Huskies Clipped in Double OT on the Highway at Rice

HOUSTON, TX – The UConn Huskies suffered their third defeat in time beyond regulation this season, falling on the highway at Rice, 37-34, in double time beyond regulation in entrance of 21,122 at Rice Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The Huskies noticed their four-game win streak come to an finish and are 5-3 on the season with all three losses approaching the highway in time beyond regulation.

UConn quarterback Joe Fagnano accomplished 32 of 48 passes for 344 yards and threw three landing passes within the loss. Cam Edwards contributed with 59 speeding yards on 16 carries, an time beyond regulation landing and added a landing reception with 24 receiving yards on three catches.

Wideout Skyler Bell led the receiving corps with eight receptions for a career-high 158 yards, together with a landing. On protection, Bryun Parham recorded a career-high 15 tackles to anchor the workforce.

In time beyond regulation, Rice had the ball first and Quinton Jackson’s 6-yard landing run put Rice forward 31-24 after Enock Gota’s additional level. UConn responded swiftly as Cam Edwards scored a 5-yard speeding landing, tying the rating at 31-31. UConn’s Freeman later nailed a 41-yard discipline purpose, giving UConn a 34-31 lead however Rice’s Jackson answered with a decisive 23-yard landing run, securing a 37-34 victory for Rice.

The Huskies opened the sport scoring on their very first play from scrimmage, a Fagnano to Bell 80-yard catch and run for six. In a dynamic second quarter, the Owls took their first lead as Jackson broke free for a 73-yard landing run on the 11:08 mark, to make it 10–7.

The Huskies responded with a drive, culminating in a 12-yard landing reception by Edwards from Fagnano, placing UConn forward 14–10 after Chris Freeman’s profitable PAT. The Owls shortly countered with a 75-yard landing move from Chase Jenkins to Jackson, reclaiming a 17–14 lead. UConn had the ultimate phrase earlier than halftime, as Juice Vereen caught a 34-yard landing move from Fagnano with simply 49 seconds left, and Freeman’s additional level set the halftime rating at 21–17 in favor of UConn.

In the third quarter, UConn maintained a lead over Rice with the one factors of the quarter, a 45-yard discipline purpose by Chris Freeman at 6:06. In the fourth quarter, Rice’s D’Andre Hardemann fueld their scoring drive with a 17-yard rush to the UConn 38-yard line, setting the stage as Hardemann later capped the drive with a 10-yard landing run, leveling the rating at 24-24 at 11:46. UConn’s ensuing possession noticed Fagnano lead the the Huskies in to scoring place, finishing a 17-yard move to Oliver Lundberg Coleman, however the drive  stalled and Freeman’s 46-yard discipline purpose try missed after the kicker slipped on the moist turf. As time wound down, neither workforce might break the impasse, leading to a closing rating of 24-24.

Quinton Jackson led the offensive cost for Rice, speeding 21 occasions for 168 yards and three touchdowns. He additionally contributed within the passing recreation with three receptions for 80 yards and a receiving landing. Chase Jenkins was environment friendly by means of the air, finishing 17 of twenty-two passes for 191 yards and a landing, whereas additionally speeding 17 occasions for 57 yards.

The Huskies return dwelling for three-straight beginning subsequent Saturday,  November 1^st once they host UAB at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

Game Notes:

The Huskies are actually 2-1 all-time towards Rice and are 5-4 towards groups from the American Athletic Conference because the Huskies left the convention in 2020.

UConn scored on their first play from scrimmage, a Joe Fagnano to Syler Bell 80-yard hook-up. The final time UConn scored on their first play of the sport was final season at UMass, a Fagnano to tight finish Louis Hansen 55-yard rating.

For Bell, it matches his career-long of 80 yards for a catch, set within the season opener this yr towards Central Connecticut. It is Bell’s eighth TD this season and the fifth-straight recreation catching a landing.

Bell hit the 100-yard mark for the fifth time this season and the ninth time in his profession at UConn.

RB Cam Edwards caught his first landing of the season and scored on the bottom as nicely, giving him 9 whole TDs on the yr.

QB Joe Fagnano completed the sport with out an interception, extending his streak to 9-stragiht video games and not using a decide relationship again to final season. His three landing throws on Saturday marks his fourth recreation this season with three-plus TD throws. His 344 yards makes it three-straight video games and 4 this season going over 300-plus yards passing.

PK Chris Freeman’s third quarter 45-yard discipline purpose make was the 12^th-straight make, setting a brand new UConn faculty report.