Connecticut Huskies football

Connecticut Huskies
2016 Connecticut Huskies football team
First season 1896; 119 years ago
Athletic director David Benedict
Head coach Bob Diaco
3rd year, 8–17 (.320)
Other staff Frank Verducci (OC)
Anthony Poindexter (DC)
Stadium Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
Year built 2003
Seating capacity 42,704
Field surface Grass
Location East Hartford, Connecticut
NCAA division NCAA Division I
Conference The American
Division East
Past conferences Big East Conference
(2004–12)
Independent
(2000–03)
Atlantic Ten
(1997–99)
Yankee Conference
(1947–96)
New England Conference
(1923–46)
Athletic League of New England State Colleges
(1897–1922)
All-time record 502–541–38 (.482)
Bowl record 3–3 (.500)
Conference titles 26
Colors National Flag Blue and White[1]
         
Fight song UConn Husky
Mascot Jonathan
Marching band The Pride of Connecticut
Rivals Louisville Cardinals
Temple Owls
UMass Minutemen
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Syracuse Orange
Website UConnHuskies.com

The Connecticut Huskies football team is a collegiate football team that competes in NCAA Division I FBS and the American Athletic Conference (The American). 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 schools football team then joined the conference of its other sport teams, the Big East (later named the American Athletic Conference in 2013), starting in 2004.

History

Early years

The University of Connecticut began playing football in 1896 when the school was known as Storrs Agricultural College, and the team was known as the "Aggies." It teamed up with the University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Rhode Island to form the Athletic League of New England State Colleges for the purpose of scheduling football matchups between the schools. The first year was spent playing against local high schools and YMCA clubs. The following year provided their first competition against future rivals Rhode Island, an opponent that would be played over 100 times, and Massachusetts. Other early rivals included the Ivy League and the "Little Ivies", particularly Yale University starting in 1948, who have played the Huskies for 50 years.

Tragedy struck the team on September 27, 1919 when Gardner Dow died from brain injuries related to a flying tackle that he delivered in a game against New Hampshire.[2] The college would honor Dow by naming the athletic fields after him. These fields would become the home for most of the school's athletic teams for the next three decades.

The football team plays on Gardner Dow Athletic Fields in 1920.

In 1924, the Aggies celebrated their first undefeated season when they finished with six wins, no losses and two ties. The defense was the strength of the team, as they allowed a meager thirteen points to be scored against them over the entire season, including a total of three points over the final seven games.[3] The team was proclaimed by the New York Times to be among the best in the country, and was led by the school's first All-America candidate in captain, Martin "Red" O'Neill.[4]

The UConn Club memorializes O'Neill with a yearly award given to a former student-athlete who has had a successful professional career.

Red O'Neill went on to become one of Connecticut's first players to play in the NFL. He played for the Hartford Blues in 1926, their only year in the NFL.[5] Another player is Art "Pop" Williams, winning a championship with the Providence Steam Roller in 1928 and also has the record for the most rushing career touchdowns in Providence's franchise history.[6] The Steam Roller are New England's first NFL champion.

The renamed Huskies went on to become long-time members of the Yankee Conference, winning 15 conference championships.

In 1983, Bill Belichick applied for the Huskies' head coaching position but was eventually turned down in favor of an internal hire, Tom Jackson.

Transition to Division I-A

Connecticut hired Lew Perkins as its athletic director in 1990. One of Perkins' first projects was to gather facts for a possible upgrade of the football program to Division I-A.[7] Perkins feared that if the university didn't upgrade the football program, that it ran the risk of falling behind other institutions that fielded both football and basketball teams at the highest level. However, UConn was in the middle of a budget deficit and many faculty feared that an upgrade of the football program would result in a loosening of academic standards.[7]

In 1997, the Big East Conference gave the University of Connecticut and Villanova University a December 31 deadline to decide if they were going to upgrade their respective football programs and join the Big East football conference.[8] Villanova, a private institution, declined the invitation. However, in October 1997, the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees overwhelmingly endorsed, by a vote of sixteen to one, the football team's plan to upgrade the program to Division I-A status.[9] Part of the plan would be to build a new stadium, as the current stadium, Memorial Stadium, fell well below the minimum occupancy level of 30,000, as set by the NCAA. Originally, the new stadium was to be built on campus.

