2022 UConn Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–7
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNick Charlton (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRentschler Field
2022 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 18 Notre Dame     9 4  
Liberty     8 5  
BYU     8 5  
New Mexico State     7 6  
Army     6 6  
UConn     6 7  
UMass     1 11  
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2022 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies played their home games at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, and competed as an FBS independent. They were led by first-year head coach Jim L. Mora.[1][2]

On November 12, the Huskies defeated the Liberty Flames 36–33 to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2015.[3]

Schedule

UConn's schedule consists of six home games and six away games for the season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 274:00 p.m.at Utah StateFS1L 20–3119,553
September 312:00 p.m.Central ConnecticutCW20/FOX61+W 28–322,442
September 107:00 p.m.Syracuse
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT (rivalry)
CBSSNL 14–4825,114
September 1712:00 p.m.at No. 4 MichiganABCL 0–59109,639
September 247:30 p.m.at No. 12 NC StateACCRSNL 10–4156,919
October 13:30 p.m.Fresno State
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
CBSSNW 19–1420,952
October 87:00 p.m.at FIUESPN3W 33–1216,689
October 152:00 p.m.at Ball StateESPN3L 21–2510,006
October 2912:00 p.m.Boston Collegedagger
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
CBSSNW 13–325,527
November 47:00 p.m.UMass
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT (rivalry)
CBSSNW 27–1023,430
November 1212:00 p.m.Liberty
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
CBSSNW 36–3315,107
November 1912:00 p.m.at ArmyCBSSNL 17–3431,229
December 192:30 p.m.vs. MarshallESPNL 14–2812,023

Roster

2022 UConn Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Keelan Marion Injured So
WR 2 Nigel Fitzgerald GS
WR 3 Ethon Williams Fr
WR 4 Matt Drayton  So
WR 5 Aaron Turner So
QB 6 Ta'Quan Roberson Injured  So
WR 7 Cameron Ross  So
WR 8 Dajon Harrison Fr
WR 9 Darius Bush  Fr
QB 10 Cale Millen Fr
QB 11 Zion Turner Fr
QB 12 Tyler Phommachanh  Fr
QB 13 Jacob Drena So
TE 14 Nick Harris So
WR 15 Mark Didio Jr. So
WR 16 Kevens Clercius  So
TE 17 Justin Joly Fr
WR 18 Kylish Hicks Fr
WR 19 Kevin Dunn  So
RB 22 Victor Rosa Fr
RB 25 Devontae Houston So
RB 26 Nathan Carter So
RB 28 Brian Brewton So
RB 30 Robert Burns GS
WR 39 Hayden Jordon  So
RB 41 Hunter Clark Fr
OL 51 Yakiri Walker  Fr
OL 55 Gamaliel Barboza Sr
OL 58 Kyle Juergans Fr
OL 60 Mason Raymer So
OL 61 Jesse Polansky So
OL 62 Noel Ofori-Nyadu  Jr
OL 63 Braden Radcliffe Fr
OL 64 Christian Haynes  Jr
OL 66 Brady Wayburn Fr
OL 67 Christopher Fortin So
OL 69 Will Meyer So
OL 70 Jack Stewart Fr
OL 71 Valentin Senn  So
OL 72 Jake Guidone GS
OL 73 Rayonte Brown  So
OL 73 Dayne Shor Fr
OL 75 Chase Lundt  So
OL 76 Nikko Pohahau  Jr
OL 77 Ben Murawski Fr
OL 79 Danny Antolovich  Fr
TE 81 Owen DeSilva Fr
TE 82 Brendan Heatherman  Fr
TE 83 Brandon Niemenski So
WR 84 Jacob Flynn  So
TE 85 Russell Dixon  So
TE 87 Bo Estes So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 0 Brandon Bouyer-Randle Fr
DB 1 Malik Dixon  So
DB 2 Myles Bell Jr
DB 3 Deon Mclean Jr.  Fr
DB 4 Stan Cross Jr
DB 5 Kaleb Anthony So
LB 6 Ian Swenson Sr
DB 7 Tre Wortham Sr
LB 8 Jackson Mitchell Jr
LB 9 Langston Hardy  Fr
DB 10 Chris Shearin Fr
LB 11 Marquez Bembry GS
LB 12 Prince-Razeeq Samuels Fr
DB 14 Malcolm Bell  Fr
LB 15 Tui Faumuina-Brown So
DB 18 Jaylen Jones  So
DB 19 Durante Jones So
DB 20 Camryn Edwards Fr
DB 21 Lee Molette III Fr
DB 22 Alfred Chea So
DB 23 Juan Rosario Jr
LB 24 Desmond Fogle So
DB 25 D'Mon Brinson Fr
DB 26 Isiah Davis Fr
DB 27 Thaddeus Dixon Fr
DB 28 Derek Spearman Jr. Fr
LB 29 Jordan Morrison  Jr
LB 33 Hunter Webb  Jr
DL 37 Kayode Oladele Fr
LB 46 John Bechtle So
LB 47 Justin Bryant  Jr
DL 56 Carter Hooper  Fr
LB 58 Donovan Branch Fr
LB 59 Nathan Voorhis Fr
DL 65 Aaron Lange So
DL 90 Pryce Yates  Fr
DL 91 Collin McCarthy So
DL 92 Matt Hoffman Fr
DL 93 Timothy Passmore Jr. Fr
DL 95 Eric Watts Jr
DL 96 Dal'mont Gourdine  So
DL 97 Jelani Stafford Fr
DL 98 Jori Benson Fr
DL 99 Sokoya McDuffie  Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 16 George Caratan Fr
K 17 Noe Ruelas So
LS 31 Tommy Zozus GS
LS 44 Nilay Upadhyayula So
K 84 Joe McFadden So
P 97 Bruno Perlicki Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Nick Charlton
    Assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Lou Spanos
    Defensive coordinator
  • Doug Shearer
    Special teams coordinator
  • John Allen
    Wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator
  • E.J. Barthel
    Running backs coach
  • Siriki Diabate
    Linebackers coach
  • Dalton Hilliard
    Defensive backs coach
  • John Marinelli
    Tight ends coach
  • Kenny McClendon
    Defensive line coach
  • Gordon Sammis
    Offensive line coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 4, 2022

