UConn Huskies football

UConn Huskies football
2024 UConn Huskies football team
First season1896; 128 years ago
Athletic directorDavid Benedict
Head coachJim L. Mora
2nd season, 9–16 (.360)
StadiumPratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
(capacity: 40,000 {expandable to 42,704})
Year built2003
Field surfaceGrass
LocationEast Hartford, Connecticut
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceIndependent
Past conferencesALNESC (1897–1922)
New England (1923–1946)
Yankee (1947–1996)
Atlantic 10 (1997–1999)
Independent (2000–2003)
Big East (2004–2012)
The American (2013–2019)
All-time record518–600–38 (.465)
Bowl record3–4 (.429)
Conference titles26
RivalriesUMass (rivalry)
Rhode Island (rivalry)
Syracuse (rivalry)
Consensus All-Americans3
ColorsNational flag blue and white[1]
   
Fight songUConn Husky
MascotJonathan
Marching bandThe Pride of Connecticut
OutfitterNike
WebsiteUConnHuskies.com

The UConn Huskies football team is a college football team that represents the University of Connecticut in the sport of American football. The team competes in NCAA Division I FBS as an independent. Connecticut first fielded a team in 1896, and participated in Division I-AA until 1999. The Huskies began their two-year Division I-A transition period in 2000, and became a full-fledged Division I-A team in 2002. From 2000 to 2003, the team played as an independent. The school's football team then joined the conference of its other sport teams, the Big East (later named the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in 2013), taking effect in 2004, through 2019. In 2019, the UConn football team left the American to again play as an independent, as the school's current primary conference, the current Big East, does not sponsor the sport. The Huskies currently are coached by Jim Mora.[2]

  1. ^ "University of Connecticut Brand Colors" (PDF). Brand.UConn.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "UConn hires former UCLA coach Jim Mora to lead football program". ESPN.com. November 11, 2021.