The 2020 UConn Huskies football team would have represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. After competing since 2004 as a member of the Big East Conference / American Athletic Conference in college football, the Huskies were slated to compete as an independent in 2020. However, on August 5, the university canceled its football season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Huskies would have been led by fourth-year head coach Randy Edsall and would have played their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 0–0 |
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| Offensive coordinator | Frank Giufre (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Lou Spanos (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Rentschler Field |
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| No. 11 BYU | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Liberty | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll.
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The New York Times columnist Kurt Streeter argued UConn was the “real” national champion of the 2020 season, claiming the Huskies deserve this designation for opting out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19.[2]
Preseason
editDuring the summer of 2020, UConn had six teams cancel games against the Huskies before the university canceled the rest of the remaining scheduled season.[1] UConn became the first FBS program to cancel its entire schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][3][4] Below was the original schedule for the season.[5]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 3 | UMass | Cancelled | |
| September 12 | at Illinois | Cancelled | |
| September 19 | at Virginia | Cancelled | |
| September 26 | Indiana |
| Cancelled |
| October 3 | Old Dominion |
| Cancelled |
| October 10 | Maine |
| Cancelled |
| October 24 | at Ole Miss | Cancelled | |
| October 31 | Liberty |
| Cancelled |
| November 7 | at North Carolina | Cancelled | |
| November 14 | at San Jose State | Cancelled | |
| November 21 | Middle Tennessee |
| Cancelled |
| November 28 | Army |
| Cancelled |
Award watch lists
editListed in the order that they were released.
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
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| Doak Walker Award[6] | Kevin Mensah | RB | SR |
| Wuerffel Trophy[7] | Brian Keating | LS | SR |
Roster
editThe 2020 roster if UConn had played for the 2020 season.
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Special teams
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References
edit- ^ a b c "UConn becomes first FBS program to cancel football season due to coronavirus". TheHill.com. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "The College Football Champion Not in the Title Game". January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "UConn Cancels Football Season Over COVID-19 Concerns". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "UConn 1st FBS team to cancel football season". ESPN.com. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "UConn Releases Finalized 2020 Football Schedule". NBCConnecticut.com. November 25, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "2019 finalist Chuba Hubbard, 2018 finalist Travis Etienne two of the 76 Doak Walker Award watch listers". July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "The Wuerffel Trophy 2020 Watch List (Non AP)". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.