2020 UConn Huskies football team

2020 UConn Huskies football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–0
Head coach	Randy Edsall (16th season)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Giufre (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Lou Spanos (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rentschler Field
Seasons ←  2019 2021  →

2020 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 BYU			–						11	–	1
No. 17 Liberty			–						10	–	1
Army			–						9	–	3
New Mexico State			–						1	–	1
UMass			–						0	–	4
Note: Due to COVID-19, UConn canceled the 2020 football season; New Mexico State was the only FBS school to play a spring schedule. Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 UConn Huskies football team would have represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. After competing since 2004 as a member of the Big East Conference / American Athletic Conference in college football, the Huskies were slated to compete as an independent in 2020. However, on August 5, the university canceled its football season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1] The Huskies would have been led by fourth-year head coach Randy Edsall and would have played their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.

The New York Times columnist Kurt Streeter argued UConn was the “real” national champion of the 2020 season, claiming the Huskies deserve this designation for opting out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19. ^[2]

Preseason

During the summer of 2020, UConn had six teams cancel games against the Huskies before the university canceled the rest of the remaining scheduled season. ^[1] UConn became the first FBS program to cancel its entire schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[1] [3] [4]} Below was the original schedule for the season. ^[5]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 3	UMass	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT (rivalry)	Cancelled
September 12	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	Cancelled
September 19	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	Cancelled
September 26	Indiana	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Cancelled
October 3	Old Dominion	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Cancelled
October 10	Maine	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Cancelled
October 24	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	Cancelled
October 31	Liberty	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Cancelled
November 7	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	Cancelled
November 14	at San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA	Cancelled
November 21	Middle Tennessee	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Cancelled
November 28	Army	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Cancelled

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.

Award	Player	Position	Year
Doak Walker Award [6]	Kevin Mensah	RB	SR
Wuerffel Trophy [7]	Brian Keating	LS	SR

Roster

The 2020 roster if UConn had played for the 2020 season.

2020 Connecticut Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Keelan Marion Fr WR 3 Heron Maurisseau  So WR 4 Matt Drayton So WR 7 Cameron Ross So QB 8 Steven Krajewski  So WR 9 Darius Bush Fr QB 10 Micah Leon  Jr QB 11 Jack Zergiotis So QB 12 Jonathan Senecal Fr QB 13 Miles Foerster  Fr WR 14 Elijah Jeffreys  So RB 25 Devontae Houston Fr RB 26 Nathan Carter Fr RB 28 Brian Brewton Fr RB 34 Kevin Mensah Sr RB 35 Dominico Moncion  Jr RB 36 Khyon Gillespie  So RB 38 Lavarey Banton  So WR 39 Hayden Jordan  Fr TE 47 Ventine Richardson Jr OL 50 Dylan Niedrowski  So OL 51 Peter Rooney Jr.  So OL 53 Sidney Walker Jr OL 54 Remon Young Fr OL 60 Mason Raymer Fr OL 61 Jesse Polansky Fr OL 62 Noel Ofori-Nyadu  So OL 64 Christian Haynes  So OL 66 Zack Early Fr OL 67 Christopher Fortin Fr OL 69 Will Meyer Fr OL 71 Ryan Denmark Fr OL 72 Rayonte Brown  Fr OL 73 Alex Wyant Fr OL 74 Ryan Van Demark Sr OL 75 Chase Lundt  Fr OL 76 Jonathan Pace Jr OL 77 Robby Rochester Fr OL 78 Andrew Torres-Silva  Jr TE 80 Jayce Medlock So TE 81 Jay Rose Sr TE 82 Brendan Heatherman Fr TE 83 Brandon Niemenski Fr WR 84 Jacob Flynn  Fr TE 85 Russell Dixon  Fr WR 86 Kevens Clercius  Fr WR 87 Cameron Hairston  Jr WR 89 Jahkai Gill So TE 90 Tim O'Shea  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 0 Reyan Blake Fr DB 2 Myles Bell So DB 3 Diamond Harrell Sr LB 5 Terrence Ganyi  So DB 6 Keyshawn Paul Jr DB 7 Tre Wortham Jr DB 8 Jalon Ferrell  So LB 15 Tui Faumuina-Brown Fr DB 16 Malik Banks  So DB 18 Abiola Olaniyan  Jr DB 19 Durante Jones Fr DB 20 Robert King III  Jr DB 21 Jeremy Lucien Jr DB 22 Alfred Chea Fr DB 23 Juan Rosario So LB 24 Desmond Fogle Fr LB 27 Omar Fortt Sr LB 29 Jordan Morrison  So DB 31 Malik Dixon  Fr DB 32 Shamel Lazarus  So LB 33 Hunter Webb  So DB 36 Jaylen Jones  Fr DB 37 Kyle Williams GS DB 38 Winston Jules  Fr LB 41 D.J. Morgan GS DL 42 T.J. Gardner  Jr LB 43 Jackson Mitchell So LB 44 Ian Swenson  Jr DL 46 Marques Alexander Fr LB 47 Justin Bryant  So DL 48 Kevon Jones Jr DL 52 Caleb Thomas  Jr DL 55 MarQuayveon Evans Fr DL 56 Carter Hooper Fr DL 57 Travis Jones Jr LB 58 Dillon Harris Sr DL 68 Justin Moore  Fr DL 91 Collin McCarthy Fr DL 93 Pierce DeVaughn  So DL 94 Nick Harris Fr DL 95 Eric Watts So DL 96 Dal'mont Gourdine  Fr DL 98 Lwal Uguak Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 17 Blake Otto Fr K 49 Clayton Harris  So LS 53 Brian Keating Sr LS 59 Nilay Upadhyayula Fr LS 63 Kevin Cahill So K 92 Noah Iden  So K 97 Noe Ruelas Fr P 99 Luke Magliozzi  Jr	Head coach Randy Edsall Coordinators/assistant coaches Frank Giufre Offensive coordinator/offensive line Lou Spanos Defensive coordinator Kyle Weiss Running backs Corey Edsall Tight ends Darrell Perkins Defensive backs Dennis Dottin-Carter Defensive line Aaron Smith Wide receivers Mike Moyseenko Quarterbacks Eddie Allen Special teams coordinator Jarren Horton Star, nickel, dime Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: June 9, 2020

References

1. "UConn becomes first FBS program to cancel football season due to coronavirus". TheHill.com. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
2. "The College Football Champion Not in the Title Game". January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
3. "UConn Cancels Football Season Over COVID-19 Concerns". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
4. "UConn 1st FBS team to cancel football season". ESPN.com. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
5. "UConn Releases Finalized 2020 Football Schedule". NBCConnecticut.com. November 25, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
6. "2019 finalist Chuba Hubbard, 2018 finalist Travis Etienne two of the 76 Doak Walker Award watch listers". July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
7. "The Wuerffel Trophy 2020 Watch List (Non AP)". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.