2020 UConn Huskies football team

2020 UConn Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–0
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFrank Giufre (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorLou Spanos (2nd season)
Home stadiumRentschler Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 BYU       11 1  
No. 17 Liberty       10 1  
Army       9 3  
New Mexico State       1 1  
UMass       0 4  
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, UConn canceled the 2020 football season; New Mexico State was the only FBS school to play a spring schedule.
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 UConn Huskies football team would have represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. After competing since 2004 as a member of the Big East Conference / American Athletic Conference in college football, the Huskies were slated to compete as an independent in 2020. However, on August 5, the university canceled its football season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Huskies would have been led by fourth-year head coach Randy Edsall and would have played their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.

The New York Times columnist Kurt Streeter argued UConn was the “real” national champion of the 2020 season, claiming the Huskies deserve this designation for opting out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19.[2]

  1. ^ "UConn becomes first FBS program to cancel football season due to coronavirus". TheHill.com. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "The College Football Champion Not in the Title Game". January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.