In the midst of yet another lost season for UConn football, at least the history books will remember them -- albeit for all of the wrong reasons.
UConn came into today’s game against Temple having given up 548 points, well within range of the FBS record of 572 set by the 2010 East Carolina Pirates. Needing to give up 25 points to set the record, the Huskies surrendered 57 to the Owls in falling to 1-11 on the season. They also set a modern FBS record by giving up an average of 50.4 points per game, breaking the old mark of 50.3 set by the 1997 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns.
The fewest number of points the Huskies allowed this season was 22 against UMass in late October; the next fewest was 38 the week before against USF. They allowed 62 points in two different games, and gave up 50 or more in five others. They also surrendered exactly 49 points in three other games.
Coming into the game, the school had already clinched another defensive futility record: 626.6 yards per game allowed, absolutely shattering the old mark of 560.8 ypg set by the 2015 Kansas Jayhawks. It was actually a banner day for the Huskies defense on that front as the Owls managed “just” 516 yards of total offense.
It wasn’t a completely lost day for Randy Edsall, though, at least when it comes to pocket change.
UConn loses to Temple, 57-7, giving the Huskies' a final record of 1-11. Huskies coach Randy Edsall will get bonus of at least $2,000 — amount he gets whenever UConn has a better third-down conversion rate for the game. UConn was 10 of 19, Temple was 4 of 8.
— Steve Berkowitz (@ByBerkowitz) November 24, 2018