UConn would be granted an attendance waiver by the NCAA in order to play its home games at Memorial Stadium in Storrs during the 2000–2002 seasons.

However, the enthusiasm toward the new stadium quickly faded as the estimated expenses rose, the idea of an on-campus stadium was tabled, and the upgrade of the program was put on hold by the Connecticut state legislature.[10] A year later, the stadium issue was rehashed during an attempt to bring the New England Patriots to Hartford, Connecticut. A proposed 70,000 seat, open-air stadium in downtown Hartford would also serve as the home of the Huskies football team.[11] The plans for this stadium also fell through and the Patriots announced that they would remain in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Eventually, a new site emerged across the Connecticut River in East Hartford, when Pratt and Whitney donated their land on the old Rentschler Airfield to the state for purposes of building an off-campus football stadium which is 20 miles away from the main campus. Randy Edsall was named the 27th head football coach at the University of Connecticut on December 21, 1998 and led the Huskies from Division I-AA into Division I-A. UConn officially began the upgrade process in January, 1999 by applying to join the Big East football conference.[12] They would receive a special waiver from the NCAA in order to play in Memorial Stadium while Rentschler Field was under construction.[13]

UConn would become the first school to ever move from the FCS to the Bowl Championship Series as a member of the Big East after 3 years as an independent. The Huskies would spend the 2000 and 2001 as a transitional Division I-A program as they built their scholarship base to the maximum of 85. They recorded their first win over a Division I-A opponent on September 16, 2000, when they defeated Buffalo, 24–21. They would finish the 2000 season with a final record of 3–8. The 2001 season brought their first win over a BCS rival with a victory over Rutgers on September 29, by a score of 20–19. The growing pains continued, as they finished the season at 2–9.

The breakthrough came during the Huskies first year as a full-fledged member of Division I-A in 2002. Led by sophomore quarterback, Dan Orlovsky, they showed vast improvement over the previous two seasons, despite starting the season losing six of the first eight games. They closed Memorial Stadium in fashion by routing the last two opponents, Florida Atlantic and Kent State, by a combined score of 124–35. The 63 points scored against Kent State in the Memorial Stadium finale, was the most the Huskies ever scored in the 50 years of playing in the stadium. They concluded a successful season by defeating Navy, 38–0, and Iowa State, 37–20. The victory over Iowa State was the Huskies first win over a bowl-bound team.

The success continued in 2003, when Connecticut began play in Rentschler Field. They would finish the season with an overall record of 9–3. They opened the season with their first victory vs. a Big Ten team ( 34–10 over Indiana ) and the final game of the season provided their first victory over an ACC opponent, when they defeated Wake Forest, 51–17. It was only the third time that a non-conference team had scored over 50 points in an ACC stadium. Despite the stellar record, the Huskies were not invited to play in a bowl game, largely due to their lack of conference affiliation.

The Big East / American Athletic Conference

Connecticut was originally scheduled to join the Big East as a football member in 2005. However, following the departure of Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College, the Huskies' entrance into the Big East was expedited by one year.[14]

The Huskies played their first Big East conference game on September 17, 2004 when they dropped a 27–7 decision at Boston College. Their first Big East conference win came only 13 days later, when they defeated Pittsburgh 29–17. They completed their first season in the conference in 5th place with a record of 3–3. That year's overall record of 8–4 was enough to garner an invitation to the 2004 Motor City Bowl, the first bowl invitation in the school's history.

The Huskies were hit hard by graduation and injuries in the 2005 and 2006 seasons. The program opened one of the best and newest college football facilities in 2006 with the completion of the $57.9 million (165,000 sq. ft.) Burton Family Football Complex & Mark R. Shenkman Training Center.[15] The 2007 season finished with the Huskies first ever Big East Conference football title, which they shared with West Virginia, and an invitation to the Meineke Car Care Bowl. That was followed up with consecutive 8–5 seasons in 2008 and 2009 with wins in both of their bowl games (over Buffalo and the SEC's South Carolina).

