American college football season
The 2015 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Eastern Division of the American Athletic Conference. They played their home games at Rentschler Field. They were led by second-year head coach Bob Diaco. They finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. They were invited to the St. Petersburg Bowl where they lost to Marshall.
This was the last season the Huskies were bowl eligible until 2022.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:30 pm | No. 4 (FCS) Villanova* | | SNY | W 20–15 | 26,113 |
September 12 | 12:00 pm | Army* | - Rentschler Field
- East Hartford, CT
| CBSSN | W 22–17 | 28,260 |
September 19 | 12:00 pm | at No. 22 Missouri* | | ESPN | L 6–9 | 70,079 |
September 26 | 12:00 pm | Navy | - Rentschler Field
- East Hartford, CT
| CBSSN | L 18–28 | 33,204 |
| 10:15 pm | at BYU* | | ESPN2 | L 13–30 | 56,393 |
October 10 | 3:45 pm | at UCF | | ESPNews | W 40–13 | 26,669 |
October 17 | 12:00 pm | South Florida | - Rentschler Field
- East Hartford, CT
| ESPNU | L 20–28 | 31,719 |
October 24 | 4:30 pm | at Cincinnati | | CBSSN | L 13–37 | 40,124 |
| 7:00 pm | East Carolina | - Rentschler Field
- East Hartford, CT
| ESPNU | W 31–13 | 23,116 |
November 7 | 4:00 pm | at Tulane | | ESPNews | W 7–3 | 26,775 |
November 21 | 3:30 pm | No. 13 Houston | - Rentschler Field
- East Hartford, CT
| ESPNU | W 20–17 | 26,879 |
November 28 | 7:00 pm | at No. 25 Temple | | ESPNU | L 3–27 | 28,236 |
December 26 | 11:00 am | vs. Marshall* | | ESPN | L 10–16 | 14,652 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- Schedule Source:[2]
Game summaries
Villanova
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 4 (FCS) Wildcats
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
6 |
15 |
Huskies
|
6
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
20 |
Army
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Knights
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
Huskies
|
3
|
9
|
7
|
3 |
22 |
At No. 22 Missouri
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
No. 22 Tigers
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
9 |
Navy
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Midshipmen
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
Huskies
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
8 |
18 |
At BYU
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
3 |
13 |
Cougars
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
20 |
30 |
At UCF
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
9
|
14
|
17
|
0 |
40 |
Knights
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
10 |
13 |
South Florida
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulls
|
0
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
28 |
Huskies
|
0
|
3
|
10
|
7 |
20 |
At Cincinnati
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
3 |
13 |
Bearcats
|
14
|
10
|
3
|
10 |
37 |
East Carolina
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Pirates
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
13 |
Huskies
|
3
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
31 |
At Tulane
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Green Wave
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
No. 13 Houston
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Cougars
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
14 |
17 |
Huskies
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
7 |
20 |
At No. 25 Temple
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
3 |
No. 25 Owls
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
7 |
27 |
Vs. Marshall (St. Petersburg Bowl)
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Thundering Herd
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
3 |
16 |
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