UConn Huskies
FBS IndependentsEast Hartford, CTPratt & Whitney Stadium
2026: 3–3. Last: won at Temple 34–20. Next: Massachusetts, Friday, Oct 23, 7 p.m. ET.
- W 56–7Lafayette
- L 14–38Maryland
- W 48–20at Southern Miss
- L 21–24at Miami (OH)
- L 41–42Syracuse
- W 34–20at Temple
- Oct 23Massachusetts
- Oct 31at Air Force
- Nov 7North Carolina
- Nov 14James Madison
- Nov 21Old Dominion
- Nov 28at Wyoming
- Outfitted by Nike
- Live mascot: Jonathan
UConn has played football since 1896 and is officially 539–616–38; 433 of its 1,193 games are in our file. They have won 15 Yankee Conference titles (the last in 1989), plus eight New England Conference titles, two Big East Conference titles, one Athletic League of New England State Colleges title, counting shared titles. Since 1946, the NFL Draft has taken 36 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took two players from here. Randy Edsall (2000–2021) won more games here than any other coach: 76. The most-played rival is Yale: 34 meetings, Yale leads 30–4. This season, under Jason Candle, they’re 3–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 539–616–38 official; 157–273–3 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 4–5 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 6 ranked
- Elo now
- 1535 63rd of 138 FBS
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 100 · Composite No. 97 in FBS, Oct 17; down 5 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 26 last in 2010
- Seasons
- 72 since 1899, 433 games
Identity
- Fight song
- UConn Husky
- Mascot
- Jonathan the Husky
- Live mascot
- Jonathan (Siberian Husky)
- Apparel
- Nike
2026 season 3–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs Lafayette | W 56–7 | 81% |
| Sep 12 | vs Maryland | L 14–38 | 71% |
| Sep 19 | at Southern Miss | W 48–20 | 52% |
| Sep 26 | at Miami (OH) | L 21–24 | 50% |
| Oct 3 | vs Syracuse | L 41–42 | 71% |
| Oct 10 | at Temple | W 34–20 | 51% |
| Oct 23 | vs Massachusetts | Preview | 81% |
| Oct 31 | at Air Force | Preview | 41% |
| Nov 7 | vs North Carolina | Preview | 60% |
| Nov 14 | vs James Madison | Preview | 31% |
| Nov 21 | vs Old Dominion | Preview | 67% |
| Nov 28 | at Wyoming | Preview | 57% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Future schedule
2027–33- 202710 games: 4 home, 6 away
- 202810 games: 5 home, 5 away
- 20298 games: 5 home, 3 away
- 20303 games: 1 home, 2 away
- 20311 game: 1 home
- 20321 game: 1 home
- 20331 game: 1 home
UConn’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 23, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
On the 2026 team
- Kalieb Osborne1,421 passing yards, 10 TD (leads UConn in passing yards)
- Cyncir Bowers433 rushing yards, 6 TD (leads UConn in rushing yards)
- K’Von Sherman40 tackles, 3.5 sacks (leads UConn in sacks)
- Hayden Pegg40 tackles, 1 sack (leads UConn in tackles)
- John Lista37 tackles, 1 sack
- Braedyn Moore34 tackles, 1 INT
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at UConn.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Around the program
- Apparel
- Nike · Official source
- University of Connecticut; read 2026-10-10
- University of Connecticut Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Mascot
- Jonathan the Husky · Official source
- UConn Magazine; read 2026-10-10
- UConn Today; read 2026-10-10
- Live mascot
- Jonathan (Siberian Husky) · Official source
- UConn Today; read 2026-10-10
- Wikipedia; read 2026-10-10
- Athletic director
- David Benedict · Official source
- University of Connecticut Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Offensive coordinator
- Nunzio Campanile · Official source
- University of Connecticut Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Defensive coordinator
- Ryan Manalac · Official source
- University of Connecticut Athletics; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
The apparel deal
Nike. The last confirmed renewal was in 2017.
- The UConn Blog, Jul 27, 2017: Apparel deal renewed
Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.
