Huskies Announce Partial 2020 Football Schedule

In their first year as an independent, the UConn Huskies football team
will play several well-known teams around the nation.a

By Bob Phillips

STORRS—The University of Connecticut has announced several opponents and dates on the

football schedule next season, the Huskies’ first as an independent after leaving the American Athletic Conference. And guess what? It’s not so bad.

On the schedule are some pretty well-known teams like Mississippi of the powerful SEC. There will also be games against Illinois and Indiana (Big Ten), Virginia (ACC) and San Jose State. The schedule also includes rivalries with local and regional schools UMass, Maine and Army. The final school lined up thus far is Liberty College of Lynchburg, Vir. Three dates remain to be filled.

The schedule as of today is (All Times and TV TBD):

• Thurs., Sept. 3, vs. UMass (Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford)
• Sat., Sept. 12, at Illinois (Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Ill.)
• Sat., Sept. 26, vs. Indiana (Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford)
• Sat., Oct. 24, at Ole Miss (Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss.)
• Sat., Oct. 31, vs. Liberty (Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford)
• Sat., Nov. 14, at San Jose State (CEFCU Stadium, San Jose, Calif.)
• Sat. Nov. 28, vs. Army (Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford)
• TBA, vs. Maine (Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford)
• TBA, at Virginia (Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Va.)

Most of UConn’s teams will be joining The Big East in 2020. However, there is no football in The Big East, which means Connecticut will be playing as an independent until (or if) an organized conference invites the Huskies to join.