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Conference | Independent |
Record | 1–11 |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Frank Giufre (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Lou Spanos (2nd season; first 2 games) Jarren Horton (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Rentschler Field |
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No. 8 Notre Dame | – | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 BYU | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | – | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2021 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies competed as an independent, having left the American Athletic Conference following the 2019 season. They played their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.
On September 5, following the team's 38–28 loss to FCS-school Holy Cross, head coach Randy Edsall announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.[1] The following day, the school announced that Edsall had resigned effective immediately and defensive coordinator Lou Spanos was named the interim head coach.[2][3]
On November 11, former UCLA coach Jim L. Mora was named the school's 31st head coach beginning with the 2022 season. Shortly after the hire he helped serve as an offensive assistant for the remainder of the season.[4]
The team finished the season 1–11.
In June 2020, it was announced that UConn's other sports programs would be joining the Big East Conference. Since the Big East does not sponsor football and the American did not want to keep UConn as a football-only school, it was decided that the football program would compete as an independent.[5] The move to the Big East was primarily due to the university wanting to focus more on the men's and women's basketball programs, feeling the move to the American had hindered those programs.[6]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at Fresno State | CBSSN | L 0–45 | 26,043 | |||
September 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Holy Cross | CBSSN | L 28–38 | 18,782 | |||
September 11 | 3:00 p.m. | Purdue |
| CBSSN | L 0–49 | 14,817 | ||
September 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army | CBSSN | L 21–52 | 25,030 | |||
September 25 | 3:30 p.m. | Wyoming |
| CBSSN | L 22–24 | 12,538 | ||
October 2 | 7:30 p.m. | at Vanderbilt | ESPNU | L 28–30 | 21,218 | |||
October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | at UMass | NESN | L 13–27 | 12,765 | |||
October 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Yale |
| CBSSN | W 21–15 | 18,596 | ||
October 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee |
| CBSSN | L 13–44 | 10,698 | ||
November 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at Clemson | ACCN | L 7–44 | 77,522 | |||
November 20 | 4:00 p.m. | at UCF | ESPN+ | L 17–49 | 37,454 | |||
November 27 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 24 Houston |
| CBSSN | L 17–45 | 12,685 | ||
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Roster |
See also: 2021 Fresno State Bulldogs football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
at Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California
Game information | ||
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Statistics | UConn | FRES |
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First downs | 9 | 25 |
Total yards | 107 | 538 |
Rushing yards | 35 | 156 |
Passing yards | 72 | 382 |
Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
Time of possession | 29:03 | 30:57 |
See also: 2021 Holy Cross Crusaders football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Crusaders | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
Huskies | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
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Statistics | HC | UConn |
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First downs | 19 | 18 |
Total yards | 363 | 262 |
Rushing yards | 226 | 88 |
Passing yards | 137 | 174 |
Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
Time of possession | 33:13 | 26:47 |
See also: 2021 Purdue Boilermakers football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Boilermakers | 7 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 49 |
Huskies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
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Statistics | PUR | UConn |
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First downs | 29 | 11 |
Total yards | 562 | 223 |
Rushing yards | 187 | 124 |
Passing yards | 375 | 99 |
Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
Time of possession | 34:34 | 25:26 |
See also: 2021 Army Black Knights football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
Black Knights | 14 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 52 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, NY
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Statistics | UConn | ARMY |
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First downs | 9 | 24 |
Total yards | 225 | 504 |
Rushing yards | 116 | 397 |
Passing yards | 109 | 107 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Time of possession | 19:24 | 40:36 |
See also: 2021 Wyoming Cowboys football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Huskies | 10 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 22 |
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
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Statistics | WYO | UConn |
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First downs | 22 | 19 |
Total yards | 353 | 281 |
Rushing yards | 204 | 110 |
Passing yards | 149 | 171 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of possession | 35:29 | 24:31 |
See also: 2021 Vanderbilt Commodores football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 28 |
Commodores | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
at Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee
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Statistics | UConn | VAN |
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First downs | 26 | 23 |
Total yards | 515 | 439 |
Rushing yards | 184 | 106 |
Passing yards | 331 | 333 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Time of possession | 28:10 | 31:50 |
See also: 2021 UMass Minutemen football team and UConn–UMass football rivalry |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Minutemen | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, Massachusetts
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Statistics | UConn | UMass |
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First downs | 14 | 21 |
Total yards | 291 | 407 |
Rushing yards | 163 | 247 |
Passing yards | 128 | 160 |
Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
Time of possession | 20:49 | 39:11 |
The day before the game, interim head coach Lou Spanos, offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Frank Giufre, and tight ends coach Corey Edsall, along with offensive linemen Ryan Van Demark and Will Meyer, tested positive for COVID-19. Defensive line coach Dennis Dottin-Carter served as the Huskies' head coach for the game.[8]
See also: 2021 Yale Bulldogs football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Huskies | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
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Statistics | YALE | UConn |
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First downs | 16 | 15 |
Total yards | 299 | 318 |
Rushing yards | 108 | 119 |
Passing yards | 191 | 199 |
Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
Time of possession | 31:35 | 28:25 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Raiders | 3 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 44 |
Huskies | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
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Statistics | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
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First downs | 30 | 16 |
Total yards | 473 | 304 |
Rushing yards | 155 | 67 |
Passing yards | 318 | 237 |
Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
Time of possession | 37:22 | 22:38 |
See also: 2021 Clemson Tigers football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Tigers | 10 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
at Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina
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Statistics | UConn | Clemson |
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First downs | 6 | 26 |
Total yards | 99 | 476 |
Rushing yards | -17 | 129 |
Passing yards | 116 | 347 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Time of possession | 23:16 | 36:44 |
See also: 2021 UCF Knights football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Knights | 21 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 49 |
at Bounce House • Orlando, Florida
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Statistics | UConn | UCF |
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First downs | 17 | 23 |
Total yards | 311 | 537 |
Rushing yards | 137 | 280 |
Passing yards | 174 | 257 |
Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
Time of possession | 32:30 | 27:30 |
See also: 2021 Houston Cougars football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cougars | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
Huskies | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
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Statistics | Houston | UConn |
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First downs | 21 | 16 |
Total yards | 472 | 238 |
Rushing yards | 149 | 82 |
Passing yards | 323 | 156 |
Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
Time of possession | 31:16 | 28:44 |