UCONN at VIRGINIA
Saturday, Sept. 16 • Noon • ESPN2
Scott Stadium (61,500/Prescription Athletic Turf)
Charlottesville, Virginia
Television
ESPN2
Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer and Kris Budden
Radio
WTIC-AM 1080 (UConn flagship)
SiriusXM 112/193/955 (Virginia feed), 969 (UConn feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the fourth meeting between UConn and Virginia … The Huskies have taken the last two matchups to hold a 2-1 series lead … UConn 13-10 winner last year in East Hartford after the Huskies erased a 10-0 second-quarter deficit on a pair of field goals and a touchdown run by QB Bryant Shirreffs.
UCONN
1-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Randy Edsall (Syracuse ’80)
75-70, 13th season at UConn
97-104, 18th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
UConn rallied for a 27-20 win against Holy Cross in Randy Edsall’s first game back on the Huskies’ sideline … UConn faced a 20-7 halftime deficit against the Crusaders, but the Huskies scored the last 20 points of the game to snap a six-game slide, dating to last season … QB Bryant Shirreffs engineered the comeback with three straight scoring drives after he entered the game in the third quarter … Shirreffs completed 9 of 13 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown, while starting QB David Pindell was 19 of 28 for 154 yards … RB Nate Hopkins impressed in his collegiate debut with 130 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries … WR Hergy Mayala had nine receptions for 106 yards and a TD … CB Jamar Summers led the defense with 11 tackles and three pass breakups.
VIRGINIA
1-1, 0-0 ACC
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State ’88)
3-11, second season at Virginia
102-54, 13th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Virginia evened its record at 1-1 after the Cavaliers fell 34-17 to Indiana last Saturday … The game against UConn is the third straight home date for Virginia, which opened the season with a 28-10 victory against William & Mary … Virginia was 2-10 last season under Bronco Mendenhall, who took over in Charlottesville after 11 seasons at BYU … QB Kurt Benkert is in his second year as Virgnia’s starter after transferring from ECU … Benkert has completed 66 of 105 passes for 521 yards and four touchdowns without an interception … WR Olamide Zaccheaus has a team-high 17 receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown … RB Jordan Ellis has rushed for 124 yards and two TDs … Virginia has not committed a turnover through two games … LB Micah Kiser has a team-high 3.0 sacks.