Connecticut Huskies NCAA Football News Archives

For those of UConn fans who stayed up Saturday night and watched Stanford rally past Notre Dame, 45-38, here's the good news: Your Huskies are now guaranteed a bowl bid for the third consecutive season and fourth time since becoming a full-fledged Division I-A program .

So far in their play against UCONN, the Orange have gone to the air while UCONN has stayed on the ground.

Late in its game against Notre Dame Saturday the UConn football team appeared to be following its usual pattern.

One of the biggest problems the UConn football team has this week is one they'd love to have all the time: How do you put a big win in the rearview mirror quickly and focus on the next game? It's something the Huskies haven't had to fret over in more than a month.

Sophomore running back Jordan Todman leads UConn in rushing and, along with teammates and coaches, has helped the program through college football's most turbulent season.

The University of Connecticut's football team brings their 4-5 recordA west to take on Notre Dame on Saturday.A The Irish opened as a six-point favorite but the Huskies are confident and capable of dealing the Irish their fifth defeat of the season.

The heavy hearts of the University of Connecticut got some much-needed relief Saturday afternoon as the Huskies were finally able to honor the memory of their fallen teammate Jasper "Jazz" Howard the way they wanted, with a victory.

Jared, Brendan and John Young packed the van on Thursday morning, said goodbye to the rest of their respective families and set off from Trumbull on the ride of their lives.

The Connecticut Huskies finally won one for their slain teammate, handing Notre Dame and coach Charlie Weis a second straight bitter defeat on senior day.

No handbook prepares a young athlete for the violent death of a teammate. And who would have seen anything like this coming in Storrs, Conn., a place with a definite "middle of nowhere" feel? "We were shocked, especially my mom," said University of Connecticut redshirt freshman linebacker Jory Johnson .

Notre Dame and Connecticut keep coming up a play short. They do it in dramatically different styles, but the common theme heading into their game on Saturday is this: Their seasons could be drastically different if someone could have come up with a key tackle, catch or run.

The UConn defense has made a lot of quarterbacks look like Heisman Trophy material.

Line: Notre Dame by 6. Series Record: First meeting. What's at Stake Maybe Charlie Weis' job and Notre Dame's Gator Bowl hopes.

Kashif Moore is a starter at the receiver spot over Isiah Moore for the game at Notre Dame.

Even with five losses by a total of 15 points in a 4-5 season, Connecticut players know of a loss much deeper.

It is officially UConn-Notre Dame week. The game is Saturday in South Bend at 2:30 p.m. - on NBC.

UConn has no shot of beating No. 4 Cincinnati tonight. None. The Bearcats are on a mission toward something great.

Will he be too hard or too soft... Let's see.. Offense: 462 yards on a team that gives up, no turnovers and 35-second half points.

University of Connecticut senior wide receiver Brad Kanuch has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America District 1 Academic All-District First Team.

UConn Coach Randy Edsall just wrapped up his teleconference with state media heading into the game at No.4 Cincinnati.

An arrest warrant affidavit says the fight that led to the stabbing death of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard began when one of his teammates "disrespected" a woman at a school-sponsored dance.

A long, emotional and frustrating Saturday night had actually turned into Sunday morning when coach Randy Edsall emerged from UConn's locker room just past midnight and tried to give his take on the Huskies' 47-45 loss to fourth-ranked Cincinnati.

A fight last month at a University of Connecticut dance that left a UConn football player dead involved two teammates' disputes with three men, sources say.

The Huskies sure know how to keep things interesting. Trailing by 20 points in the third quarter and allowing Cincinnati to move up and down the field with ease, UConn showed tremendous heart and grit and almost upset the No.

Police tape surrounded the location of the Oct. 18 stabbing that led to the death of UConn cornerback Jasper Howard.

Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly has long expressed his admiration for the work Randy Edsall has done coaching at UConn, and the Husky head man has echoed that praise for his counterpart.

A friend called frantically to tell me there were four U.F.O.'s around Clifton that he saw driving down I-71. I had to inform him that rather than a news scoop, he was on the dark side of whats happening in town tonight.

Q: Dez, Would you please breakdown the UCONN two deep by class? I think fans need to remember the current number of underclassmen on the two deep - Mike, East Berlin A: Mike, I can make it easier by saying this team has eight starting seniors - four on offense in Brad Kanuch, Marcus Easley, Mike Hicks and Andre Dixon.

Connecticut quarterback Zach Frazer went from top recruit at Notre Dame to Fighting Irish cast off to the Huskies' starting quarterback to a backup who lost his job after an injury.

A University of Connecticut student faces a host of charges after he allegedly posted comments on internet message boards that threatened potential witnesses to the murder of UConn football player Jasper "Jazz" Howard.

Knock, knock. There's an opportunity waiting at the UConn football team's door. It's the Cincinnati Bearcats .

A Hartford man has been charged with lying to police investigating the stabbing death of UConn football player Jasper Howard.

The fourth-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats kick off a crucial three-game homestand this weekend, as they host the Connecticut Huskies in Big East play at Nippert Stadium.

VERNONBy PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated PressSeveral witnesses identified the man charged with fatally stabbing a University of Connecticut football player as the killer, prosecutors said Wednesday.Two people arrested in the stabbing of 20-year-old Jasper Howard were arraigned in Rockville .

A University of Connecticut student committed an act terrorism by posting Internet messages telling people to "stop the snitching" after the stabbing death of football player Jasper Howard, university police said Thursday.

Connecticut Star-Ledger beat reporter Tom Luicci is joined by Vincent Velasquez as they preview Rutgers football vs.

One of two Chicago men accused of plotting terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

This no longer seems fair, or imaginable. Away from the game, during the game, Connecticut finds nothing but bad news.

Connecticut came into last Saturday's game with Rutgers as the lone unbeaten team in the country against the spread.

Connecticut police have charged three men in connection with the murder of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard, according to The Associated Press .

Chad Kackert ran for two touchdowns and 176 yards in New Hampshire's 48-21 win over Northeastern on Saturday.

Connecticut quarterback Cody Endres was scheduled to have season-ending surgery on his non-throwing shoulder Sunday morning, coach Randy Edsall said after UConn's 28-24 loss to Rutgers on Saturday.

UConn will honor Jasper Howard in a number of ways Saturday, when the Huskies face Rutgers at Rentschler : Fans will receive a "6" card in honor of his number.

Andre Dixon carries out the helmet of Jasper Howard as the Huskies run out of the tunnel prior to this afternoon's game.