The 2022 UConn Huskies football team represented the
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
(UConn) in the
2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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. The Huskies played their home games at
Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field is a stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. It is primarily used for football and soccer, and is the home field of the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies. In 2010, it was home to the Hartford ...
in
East Hartford, Connecticut
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, and competed as an
FBS independent. They were led by first-year head coach
Jim L. Mora.
On November 12, the Huskies defeated the
Liberty Flames
The Liberty Flames and Lady Flames are the athletics teams of Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. They are a member of the NCAA Division I level in 20 sports. LU is a member of the ASUN Conference for most sports. Two spor ...
36–33 to become
bowl eligible
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for the first time since
2015
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.
Previous season
The
Huskies
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finished the
2021 season 1–11.
On September 5, following the team's 38–28 loss to
FCS-school
Holy Cross, head coach
Randy Edsall
Randy Douglas Edsall (born August 27, 1958) is a retired American football coach, formerly the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1999 to 2010 and again from 2017 until his abrupt retirement in 2021. He also served as the h ...
announced he would be retiring at the end of the season. The following day, the school announced that Edsall had resigned effective immediately and defensive coordinator
Lou Spanos
Louis G. Spanos (born March 27, 1971) is an American football coach who was the defensive coordinator for the UConn Huskies football team, a position he held until the start of the 2022 season. He was a defensive quality control and assistant lin ...
was named the interim head coach.
On November 11, former
NFL
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and
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
head coach
Jim L. Mora was named the school's
31st head coach beginning with the 2022 season. Shortly after the hire he helped serve as an offensive assistant for the remainder of the season.
Schedule
UConn's schedule consists of six home games and six away games for the season.
Roster
Game summaries
at Utah State
Central Connecticut
Syracuse
at No. 4 Michigan
at No. 12 NC State
Fresno State
at FIU
at Ball State
Boston College
UMass
Liberty
at Army
vs Marshall (Myrtle Beach Bowl)
References
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UConn
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Ha ...
UConn Huskies football seasons
UConn Huskies
The UConn Huskies (or Connecticut Huskies) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs. The school is a member of the NCAA's Division I and the Big East Conference. The university's fo ...