Huskies Take On The Orange in Week 2

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The UConn Huskies head out on the highway for the primary time in 2025 with a visit as much as Syracuse to face the Orange within the JMA Wireless Dome on faucet this Saturday. The Huskies and Orange will kick-off at 12 midday on ESPN+ and ACC Network Extra.

UConn and Syracuse take the sector within the JMA Wireless Dome for the second-straight season after the Orange dealt the Huskies a 31-24 loss final November and have now received five-straight match-ups within the all-time collection. UConn is 2-5 all-time at Syracuse with the final win within the Dome coming in 2010. UConn has three future video games with Syracuse scheduled, at dwelling in 2026 and 2027 and again on the JMA Wireless Dome in 2028.

UConn is coming off a season-opening 59-13 win over in-state foe Central Connecticut in week one. The Huskies piled up a faculty document 638 yards of complete offense within the win, led by quarterback Joe Fagnano who threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns whereas working in one other. Running again Cam Edwards wanted simply six carries to log 115 yards and a rating, his fifth profession 100-yard recreation. The win was UConn’s first in a season opener for the reason that 2019 season.

Last Meeting vs. Syracuse…

Nov. 23, 2024 — Syracuse 31 – UConn 24 — Syracuse, NY

Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord threw for 470 yards and two touchdowns because the Orange handed the UConn Huskies a 31-24 loss on the JMA Wireless Dome. McCord accomplished 37 of 47 passes along with his two touchdowns coming within the first half.  Receivers Oronde Gadsen II, Darrell Gill Jr. and Jackson Meeks all went over 100-yards receiving because the Orange improved to 8-3 on the yr. UConn noticed their three-game successful streak come to an finish with the loss as they fall to 7-4 on the season.  Quarterback Joe Fagnano accomplished 27-of-48 for 228 yards and two scores whereas working again Cam Edwards had a team-high 71 yards speeding and a landing within the loss. Wideouts Skyler Bell and TJ Sheffield every caught a career-high 10 passes.  Bell went for 110 yards, his third 100-yard recreation receiving this season. UConn linebacker Jayden McDonald made 12 tackles and had a sack within the loss.

Scouting the Orange… The Syracuse Orange return to the JMU Wireless Dome for his or her 2025 dwelling opener on Saturday coming off a 45-26 loss to No. 24 ranked Tennessee in Atlanta final weekend. Running again Yasin Willis completed with 91 yards on 23 carries and scored three touchdowns. Willis and teammate Will Nixon have been each named to the Doak Walker Preseason Watch List. New Orange quarterback Steve Angeli accomplished 23-of-40 for 274 yards and a landing, however was sacked 5 occasions within the loss.  Angeli discovered Johntay Cook II for six catches and 58 yards and a rating. On protection, the Orange have been led by returning beginning security Duce Chestnut who made 10 tackles. Syracuse posted a ten win season in 2024, their first season below head coach Fran Brown. The season was capped by a 52-35 win over Washington State within the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl. The Orange have been tabbed twelfth within the 2025 preseason media ballot launch earlier this summer season.

UConn vs. the ACC… The Huskies are 8-28 all-time in opposition to the ACC.  UConn snapped a six-game skid in opposition to the convention with a win over North Carolina within the 2025 Wasabi Fenway Bowl to cap final season. The Huskies will match-up with the convention 3 times this season, heading to Syracuse and Boston College and taking part in host to Duke. UConn is 2-2 in opposition to Duke, 2-2 in opposition to Virginia and 1-3 in opposition to Wake Forrest.  The Huskies are 1-4 in opposition to Boston College for the reason that Eagles joined the league in 2005 and 0-4 vs. Syracuse for the reason that Orange jumped to the ACC in 2013.  UConn has additionally confronted Clemson (0-1), Georgia Tech (0-3), North Carolina (0-3) and NC State (0-4). The Huskies have been 1-3 in opposition to Maryland when the Terrapins have been a member of the convention by means of 2014.  The Huskies have additionally confronted Louisville, Miami, Pitt, SMU and Virginia Tech of their historical past however previous to these groups becoming a member of the ACC.  The Huskies have by no means confronted Cal, Florida State or Stanford.

Offensive Notes from CCSU… The Huskies piled up 638 complete yards, 250 on the bottom and 388 by means of the air, to set a brand new UConn college document. The Huskies have eclipsed 600 complete yards of offense 5 occasions in program historical past and final Saturday’s mark breaks the mark of 624 set final fall vs. Merrimack…The 59 factors scored tied for the twelfth highest level complete at school historical past…The Huskies have been 12-of-16 on third downs within the win…UConn obtained factors on seven of their eight journeys into the pink zone final Saturday with six touchdowns…Transfers, working again MJ Flowers and large receiver Carmello Murphy, each scored their first profession UConn touchdowns within the win…WR Jackson Harper pulled down a game-best 5 passes for 42 yards and his first profession TD…RB Oliver Lundberg Coleman obtained his first profession carries, going for 30 yards on 4 carries…Back-up QB Nick Evers got here in and accomplished 8-of-11 for 83 yards and a TD…UConn’s new receiving additions in Murphy (4 rec., 26 yds), Thai Chiaokhiao-Bowman (3 rec., 31 yds), Chris Parker (2 rec., 59 yds), and Juice Vereen (2 rec., 38 yds) have been amongst 12 completely different Huskies who caught a cross within the win.

Fagnano Starts Strong… QB Joe Fagnano made his eighth profession begin for the Huskies and accomplished 18-of-25 for 266 and three touchdowns. He ran a rating in as effectively. Fagnano now has 23 profession TD passes at UConn, transferring him into the top-10 within the document e book. It was

Bell Comes Out Flying… WR Skyler Bell hauled in 4 passes for 135 yards and two scores, his fifth 100-yard receiving recreation in his 14 video games at UConn. Bell had landing catches of 80 and 12 yards on consecutive drives within the first quarter of final Saturday’s recreation. His 80-yard catch and run marked the longest reception of his profession. Bell had 50 catches for 860 yards and 5 scores in 2024. In final yr’s recreation at Syracuse, Bell caught a career-high 10 passes for 110 yards.

Ground Game Picks Right Back Up… After averaging 199.2 yards per recreation on the bottom final season, the Huskies speeding recreation picked proper again as much as begin 2025. UConn ran for 250 yards, the tenth time in the course of the Jim Mora period they’ve eclipsed 250 or extra yards speeding in a recreation. UConn hit the mark 5 occasions final season. Cam Edwards led the best way, needing simply six provider to notch his fifth profession 100-yard recreation, ending with 115 yards and a landing, His 73-yard TD run was the longest run of his profession in addition to his sixteenth profession landing.  

Defensive Notes from CCSU… The Huskies gave up simply 257 yards of complete offense to the Blue Devils. Under DC Matt Brock, UConn held opponents to below 300-yards of complete offense sixth occasions final season, going 6-0 in these video games…One of the highest defenses on third down final season (29.6%/4th NCAA), UConn opened this season holding CCSU to simply 5-of-16 final Saturday…The UConn secondary had six cross break-ups within the win lead by security D’Mon Brinson who batted down a career-best two passes…A trio of Husky linebackers have been on the prime of the sort out ledger led by switch’s Tyquan King and Bryun Parham who had eight and 7, respectively.  Parham had a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss and his first sack as a Husky…LB Oumar Diomande made his first profession begin and notched a career-best seven stops.