Florida Atlantic @ UConn preview
Pratt and Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
UConn looks to set the tone at home Saturday night when it welcomes Florida Atlantic to begin a string of six straight games at East Hartford, Conn.
The Huskies (1-2) breezed to a 63-17 romp over visiting Merrimack on Sept. 7 and put a scare into host Duke last Saturday before dropping a 26-21 decision.
Cam Edwards rushed for 106 yards against the Blue Devils and found the end zone for the third time in two games. He leads UConn in carries (32), rushing yards (153) and rushing touchdowns (two) on the season.
The Huskies rushed for 179 yards on 4.8 yards per carry versus Duke. Two turnovers and a missed field goal, however, led to UConn's undoing as it was unable to hold onto a 21-17 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
"It's not good enough. We have to win those games. That's the step we have to take," Huskies coach Jim Mora said.
UConn, which fell to 0-2 on the road, does not play its next game away from home until Nov. 9 against UAB.
FAU (1-2) avoided its first 0-3 start since 2015 by posting a 38-20 victory over Florida International last Saturday.
Zuberi Mobley rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns -- his first TDs since the 2022 season -- to help the Owls' potent ground attack. Mobley became the first FAU player to rush for three scores since Malcolm Davidson accomplished the feat on Nov. 9, 2019.
Cam Fancher and C.J. Campbell Jr. combined for 125 rushing yards and two scores to lift the Owls to their seventh straight victory in the Shula Bowl.
"We're going to celebrate the (heck) out of this," Owls coach Tom Herman said. "It's been almost a calendar year since we've won a game, and we won a rivalry game to boot.
"But I think we all know that the competition level is going to increase, and we have to continue to increase our level of play in order to accomplish the things that we want to accomplish."
--Field Level Media