The team was hit hard in 2009 with the on-campus murder of junior cornerback Jasper Howard after being stabbed by a non-student outside a dance following their homecoming game. UConn struggled following his death, dropping their next three games and falling to 1–4 in-conference, but got a major win to break the streak at Notre Dame, a victory quoted by Coach Randy Edsall as being the program's "Best Win".[16] The game ball from that victory was sent to Howard's mother in Miami, FL, one of many tributes throughout the year for the fallen player.

The team honored Howard prior to every game through the 2010 season, which would have been his senior year. They capped off the season with a game ending field goal by Dave Teggart and a 19–16 win over USF for the 2010 Big East Championship and a trip to the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. After a loss in the Fiesta Bowl, Edsall did not fly home with or tell his players that he was leaving the UConn football program and instead took a separate flight to Maryland to become their new head coach. It had also been noted in the media that Edsall's relationship with then-athletic director Jeff Hathaway had been strained for several years.

Two weeks after Edsall left for the University of Maryland and after nearly seven years away from college football, Connecticut native Paul Pasqualoni was hired away as defensive coordinator from the Dallas Cowboys to lead the UConn football program, by soon to be dismissed AD Hathaway. Following two seasons of mediocrity and a struggling offense, Pasqualoni was forced to replace his lifelong colleague George DeLeone as the offensive coordinator, just as he did prior to them both being fired at Syracuse. Pasqualoni named T. J. Weist as his OC for 2013. But him and Deleone (now his OL coach) were both fired after starting 0–4 with UConn's first ever and only loss as full D-I member to an FCS team (Towson 33–18) and following a humiliating defeat to Buffalo (41–12), which UConn had never lost to (8–0) as an FBS team. Weist was named the interim head coach and finished the season strong on a 3 game winning streak after starting out 0–5 and totally revamping the offense free of Pasqualoni's control.

Though Weist was considered for the head coaching job, UConn AD Warde Manuel announced Notre Dame defensive coordinator and Broyles Award winner Bob Diaco as the new UConn head coach for the 2014 season. After a complete tear down of the program in 2014, which would lead to Diaco finishing the year with only around 60 scholarship players available and needing to use a dozen true freshman the team finished 2–10. The 2015 season resulted in a revitalization for the program as they finished 6–6 and became bowl eligible for the first time since the Edsall regime and the Fiesta Bowl in 2011.

In addition to playing NCAA Division I football, the Huskies showed pride in academics in the Big East with sixteen players being names to the Big East All-Academic Football Team in 2010,[17] an honor which requires a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least a 3.0 in a minimum of two semesters. Uconn was also honored by AF Coaches Assoc. for academic achievement in 2015 and the 990 single year APR score in 2014-15 under head coach Diaco was also the highest in school history.

The conference's name changed in 2013 to the American Athletic Conference as a result of the non-FBS split that took place as part of the conference's three-way realignment. Three members moved to the ACC as full members, Notre Dame went the ACC as a partial and West Virginia to the Big 12. With the seven non-FBS basketball schools buying the Big East conference name for their own newly formed conference. Three of those ACC departing teams, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame, left the Big East with losing records against the Huskies in football.

All-time record vs. Big East teams

Official record against all former Big East teams ( as an FBS team, Uconn was an FBS independent in 2002-03),  :

Opponent Won Lost Tied Percentage Streak First Last
Boston College 0 3 0 .000 Lost 3 2002 2004
Louisville 4 5 0 .444 Lost 1 2005 2013
Notre Dame 1 0 0 1.000 Won 1 2009 2009
Pittsburgh 5 4 0 .556 Won 1 2004 2012
Rutgers 5 6 0 .455 Won 1 2002 2013
Syracuse 6 3 0 .667 Lost 1 2004 2012
West Virginia 1 7 0 .125 Lost 1 2004 2011
Totals 22 28 0 .440

All-time record vs. AAC teams

Official record against all current AAC opponents ( as FBS team):