Program strength since 1899
Best seasons everMore coverage
- UConn matches up against UMass in Week 8, winnipegfreepress.com,
- WARRANT: UConn assistant coach left crash scene, failed to answer trooper's calls for hours, wfsb.com,
- UConn earns important win in Philadelphia vs. Temple, wfsb.com,
- Trey Cornist rushes for 114 yards and a TD to power UConn to 34-20 victory over Temple, winnipegfreepress.com,
Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.
Head coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Jason Candle | 2026 | 3–3 |
| Gordon Sammis | 2025 | 0–1 |
 Jim Mora | 2022–2025 | 27–23 |
 Lou Spanos | 2021 | 1–9 |
| Randy Edsall | 2000–2021 | 76–95 |
| Bob Diaco | 2014–2016 | 11–26 |
| T.J. Weist | 2013 | 3–5 |
 Paul Pasqualoni | 2011–2013 | 10–18 |
| Walt Nadzak | 1979 | 3–6–2 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Yale
4–30 in 34
- 1973 W 27–13
- 1974 L 7–20
- 1975 L 14–35
- 1976 L 10–21
- 1977 L 12–23
- 1978 L 7–21
- 1979 L 17–24
- 1980 L 10–20
- 1981 L 18–27
- 2021 W 21–15
Won the last one.
- Rutgers
11–20 in 31
- 2004 W 41–35
- 2005 L 24–26
- 2006 L 13–24
- 2007 W 38–19
- 2008 L 10–12
- 2009 L 24–28
- 2010 L 24–27
- 2011 W 40–22
- 2012 L 3–19
- 2013 W 28–17
Won the last one.
- Holy Cross
8–15–1 in 24
- 1974 L 14–23
- 1975 W 35–14
- 1976 L 40–41
- 1977 L 3–14
- 1978 L 16–20
- 1979 L 12–28
- 1980 W 18–17
- 1981 W 44–24
- 2017 W 27–20
- 2021 L 28–38
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | CONN record |
|---|---|---|
| Yale | 34 | 4–30 |
| Rutgers | 31 | 11–20 |
| Holy Cross | 24 | 8–15–1 |
| South Florida | 18 | 5–13 |
| Temple | 17 | 7–10 |
| Cincinnati | 16 | 3–13 |
| Syracuse | 15 | 6–7 † |
| Buffalo | 14 | 12–2 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Rhode Island, UCF, Syracuse.
Every opponent (98)
Every program UConn has played, A to Z, with UConn’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 1–0
- Akron 3–0
- Army 5–5
- Ball State 1–4
- Baylor 2–0
- Boise State 0–2
- Boston College 2–7
- Boston University 4–7
- Brown 1–6
- Buffalo 12–2
- BYU 0–2
- Central Connecticut 2–0
- Cincinnati 3–13
- Clemson 0–1
- Colgate 2–1
- Davidson 0–2
- Delaware 0–1
- Duke 3–2
- East Carolina 1–5
- Eastern Michigan 1–1
- Eastern Washington 0–1
- Florida Atlantic 3–0
- Florida International 2–1
- Fordham 1–0
- Fresno State 1–1
- Georgia State 1–1
- Georgia Tech 0–3
- Harvard 0–1
- Hofstra 1–0
- Holy Cross 8–15–1
- Houston 1–3
- Illinois 0–1
- Indiana 2–1
- Iowa State 1–1
- James Madison 0–1
- Kent State 2–0
- Kentucky 0–1
- Lafayette 1–0
- Lehigh 1–0
- Liberty 2–0
- Louisville 4–6
- Maine 3–0
- Marshall 0–2
- Maryland 1–4
- Massachusetts 6–4
- Memphis 1–3
- Merrimack 1–0
- Miami 0–1
- Miami (OH) 0–1
- Michigan 0–3
- Middle Tennessee 0–3
- Missouri 0–1 †
- Murray State 1–0
- Navy 1–9
- NC State 0–4
- New Hampshire 0–0–1
- New York University 1–0
- North Carolina 1–1 †
- Northeastern 0–1
- Notre Dame 1–0
- Ohio 2–0
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Pittsburgh 5–4
- Purdue 0–1
- Rhode Island 4–1
- Rice 2–1
- Rutgers 11–20
- Sacred Heart 1–0
- SMU 0–5
