2019 Connecticut Huskies football team

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2019 Connecticut Huskies football
Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg
Conference American Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
2019 record0–0 (0–0 American)
Head coach Randy Edsall (3rd consecutive, 15th overall season)
Offensive coordinatorFrank Giufre (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Lou Spanos (1st season)
Home stadium Rentschler Field
(Capacity: 40,632)
Seasons
←  2018
2020 →
2019 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Cincinnati  0–0    0–0 
Connecticut  0–0    0–0 
East Carolina  0–0    0–0 
South Florida  0–0    0–0 
Temple  0–0    0–0 
UCF  0–0    0–0 
West Division
Houston  0–0    0–0 
Memphis  0–0    0–0 
Navy  0–0    0–0 
SMU  0–0    0–0 
Tulane  0–0    0–0 
Tulsa  0–0    0–0 
Championship: December 7, 2019
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of April 3, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2019 Connecticut Huskies football team will represent the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies will be led by head coach Randy Edsall, who is in the third year of his second stint as head coach at the school. The team will play their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, and will compete as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference.

University of Connecticut Public research university in Connecticut

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land grant, National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881.

The 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season will be the 151st season of college football competition in the United States at the highest level organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season will begin on August 24, 2019 and is scheduled to end on December 14, 2019. The postseason will conclude on January 13, 2020 with the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. This is the sixth season of the College Football Playoff championship system.

Randy Edsall American college football player, college football coach

Randy Douglas Edsall is an American football coach who is currently in his second stint as the head coach at the University of Connecticut. He was director of football research-special projects for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) previously in 2016. He was the head coach at the University of Maryland from 2011 to 2015. Edsall was previously the head coach at Uconn from 1999 until the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, and oversaw the program's promotion from the NCAA Division I-AA level to Division I-A. He is UConn's all-time leader in wins and games coached.

Contents

Preseason

Coaching changes

In January 2019, head coach Randy Edsall announced the hiring of Lou Spanos to be the new defensive coordinator, replacing the fired Billy Crocker. [1] Spanos had spent the 2018 season as an analyst at Alabama. In February, offensive coordinator John Dunn unexpectedly left to join the staff of the New York Jets. Offensive line coach Frank Giufre was promoted to become the new offensive coordinator. [2]

Louis G. Spanos is a football coach, and the current defensive coordinator for the Connecticut Huskies football team. He was a defensive quality control and assistant linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers for many years, the linebackers coach for the Washington Redskins, and the defensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins football team.

Alabama Crimson Tide football University of Alabama Football Team

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Schedule

Connecticut's 2019 schedule will begin with three non-conference games: at home against Wagner of the Northeast Conference, at home against Illinois of the Big Ten Conference, and on the road against Indiana, also of the Big Ten Conference. Their fourth non-conference game will come mid-season against rival UMass, a football independent. In American Athletic Conference play, the Huskies will play the other members of the East Division and draw Houston, Navy, and Tulane from the West Division. They will not play Memphis, SMU, or Tulsa as part of the regular season.

The 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team will represent Wagner College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by fifth-year head coach Jason Houghtaling and will play their home games at Wagner College Stadium. They will play as a member of the Northeast Conference.

Northeast Conference college athletic conference

The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports except football, which competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Participating schools are located principally in the Northeastern United States.

The 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team will represent the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini will play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, and will compete in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They will be led by fourth-year head coach Lovie Smith.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 Wagner *
September 7 Illinois *
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
September 21at Indiana *
September 28at UCF
October 5 South Florida
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
October 12at Tulane
October 19 Houston
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
October 26at UMass *
November 1 Navy
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
November 9at Cincinnati
November 23 East Carolina
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
November 30at Temple

Source: [3]

Game summaries

Wagner

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First Meeting
Wagner Seahawks at Connecticut Huskies  – Game summary
12Total
Seahawks0
Huskies0

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field football stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut

Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field is a stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. It is primarily used for football and soccer, and is the home field of the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies. In the fall of 2010, it was home to the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League. The stadium, which opened in 2003, was the first stadium used primarily by an NCAA Division I-A team to open in the 21st century. The permanent stadium capacity is 40,000, consisting of 38,066 permanent seats with a standing-room area in the scoreboard plaza that can accommodate up to 1,934 people. It also has a game day capability to add approximately 2,000 temporary seats as it did for UConn football vs. Michigan in 2013. Connecticut played on campus at Memorial Stadium in Storrs, before 2003.

East Hartford, Connecticut Town in Connecticut, United States

East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,252 at the 2010 census.

  • Date: August 29, 2019

Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First Meeting
Illinois Fighting Illini at Connecticut Huskies  – Game summary
12Total
Fighting Illini0
Huskies0

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: September 7, 2019

Indiana

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02006W, 14–7
Connecticut Huskies at Indiana Hoosiers  – Game summary
12Total
Huskies0
Hoosiers0

at Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana

  • Date: September 21, 2019

UCF

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–42018L, 17–56
Connecticut Huskies at UCF Knights  – Game summary
12Total
Huskies0
Knights0

at Spectrum Stadium • Orlando, Florida

  • Date: September 28, 2019

South Florida

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–112018L, 30–38
South Florida Bulls at Connecticut Huskies  – Game summary
12Total
Bulls0
Huskies0

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: October 5, 2019

Tulane

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–22016L, 13–38
Connecticut Huskies at Tulane Green Wave  – Game summary
12Total
Huskies0
Green Wave0

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: October 12, 2019

Houston

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–12016L, 14–42
Houston Cougars at Connecticut Huskies  – Game summary
12Total
Cougars0
Huskies0

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: October 19, 2019

UMass

Overall recordLast meetingResult
34–37–22018L, 17–22
Connecticut Huskies at UMass Minutemen  – Game summary
12Total
Huskies0
Minutemen0

at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, Massachusetts

  • Date: October 26, 2019
Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–82016L, 24–28
Navy Midshipmen at Connecticut Huskies  – Game summary
12Total
Midshipmen0
Huskies0

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: November 1, 2019

Cincinnati

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–122018L, 7–49
Connecticut Huskies at Cincinnati Bearcats  – Game summary
12Total
Huskies0
Bearcats0

at Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Date: November 9, 2019

East Carolina

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–42018L, 21–55
East Carolina Pirates at Connecticut Huskies  – Game summary
12Total
Pirates0
Huskies0

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: November 23, 2019

Temple

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–132018L, 7–57
Connecticut Huskies at Temple Owls  – Game summary
12Total
Huskies0
Owls0

at Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: November 30, 2019

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References

  1. ↑ "UConn names Tide analyst Lou Spanos as defensive coordinator". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ Anthony, Mike (February 8, 2019). "Mike Anthony: UConn offensive coordinator John Dunn leaving to join Jets as tight ends coach". Hartford Courant.
  3. ↑ "2019 UConn Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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