Connecticut Football Team History
Connecticut Huskies
University of Cionnecticut
Storrs, CT
Founded: 1881 Stadium: Rentschler Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Colors: Navy Blue & White Coach: Skip Holtz Conference: Colonial Athletic-
1998 Season Highlights
Skip Holtz enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Connecticut.
1998 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 5 @ Colgate
45
35
W
Sat., Sep. 19 vs. Maine
35
27
W
Sat., Sep. 26 @ Yale
63
21
W
Sat., Oct. 3 @ New Hampshire
20
34
L
Sat., Oct. 10 vs. Hofstra
40
18
W
Sat., Oct. 17 vs.
Massachusetts
44
41
W
Sat., Oct. 24 vs. Rhode Island
31
17
W
Sat., Oct. 31 @ Northeastern (MA)
32
22
W
Sat., Nov. 7 vs. Delaware
17
59
L
Sat., Nov. 14 @ William & Mary
34
26
W
Sat., Nov. 21 @
Massachusetts
28
27
W
Sat., Nov. 28 vs. Hampton (VA)
42
34
W
Sat., Dec. 5 @
Georgia Southern
30
52
L
1998 Season Totals
Record 10-3
Points Scored 461
Scoring Average 35.5
Points Allowed 413
Defense Average 31.8
Opponents Record 26-4
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 5-1
Away Record 5-2
1998 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1998 Colonial Athletic- Standings
Season
Bowls
Conference
Team
W/L/T PF PA
W/L/T
PF PA
Coach
Connecticut
10-3 461 413
Skip Holtz
1998 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1998 All Colonial Athletic Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.