- South Carolina 1–0
- South Florida 5–13
- Southern Miss 1–0
- Stony Brook 1–0
- Syracuse 6–7 †
- Temple 7–10
- Tennessee 0–1
- Texas Southern 1–0
- Toledo 1–0
- Towson 0–1
- Trinity (CT) 0–1
- Tulane 1–3
- Tulsa 1–1
- UAB 2–0
- UCF 2–6
- Utah State 0–3
- Vanderbilt 1–3
- Villanova 1–0
- Virginia 2–2
- Virginia Tech 0–2
- VMI 0–1–1
- Wagner 1–0
- Wake Forest 1–3
- Wesleyan (CT) 0–1
- West Virginia 1–7
- Western Michigan 1–2
- William & Mary 0–2
- Wyoming 0–1
- Yale 4–30
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
26, counting shared titles- Yankee Conference 15
- 1949 (shared), 1952 (shared), 1956, 1957 (shared), 1958, 1959, 1960 (shared), 1968, 1970, 1971 (shared), 1973, 1982 (shared), 1983, 1986 (shared), 1989 (shared)
- Athletic League of New England State Colleges 1
- 1901
- A-10 New England 1
- 1998
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1896
- Athletic League of New England State Colleges 1897–1922
- New England Conference 1923–1942 and 1944–1946
- Yankee Conference 1947–1996
- Atlantic 10 1997–1999
- Independent 2000–2003
- Big East 2004–2012
- American Athletic Conference 2013–2019
- Independent since 2021
- 1997Joined the Atlantic 10 from the Yankee Conference in football. Source
- 2000Went independent from the Atlantic 10 in football. Source
- 2004Joined the Big East from independence in football. Source
- 2020Went independent from the American Athletic Conference in football, announced June 26, 2019. Source
UConn’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Consensus All-Americans 1
| 2025 | Skyler Bell WR |
Led the nation 2
| 2010 | Nick Williams kickoff return average (35.3) |
| 2008 | Donald Brown rushing yards (2,083 yds) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 36 since 1946
- First-round picks
- 2
- AAFC and AFL picks
- 2 1947, 1963
| 2015 | Byron Jones CB | No. 27, Dallas Cowboys |
| 2009 | Donald Brown RB | No. 27, Indianapolis Colts |
Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.
The school
University of Connecticut- Enrollment
- 28,306 20,056 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Storrs, Connecticut
- Public or private
- Public Research 1
- Founded
- 1881
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $73,997 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Official accounts
- Football
- X @UConnFootballInstagram @uconnfootballFacebook UConnFootball
- Athletics department
- X @uconnhuskiesInstagram @uconnhuskiesYouTube UConnHuskiesFacebook UConnHuskies
Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones uconnhuskies.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Voices
play-by-play- 1992–Joe D’Ambrosio radio
From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s UConn football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–3 | Jason Candle | 1535 | -1.3 | |||
| 2025 | 9–4 | Jim Mora, Gordon Sammis | 1554 | 5.1 | |||
| 2024 | 9–4 | Jim Mora | 1530 | 1.5 | |||
| 2023 | 3–9 | Jim Mora | 1368 | -15.6 | |||
| 2022 | 6–7 | Jim Mora | 1382 | -14.6 | |||
| 2021 | 1–11 | Randy Edsall, Lou Spanos | 1216 | -25.6 | |||
