rent this afternoon.

Mike Locksley had a slip of the tongue in his press conference this week. Maryland’s eighth-year head football coach opened with a statement about how he and his staff reviewed and corrected the details from the tape of their 62-0 season-opening win over Hampton last week before getting a jump start on this week’s opponent, “Toledo,” he said without hesitation. It was a fair slip up. Exactly ...

The Huskies' game on Saturday will be the first of three home contests against Power Four teams.

CBS Sports Network is home to four games in the Week 2 slate

Far from sibling rivals, UConn football has plenty of powerful allies on campus. It’s no secret, and it is undisputed that in college athletics, it is football that “drives the bus” to where the needed revenue is stored. “I think it’s hugely important for the university, the students, the campus, the whole community,” UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley said, during his visit to the ...

After 17 years at Toledo, Candle is ready to light it up on the East Coast.

The Huskies face a major power-conference test after beginning their season with an explosive win.

The Terps look to keep the ball rolling after their 62-0 Saturday night shutout of Hampton.

UConn fans might come up with a chant out of the word "Toledo" before the Huskies and Terrapins meet Saturday.

The new football coach was happy with his team's first win. He just wishes the players had needed to face a few roadblocks.

STORRS – The UConn football team should be getting some reinforcement on its defensive line ahead of its first power-conference game of the season when Maryland visits Saturday. Esean Carter, a nose tackle who transferred in after five years at Toledo, fell victim to the chaos in college sports this summer after he was deemed ineligible to play by the NCAA, which didn’t initially recognize a ...

The signal-caller adds a different dynamic to Jason Candle's team, that's for sure.

— Kalieb Osborne threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more to lead Connecticut to a 56-7 season-opening victory over FCS-member Lafayette on Saturday under first-year head coach Jason Candle.