Huskies Extinguish Blazers for Bowl Eligibilty

EAST HARTFORD, CT – The UConn Huskies posted a 38-19 victory over UAB on Saturday afternoon in entrance of 23,170 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field to change into bowl eligible because of their sixth win on the season.

UConn, bowl eligible for the second-straight yr and third time in 4 seasons below head coach Jim Mora, improved to 6-3 on the yr.

Wide receiver Skyler Bell recorded a standout efficiency with eight receptions for 149 yards and three touchdowns. Bell tied the college mark for landing catches in a season (11) together with his three scoring grabs on Saturday.

Quarterback Joe Fagnano accomplished 23 of 30 passes for 267 yards and threw 4 touchdowns. Fagnano has eclipsed the ten,000 yards passing mark in his profession between UConn and his time at Maine.

On protection, nook Cam Chadwick intercepted three passes and registered seven tackles, together with one sack. His three picks ties the college document.

The Huskies by no means trailed on Saturday and constructed a 24-0 lead into halftime. After stalling on on their first drive, Fagnano took the staff down the sector on an 83-yard drive and linked with Bell for a 26-yard landing go at 1:04, giving UConn a 7-0 lead.

UConn prolonged their lead within the second quarter, beginning with a Cam Edwards’ 1-yard landing run at 10:45, making it 14-0. An interception by Chadwick on the UAB 37 arrange a UConn drive that concluded with a 50-yard subject objective by Freeman at 8:44, his longest of the season. The Huskies continued their dominance as Fagnano linked with Bell for a nine-yard landing go at 3:56, to move to the locker room up 24-0.

UConn made it 31-0 within the third quarter as Fagnano linked with Juice Vereen for a six-yard landing go at 8:02. The Blazers responded rapidly with a Ryder Burton 68-yard landing go to Brandon Hawkins Jr. at 7:18, for his or her first factors of the day. UConn continued to dominate offensively, as Fagnano discovered Bell for a 39-yard landing go at 5:18, to push the rating to 38–6. UAB would tack on a pair of fourth quarter scores to supply the 38-19 last.

UConn again Cam Edwards led the bottom sport with 15 carries for 62 yards and a rating. The UConn protection created three turnovers on the day and sacked the quarterback 5 occasions. Linebacker Oumar Diomande completed with a career-high 14 tackles and a sack. Defensive lineman Antonieo Harris Jr. had a pair of sacks within the win.

The Huskies keep at dwelling and can tackle the Duke Blue Devils subsequent Saturday, November 8 at 3:30 pm at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

Game Notes:

UConn is 2-0 all-time towards UAB and is now 6-4 towards groups from the American Athletic Conference since leaving the league in 2020.

The Huskies are 4-0 at dwelling this season and are averaging 44.8 factors per sport on their dwelling turf. UConn is 9-1 over the past two seasons at The Rent.

Skyler Bell hit the 100-yards receiving mark for the third-straight sport and sixth time this season. It was his 10^th 100-yard sport at UConn. He has caught a landing in six-straight video games and has three video games this season with two or extra scores.

His 11 touchdowns this season ties the college document held by Carl Bond in 1998. Bell has essentially the most by a Husky within the FBS period. His 16 profession TD grabs at UConn is now tied for fifth within the document ebook.

TE Juice Vereen has caught a landing in three-straight video games and has 4 TDs in his final three.

QB Joe Fagnano has thrown for 3 or extra touchdowns in three-straight video games. He ran his streak to 10-straight video games courting again to final season with out an interception. His 42 profession touchdowns at UConn is second solely to Dan Orlovsky within the FBS period and fourth on the all-time listing.