Game summaries

At Utah State

UConn Huskies at Utah State Aggies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 14 0 0620
Aggies 0 24 0731

at Maverik StadiumLogan, Utah

  • Date: August 27
  • Game time: 4:05 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 87 °F (31 °C) • Wind: 14 SW • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 19,553
  • Referee: Derek Anderson
  • TV announcers (FS1): Alex Faust (play-by-play) and Petros Papadakis (color analyst)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnUSU
First downs2131
Total yards364542
Rushing yards245261
Passing yards119281
Turnovers32
Time of possession28:1731:43

Central Connecticut

Central Connecticut Blue Devils at UConn Huskies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Blue Devils 0 3 003
Huskies 0 7 71428

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: September 3
  • Game time: 12:05 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 78 °F (26 °C) • Wind: 2 S • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 22,442
  • Referee: Stuart Mullins
  • TV announcers (CW20): John Fanta (play-by-play), Joe D’Ambrosio (color analyst) and Randy Brochu (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnCCSU
First downs2714
Total yards446242
Rushing yards27478
Passing yards172164
Turnovers31
Time of possession34:3825:22

Syracuse

Syracuse Orange at UConn Huskies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Orange 17 10 14748
Huskies 0 7 7014

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: September 10
  • Game time: 7:03 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 84 °F (29 °C) • Wind: 2 N • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 25,114
  • Referee: Mike Roche
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Meghan McPeak (play-by-play), Christian Fauria (color analyst) and Justin Walters (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnSYR
First downs1029
Total yards202465
Rushing yards97156
Passing yards105309
Turnovers20
Time of possession25:0834:52

At No. 4 Michigan

UConn Huskies at Michigan Wolverines  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 0 0 000
No. 4 Wolverines 17 21 71459

at Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan

  • Date: September 17
  • Game time: 12:07 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Wind: 8 SW • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 109,639
  • Referee: Tom Stapleton
  • TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (color analyst) and Kris Budden (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnUM
First downs626
Total yards110465
Rushing yards86192
Passing yards24273
Turnovers10
Time of possession25:5334:07

At No. 12 NC State

UConn Huskies at NC State Wolfpack  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 0 3 0710
No. 12 Wolfpack 17 14 7341

at Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, North Carolina

  • Date: September 24
  • Game time: 7:33 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 71 °F (22 °C) • Wind: 2 SW • Weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 56,919
  • Referee: Gary Patterson
  • TV announcers (ACCRSN): Evan Lepler (play-by-play), James Bates (color analyst) and Lauren Jbara (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnNCST
First downs829
Total yards150492
Rushing yards121169
Passing yards39323
Turnovers01
Time of possession24:3135:29

