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Central Connecticut
Season Opener on Tap this Saturday at The Rent
8/28/2025 4:22:00 PM | Football
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Quick Hits…
UConn kicks-off the 2025 season on Saturday afternoon at home in Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field as the Huskies take on in-state foe Central Connecticut. Saturday marks the home opener for the Huskies Saturday's game will be available throughout the state on WFSB-3 sister station WWAX and can be streamed on UConn+.
The Huskies and Blue Devils match-up for the fifth time with UConn winning all four previous meetings, the last a 23-8 win in 2022, marking the first win for head coach Jim Mora in his tenure in Storrs.
UConn has played at least one Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) school in each season since moving up to Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2002. UConn is 21-2 overall against FCS opponents. UConn logged victories against: Florida Atlantic (2002), Lehigh (2003), Murray State (2004), Liberty (2005), Rhode Island (2006, 2009, 2018), Maine (2007, 2016), Hofstra (2008), Texas Southern (2010), Fordham (2011), UMass (2012), Stony Brook (2014), Villanova (2015), Holy Cross (2017), Wagner (2019), Yale (2021), Central Connecticut (2022), Sacred Heart (2023) and Merrimack (2024) with losses to Holy Cross (2021) and Towson (2013).
The 2025 campaign will mark the fifth season the Huskies will compete as an independent. UConn has three match-ups with teams from the ACC this season, starting next week at Syracuse, in October at Boston College and in November at home against Duke. The Huskies face three teams from their former conference, The American (FAU, Rice, UAB), a pair of Conference-USA (FIU, Delaware) and MAC schools (Ball State, Buffalo) and a match-up against the Mountain West (Air Force).
UConn Head Coach Mora is in his fourth season leading the Huskies and led the Huskies to one of the best seasons in program history in 2024. UConn finished 9-4, the program's first winning season since 2010. Mora got the Huskies to a bowl game for the second time in three seasons, leading UConn to their first bowl win since 2009, a 27-14 win over UNC in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl. He is 18-20 in his time in Storrs and is four wins away from his 100th career head coaching victory. Mora was hired as the 32nd head coach in program history in November of 2021. He returned to the sidelines for the first time since 2017 after a six-year stint as the head coach at UCLA. Mora led UCLA to a 46-30 record and four bowl appearances. His 31 years of coaching experience also included head coaching stints with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks.
THE STADIUM: The Huskies moved into Rentschler Field in East Hartford for the 2003 season and begin their 22nd season of play at their off-campus home in 2025. The stadium officially became known as Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in 2015. UConn has an all-time record of 77-58 at Rentschler Field and posted a 35-18 mark in non-conference games prior to re-classifying as an independent in 2020. UConn set a new all-time single-game attendance record at Rentschler Field on Sept. 21, 2013 against Michigan with a crowd of 42,704. That capacity was achieved with extra bleachers brought in for that game.
Last Meeting vs. CCSU... Sept. 3, 2022 -- UConn 28 - CCSU 3 -- E. Hartford, CT
UConn running back Nate Carter topped 100-yards rushing as the Huskies piled up-274 yards on the ground en route to a 28-3 win over in-state foe Central Connecticut at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field. The Huskies notched their first victory of the 2022 season and the first for first-year head coach Jim Mora at UConn. The UConn defense allowed just three points, the fewest points allowed since a 2015 win at Tulane (7-3). CCSU finished with just 242 total yards of offense with just 78 yards rushing. Carter paced the offense with 123 yards coming on 23 carries and a third quarter touchdown, his first of the season. Fellow back Brian Brewton carried 10 times for 62 yards. In the air, true freshman Zion Turner made his first career start and completed 14-of-22 passes for 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns with an interception. Sophomore tight end Brandon Nemenski and r-sophomore Jacob Flynn each caught touchdowns in the win. Junior Jackson Mitchell led the defense with seven tackles, five solo while grad student Brandon Bouyer-Randal recorded his first career interception in the win.
Scouting the Blue Devils...
The Central Connecticut Blue Devils are the defending Northeast Conference champions, coming off a 7-6 season and 5-1 in conference, and trip to the FCS playoffs. CCSU was tabbed to repeat, sitting atop the 2025 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll. Eight Blue Devils were tabbed for the All-NEC Preseason squad led by the league's last two Offensive Players of the Year. Senior running back Elijah Howard was the 2024 NEC Player of the Year and a Walter Payton Award Finalist. He averaged 110.9 all-purpose yards per game and ran for 934 yards and nine touchdowns a year ago. Wideout Donovan Wadley, a transfer from Merrimack, was the 2023 NEC Offensive Player of the year after posting 1,332 all-purpose yards, ranking 17th nationally at 121.09 APY per game. Defensively, the Blue Devils return last year's NEC Rookie of the Year in defensive back Christopher Jean. Also a Jerry Rice Award Finalist, Jean had 34 tackles and four interceptions, including three in a win over Duquesne to tie a CCSU school record. Saturday's match-up with UConn is Central's only match-up against a FBS school this season and next week they host AIC in the first of seven home games set for 2025.
UConn vs. the Northeast Conference...
The Huskies are a perfect 6-0 all-time against teams from the FCS Northeast Conference. UConn is 4-0 against CCSU and have also beaten Wagner at home in the 2019 home opener, 24-21. The Huskies beat former NEC school Sacred Heart at home in 2023, 31-3.