| 2019 | 2–10 | 0–8 | Randy Edsall | 1241 | -24.4 | ||
| 2018 | 1–11 | 0–8 | Randy Edsall | 1221 | -26.4 | ||
| 2017 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Randy Edsall | 1297 | -19.2 | ||
| 2016 | 3–9 | 1–7 | Bob Diaco | 1304 | -11.6 | ||
| 2015 | 6–7 | 4–4 | Bob Diaco | 1432 | -6.3 | ||
| 2014 | 2–10 | 1–7 | Bob Diaco | 1289 | -14.1 | ||
| 2013 | 3–9 | 3–5 | Paul Pasqualoni, T.J. Weist | 1406 | -13.2 | ||
| 2012 | 5–7 | 2–5 | Paul Pasqualoni | 1455 | -0.7 | ||
| 2011 | 5–7 | 3–4 | Paul Pasqualoni | 1505 | -1.0 | ||
| 2010 | 8–5 | 5–2 | Randy Edsall | 1592 | -3.6 | ||
| 2009 | 8–5 | 3–4 | Randy Edsall | 1612 | 5.4 | ||
| 2008 | 8–5 | 3–4 | Randy Edsall | 1563 | 4.9 | ||
| 2007 | 9–4 | 5–2 | Randy Edsall | 1560 | 8.5 | ||
| 2006 | 4–8 | 1–6 | Randy Edsall | 1415 | -2.9 | ||
| 2005 | 5–6 | 2–5 | Randy Edsall | 1501 | 1.4 | ||
| 2004 | 8–4 | 3–3 | Randy Edsall | 1574 | -0.4 | ||
| 2003 | 9–3 | Randy Edsall | 1567 | -1.8 | |||
| 2002 | 6–6 | Randy Edsall | 1437 | -3.9 | |||
| 2001 | 2–9 | Randy Edsall | 1199 | -25.1 |
Every season back to 1899 (47 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3–8 | Randy Edsall | 1203 | -29.4 | |||
| 1999 | 1–1 | 1306 | |||||
| 1990 | 0–1 | 1283 | |||||
| 1989 | 0–1 | 1305 | |||||
| 1983 | 0–1 | 1311 | |||||
| 1981 | 1–1 | 1334 | |||||
| 1980 | 2–1 | 1293 | |||||
| 1979 | 3–6–2 | 3–0–1 | Walt Nadzak | 1249 | -16.3 | ||
| 1978 | 0–5 | 1198 | |||||
| 1977 | 0–4 | 1205 | |||||
| 1976 | 0–5 | 1245 | |||||
| 1975 | 1–4 | 1279 | |||||
| 1974 | 1–2 | 1334 | |||||
| 1973 | 3–0 | 1357 | |||||
| 1972 | 0–3 | 1241 | |||||
| 1971 | 1–2 | 1256 | |||||
| 1970 | 0–2–1 | 1280 | |||||
| 1969 | 2–0 | 1311 | |||||
| 1968 | 0–4 | 1223 | |||||
| 1967 | 1–2 | 1243 | |||||
| 1966 | 0–2 | 1260 | |||||
| 1965 | 1–2 | 1276 | |||||
| 1964 | 1–3 | 1282 | |||||
| 1963 | 1–1 | 1314 | |||||
| 1962 | 1–3 | 1265 | |||||
| 1961 | 0–4 | 1239 | |||||
| 1960 | 1–3 | 1255 | |||||
| 1959 | 0–3 | 1253 | |||||
| 1958 | 0–2 | 1263 | |||||
| 1957 | 0–3 | 1277 | |||||
| 1956 | 1–1 | 1325 | |||||
| 1955 | 2–1 | 1297 | |||||
| 1954 | 0–3 | 1221 | |||||
| 1953 | 0–2 | 1232 | |||||
| 1952 | 0–2 | 1237 | |||||
| 1950 | 1–1 | 1245 | |||||
| 1949 | 0–1 | 1192 | |||||
| 1948 | 0–2 | 1151 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–1 | 1091 | |||||
| 1946 | 0–1 | 1095 | |||||
| 1942 | 0–1 | 1097 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1108 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–1 | 1121 | |||||
| 1936 | 1–0 | 1147 | |||||
| 1905few games on file | 0–1 | 1070 | |||||
| 1900few games on file | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1064 | ||||
| 1899few games on file | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1080 |
Officially 539–616–38 since 1896 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 157–273–3 (433 of its 1,193 games are on file). Our file starts in 1899; the program began in 1896. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1901–04, 1906–35, 1938, 1940–41, 1943–45, 1951, 1982, 1984–88, 1991–98, 2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.