Fresno State

Fresno State Bulldogs at UConn Huskies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Bulldogs 0 7 7014
Huskies 3 3 6719

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: October 1
  • Game time: 3:32 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 55 °F (13 °C) • Wind: 11 NE • Weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 20,952
  • Referee: Stuart Mullins
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Meghan McPeak (play-by-play), Christian Fauria (color analyst) and Justin Walters (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnFS
First downs2014
Total yards313187
Rushing yards18330
Passing yards130157
Turnovers23
Time of possession36:3623:24

At FIU

UConn Huskies at FIU Panthers  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 7 13 6733
Panthers 0 0 10212

at Riccardo Silva StadiumWestchester, Florida

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 7:02 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 82 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 16,689
  • Referee: Joe Lehring
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): AJ Ricketts (play-by-play), Corey Brooks (color analyst)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnFIU
First downs2017
Total yards402409
Rushing yards295153
Passing yards107256
Turnovers03
Time of possession34:1525:45

At Ball State

UConn Huskies at Ball State Cardinals  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 7 14 0021
Cardinals 7 3 31225

at Scheumann StadiumMuncie, Indiana

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 2:02 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 53 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 10,006
  • Referee: Ron Hudson
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Jim Barbar (play-by-play) & Adam Breneman (color analyst)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnBSU
First downs1622
Total yards323356
Rushing yards194209
Passing yards129147
Turnovers21
Time of possession30:2329:37

Boston College

Boston College Eagles at UConn Huskies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Eagles 0 3 003
Huskies 10 0 0313

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 12:02 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 25,527
  • Referee: Timothy Hedgepeth
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (color analyst) & Sherree Burruss (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnBC
First downs1318
Total yards280335
Rushing yards10776
Passing yards173259
Turnovers05
Time of possession30:4729:13

UMass

UMass Minutemen at UConn Huskies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Minutemen 3 7 0010
Huskies 7 6 7727

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: November 4
  • Game time: 7:02 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 61 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Clear
  • Game attendance: 23,430
  • Referee: Mike Roche
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Meghan McPeak (play-by-play), Christian Fauria (color analyst), and Justin Walters (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnUMass
First downs1818
Total yards334351
Rushing yards27485
Passing yards60266
Turnovers02
Time of possession30:1429:46

Liberty

Liberty Flames at UConn Huskies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Flames 3 14 10633
Huskies 14 7 01536

at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: November 12
  • Game time: 12:02 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 68 °F (20 °C) • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 15,107
  • Referee: Marcus Woods
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Meghan McPeak (play-by-play), Christian Fauria (color analyst), and Justin Walters (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnLiberty
First downs1529
Total yards318474
Rushing yards209267
Passing yards109207
Turnovers22
Time of possession32:1827:42

At Army

UConn Huskies at Army Black Knights  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 3 7 7017
Black Knights 7 6 14734

at Michie StadiumWest Point, New York

  • Date: November 19
  • Game time: 12:07 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 39 °F (4 °C) • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 31,229
  • Referee: Gary Patterson
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Jason Knapp (play-by-play), Ross Tucker (color analyst) and Tina Cervasio (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnArmy
First downs1815
Total yards370320
Rushing yards254320
Passing yards1160
Turnovers20
Time of possession29:4030:20

vs Marshall (Myrtle Beach Bowl)

Myrtle Beach Bowl – Marshall Thundering Herd vs UConn Huskies  – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Thundering Herd 14 7 7028
Huskies 0 0 14014

at Brooks StadiumConway, South Carolina

  • Date: December 19
  • Game time: 2:34 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 49 °F (9 °C) • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 12,023
  • Referee: Ron Hudson
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Morgan (play-by-play), Eric Man Lain (color analyst), and Tera Talmadge (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information
StatisticsUConnMarshall
First downs1819
Total yards316303
Rushing yards144210
Passing yards17293
Turnovers42
Time of possession31:2128:39

References

  1. Mike Anthony (November 11, 2021). "UConn hires former NFL, UCLA coach Jim Mora as next head football coach". CT Insider. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  2. Isabella Gentile (November 11, 2021). "UConn names former NFL, UCLA coach Jim Mora as next head football coach". WTNH. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. Moriarty, Morgan (November 12, 2022). "College Football: Winners and Losers from Week 11". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
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