UConn Wins Third-Straight with Dominant Performance Over FIU

Saturday, October 4

East Hartford, CT

3:30 PM

University of Connecticut

4-2 , 0-0

FIU

2-3 , 0-1

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UConn Wins Third-Straight with Dominant Performance Over FIU

10/4/2025 8:27:00 PM | Football

Box Score

Coach Jim Mora Earns his 100th Career Head Coaching Victory

EAST HARTFORD, CT – The UConn Huskies picked-up their third-straight win thanks to a decisive 51-10 victory over FIU Saturday afternoon in front of 27,310 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

UConn's defense turned in their best outing of the season, intercepting three passes, forcing a pair of fumbles and recording five sacks. Linebacker Amir Renwick led the way with 10 tackles, tying a career-high, a sack and an interception. Fellow linebacker Bryun Parham made nine tackles, had 1.5 sacks and forced two fumbles in the win.

Quarterback Joe Fagnano led the offensive charge for the Huskies, completing 22 of 28 passes for 355 yards and four touchdowns. Skyler Bell caught six passes for 63 yards and two touchdowns while Reymello Murphy hauled in three balls including a 61 yard touchdown. On the ground, Cam Edwards rushed for 80 yards on 12 carries and found the end zone once.

UConn established an early lead over the Panthers in the first quarter, scoring twice to secure a 14–0 advantage. The Huskies scored on their first drive of the game, a 69-yard drive culminating in a Fagnano 18-yard touchdown pass to Bell at the 7:38 mark. Later in the quarter, Edwards expanded UConn's lead with a 1-yard rushing touchdown, finishing off a 65-yard drive with 2:08 remaining.

The second quarter saw UConn extend their lead over the Panthers with key plays on both sides of the ball. Early in the period, the Huskies capitalized on a fumble recovery by Parham with a 43-yard field goal from Chris Freeman at 10:55, bringing the score to 17–0. FIU responded with a 26-yard field goal by Noah Grant at 6:05, after a promising drive was halted by Renwick's sack on Keyone Jenkins. UConn's Fagnano then connected with Reymello Murphy for a 61-yard touchdown pass at 00:55. A interception by Cam Chadwick was followed by Freeman's 36-yard field goal at 00:21, closing the half with a 27–3 lead.

The second half started much like the game for UConn, as Fagnano completed a 65-yard touchdown pass to Victor Rosa at 13:22 on the opening drive to push the score to 34–3. UConn continued to capitalize, with Fagnano finding Bell for an 8-yard touchdown at 2:56, making it 44-3 with 2:56 left in the third.

Parham set the tone for UConn at the start of the fourth quarter by sacking FIU's Joe Pesansky for a 13-yard loss. The momentum continued as Renwick intercepted a pass from Pesansky, returning it to the FIU 2-yard line, setting the stage for Oliver Lundberg Coleman's first career touchdown, a 1-yard run at 9:48 for a 51-3 lead.

Kejon Owens led the Panthers' offense with 67 rushing yards on 16 carries, scoring the team's only rushing touchdown. Quarterback Keyone Jenkins completed 15 of 24 passes for 74 yards but was intercepted once. On the defensive side, Keegan Davis was a standout performer, recording two sacks and forcing a fumble among his five total tackles.

The Huskies have their bye week up next and will return to action on Saturday, October 18 when they travel up to Boston College.

GAME NOTES:

UConn is now 2-1 all-time against FIU and improve to 2-5 all-time against teams from Conference-USA

Saturday's win marks the 100^th career head coaching victory for Jim Mora. Mora has 22 wins at UConn and 68 NCAA wins over his 10 seasons total. He posted 32 wins in his NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks

QB Joe Fagnano finished with 355 yards passing, his highest career total in a Husky uniform.

WR Skyler Bell finished with a pair of touchdown catches giving him six TDs on the year. It was his third-straight game with a TD catch. He has three career multi-score games and two this season.

RB Cam Edwards first quarter touchdown run is his seventh TD this season and his fourth-straight game finding the endzone.

RB Victor Rosa's 65-yard catch and run for a touchdown marked the longest reception of his career.

Kicker Chris Freeman had three field goal makes and has run his streak to 10-straight makes dating back to the Central Connecticut game in week one.

The Huskies scored 51 points in the win. It was the second time this season UConn hit the 50-point mark at home and the third time in the last two seasons.