The University of Connecticut has had the only Division 1-A (commonly known as the BCS) football program since 2000, and was not a member of the BCS until 2002. Since that time, the UConn Huskies have steadily progressed away from him. years and the season has been regular in past years. They have been in five bowl games since their first bowl invitation to the 2004 Motor City Bowl where they faced the Toledo Rockets. The UConn Huskies have a rather short bowl history. The best is certainly yet to come for a program that is still in its infancy in the BCS.
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5. 2011 Fiesta Bowl: The UConn Huskies finished the 2010 season with an 8-4 record and were ranked 25th in the Journalism Association poll and were co-champions of the Big East, earning a conference bowl berth. wins Pittsburgh and West Virginia. They were picked to place 7th in the BCS against the 11-2 Oklahoma City visitors (9th AP, 8th Coaches Poll). In Glendale, Arizona, sixty-seven thousand people live to see the game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. If they overthrew the team in purple and cream, they were probably very happy to be left behind. The Patriots scored on the first two possessions of the game, ending the first quarter with a 14-0 run by the Huskies. UConn would pull the score back a bit and went into halftime down 20-10. The middle was the best of all as Oklahoma won the game 48-20. It was notable that the Huskies’ last game was coached by Randy Edsall, who moved on to become the head coach at the University of Maryland.
4. 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl: Second bowl game in short BCS history Huskies football was against the Wake Forest Deacons. The 2007 season saw UConn post a 9-3 record and go 5-2 in Big East play, including an impressive finish over 11th-ranked South Florida. It was a season of new highs, as the team was placed thirteenth in the BCS standings by one point. Charlotte was the place in the competition, not far from Wake Forest’s campus in Winston-Salem. The game went well for the Huskies, who built a 10-0 lead at halftime. One of the most exciting plays of all time was the 68-yard punt return for a touchdown by Larry Taylor toward the end of the first quarter. The Raiders scored 24 unanswered points in the second half and won the game 24-10.
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3. 2009 International Bowl: The beautiful Canadian city of Toronto was the host of the game between the MAC champion University of Buffalo Bulls and the Huskies. This was the Bulls’ first bowl game in fifty years, when they rose up against segregation and denied a bowl invitation in 1958. However, the game was much more memorable for UConn. The two teams traded scores frequently, going into the half with the Bulls leading 20-17. All the scoring in the half was done by the Huskies, and they finished the game with a score of 38-20. The game of the game would go to Donald Brown, who finished with 261 yards and a score. It was a spectacular end to his career as a running back for the Huskies.
2. 2004 Motor City Bowl: 2004 was the first time UConn would earn a bowl berth, just two years before full membership in the BCS. They finished the season 7-4, split the conference games 3-3 and earned an invitation to the bowl game. They will be facing off against the University of Toledo team, who finished their season as Mac champions at 9-3. The game was played at Detroit’s Ford Field before a crowd of fifty-two thousand. It was an all-UConn game as they led 17-0 before Toledo scored the first touchdown of the game early in the second half. The Rockets couldn’t manage another field goal as the Huskies went on to win the game 39-10. It was great to win the first bowl for the young program.
1. 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl: If there is one constant in college football , is that the SEC and the Big East stand at opposite ends of the spectrum of conference power. The SEC is where the national champions are drawn, and the Big East is for runners-up and losers. However, the Gamecocks from the University of South Carolina faced off against UConn in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl. A bit of history doesn’t matter. The beautiful city of Birmingham, Alabama was the backdrop for the biggest postseason victory in the history of the Huskies football program. Both teams came into the matchup with 7-5 seasons, with the Huskies finishing fifth in the Big East. The Gamecocks didn’t score at all for most of the game, scoring their only touchdown with less than a minute to go in the fourth quarter with UConn leading by 20 points. The Huskies defense was stout, holding the Gamecocks to just seventy-six yards rushing in the game and forcing two turnovers, holding them from their first to second quarter drives. UConn running back Andre Dixon was named player of the game for gaining 126 yards rushing and a touchdown on thirty-three carries .
