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[supahotfire]

Game 4 Preview: vs FAU (2-1)

The Huskies return home this week to kick off a stretch of six games to be played in East Hartford (Conn.) at the Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field – and this week's matchup is against the (2-1) Florida Atlantic Owls.

FAU comes off a crushing 25-24 defeat to their rival FIU at home. However, they do have two very convincing wins against Army and a road-win over Michigan State.

UConn Leaders
QB Nick Evers: 657 yds, 3 TD, 2 Int, 66%
RB Cam Edwards: 48 car, 168 yds, 3.5 avg, 1 TD
WR Skyler Bell: 25 rec, 243 yds, 2 TD
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SS Durante Jones II: 19 tkl, 1 defl, 0 rec allowed
LB Tui Faumuina-Brown: 19 tkl, 4 tfl, 1 sack, 1 Int
LB Julien Simon: 17 tkl, 5 tfl, 1 sack

FAU Leaders
QB Cameron Fancher: 605 yds, 6 TD, 2 Int, 65%
RB George Johnson III: 27 car, 138 yds, 5.1 avg, 2 TD
WR Milan Tucker: 20 rec, 311 yds, 2 TD
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LB Desmond Tisdol: 19 tkl, 11 rec allowed
DE Marlon Bradley: 18 tkl, 4 tfl, 5 sacks
DE Chris Jones: 11 tkl, 3 tfl, 4.5 sacks

Injury Report
UConn: None
FAU: None

Scheduled Visits

Jameson Vick

IL

Millis, MA

6-2 / 288

Natl #1289 (Pos #27)

Key Players

Connecticut	OVR	SPD		Florida Atlantic	OVR	SPD
QB, Nick Evers SO	75	77		QB, Cameron Fancher JR	78	82
RB, Cam Edwards JR	78	87		RB, George Johnson III SR	78	88
WR, TJ Sheffield SR	80	92		WR, Marlyn Johnson SR	78	84
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DT, Jelani Stafford SR	81	53		DE, Chris Jones SR	76	76
LB, Julien Simon JR	79	82		LB, Desmond Tisdol SR	80	83
FS, Malik Dixon-Williams SR	74	86		CB, Daedae Hill SR	86	91

Schedule/Results

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
8/31	at Maryland	L, 41-0	0-1
9/7	vs Merrimack	W, 27-21	1-1
9/14	at Duke	L, 17-14	1-2
9/21	vs FAU	--	--
9/28	vs Buffalo	--	--
10/5	vs Temple	--	--
10/12	OFF	--	--
10/19	vs Wake Forest	--	--
10/26	vs Rice	--	--
11/1	vs Georgia St	--	--
11/9	at UAB	--	--
11/16	OFF	--	--
11/23	at Syracuse	--	--
11/30	at UMass	--	--

[djp73]

Their DEs look to be a problem. Better get the rock out fast

[Agent]

Fancher might run the gamut on the huskies

[James]

Need a solid performance to impress the croots.

[supahotfire]

Their DEs look to be a problem. Better get the rock out fast

I won’t lie, I’m pretty nervous

Fancher might run the gamut on the huskies

We will see. I’m not too worried tbh.. more worried about our offense against that d-line and then them having stud DBs makes it tougher.

Need a solid performance to impress the croots.

Pressure is on!! More risk than reward in terms of gaining points but getting him to visit as early as possible should help us out. Recruiting is on auto, so we’ll see if it pays off

[The JZA]

Six games at home, good time to build and try to get well ahead over .500 before Syracuse

[supahotfire]

Six games at home, good time to build and try to get well ahead over .500 before Syracuse

should be a good opportunity if we can capitalize

[supahotfire]

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
FAU (3-1)	3	10	7	0	20
UConn (1-3)	3	0	0	0	3

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UConn offense sputters, Huskies get outworked by Owls and lose 20-3

EAST HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut struck first again for the second consecutive week. This time with a long field goal. However, it would be the team's only score of the game, missing another next field goal along the way en route to a 20-3 defeat to the FAU Owls.

Notable recruit for the Huskies, Jameson Vick, a three-star offensive lineman, was in attendance on an official visit for the loss.

"Tonight's performance was embarrassing," said head coach Jim Mora. "Our defense held out okay, but our offense didn't show up at all. Part of that is on me."

After last week's performance being his best of the season, QB Nick Evers struggled to move the ball, passing for 184 yards and an interception.

"It was tough today," said Evers of the loss. "They threw a lot of different looks at us. Got some really good pressure. And they disguised their coverage really well, too. We just got to learn from it and move on."

Receiver Skyler Bell continues to appear as Evers' favorite target. This week he led receivers again with 66 yards on six catches, and did plenty of his damage after the catch with 37 RAC yards.


Florida Atlantic's duo of Marlon Bradley and Chris Jones did plenty to blow up the Huskies offense. They combined for three sacks and Jones even dropped back to record an interception on a hook zone.

Cameron Fancher led the Owls with 306 passing yards and a rushing touchdown.

Next week, the Huskies continue the home stand to host the Buffalo Bulls.

Player Stats

Florida Atlantic						Connecticut
PASSING	CMP/A	YDS	TD	INT		PASSING	CMP/A	YDS	TD	INT
QB, C. Fancher	23/30	306	0	0		QB, N. Evers	21/35	184	0	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	TD	LG		RUSHING	ATT	YDS	TD	LG
RB, G. Johnson III	23	85	0	15		RB, C. Edwards	10	55	0	12
RB, K. Shield-Dutton	1	2	1	2		RB, V. Rosa	6	37	0	23
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	TD	RAC		RECEIVING	REC	YDS	TD	RAC
WR, B. Alexander	7	102	0	40		WR, S. Bell	6	66	0	37
WR, M. Tucker	4	68	0	22		WR, T. Sheffield	3	38	0	2
WR, M. Johnson	3	61	0	9		RB, V. Rosa	3	28	0	36
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DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	DEFL		DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	DEFL
LB, D. Tisdol	13	1	0	2		SS, D. Jones II	11	0	0	0
CB, D. Hill	7	0	0	0		CB, I. Davis	10	0	0	0
DE, M. Bradley	6	2	0	0		FS, M. Dixon-Will…	8	0	0	1

Team Stats

381	Total Offense	241
24	First Downs	14
5/10	3rd Down Conv.	4/12
0	Turnovers	1
6 - 40	Penalties - Yds	4 - 38

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[Baze]

That crowd

Looks like you couldn't get anything going - back to the drawing board

[James]

Oh that whole situation is rough, the crowd, the loss. Yikes.