Opponent Won Lost Tied Percentage Streak First Last
Cincinnati 2 9 0 .182 Lost 5 2005 2015
East Carolina 1 1 0 .500 Won 1 2014 2015
Houston 1 0 0 1.000 Won 1 2015 2015
Memphis 1 1 0 .500 Lost 1 2013 2014
Navy 1 2 0 .333 Lost 1 2002 2015
SMU 0 2 0 .000 Lost 2 2013 2014
South Florida 5 6 0 .455 Lost 4 2005 2015
Temple 4 5 0 .444 Lost 1 2002 2015
Tulane 1 1 0 .500 Won 1 2014 2015
Tulsa 0 0 0 – – – –
UCF 2 1 0 .667 Won 2 2013 2015
Totals 18 28 0 .391

Postseason appearances

Division I-AA playoffs

Date Opponent Result
November 28, 1998 Hampton W 42–34
December 5, 1998 Georgia Southern L 52–30

Bowl games

Conference championships

Connecticut has won a total of 26 conference championships, which includes possibly 11 outright titles.

Conference affiliations:

Note: The Huskies moved to the AAC after the Big East realigned to drop football schools after tensions were revealed between football and non-football schools in the Big East Conference.[18]

Year Conference Overall Record Conf. Record
1901 Athletic League of New England State Colleges 8–2 1–0
1924 New England Conference 6–0–2 4–0
1926 New England Conference 7–1 3–1
1928 New England Conference 4–2–3 2–0–2
1936 New England Conference 7–2 2–0
1937 New England Conference 6–2–1 2–0
1942 New England Conference 6–2 3–0
1945 New England Conference 7–1 2–0
1949† Yankee Conference 4–4–1 2–0
1952† Yankee Conference 5–3 3–1
1956 Yankee Conference 6–2–1 3–0–1
1957† Yankee Conference 5–4–1 3–0–1
1958 Yankee Conference 7–3 4–0
1959 Yankee Conference 6–3 4–0
1960† Yankee Conference 5–4 3–1
1968† Yankee Conference 4–6 4–1
1970 Yankee Conference 4–4–2 4–0–1
1971† Yankee Conference 5–3–1 4–1–1
1973 Yankee Conference 8–2–1 5–0–1
1982† Yankee Conference 5–6 3–2
1983† Yankee Conference 5–6 4–1
1986† Yankee Conference 8–3 5–2
1989† Yankee Conference 8–3 6–2
1998§ Atlantic Ten 10–3 6–2
2007† Big East 9–4 5–2
2010† Big East 8–5 5–2
† Denotes co-champions, § Denotes Atlantic Ten New England Division champions

Sellouts

Note: Attendance goes back to the 2007 Season.

Date Opponent Result Seats Stadium
October 19, 2007 Louisville W 21-17 40,000 Rentschler Field
November 03, 2007 Rutgers W 38-19 40,000 Rentschler Field
November 17, 2007 Syracuse W 30-7 40,000 Rentschler Field
September 13, 2008 Virginia W 45-10 40,000 Rentschler Field
October 25, 2008 Cincinnati W 40-16 40,000 Rentschler Field
November 01, 2008 West Virginia L 35-13 40,000 Rentschler Field
October 17, 2009 Louisville W 38-25 40,000 Rentschler Field
November 28, 2009 Syracuse W 56-31 40,000 Rentschler Field
October 02, 2010 Vanderbilt W 40-21 40,000 Rentschler Field
October 29, 2010 West Virginia W 16-13 40,000 Rentschler Field
November 27, 2010 Cincinnati W 38-17 40,000 Rentschler Field
September 21, 2013 Michigan L 24-21 42,704 Rentschler Field

Facilities

Rentschler Field

Press box at Rentschler Field in 2008
Main article: Rentschler Field

The Huskies play their home football games at Rentschler Field, an off-campus facility located 20 miles (32 km) to the west of campus in East Hartford, Connecticut. The inaugural game took place on August 30, 2003 when Connecticut defeated the Indiana Hoosiers 34–10. Since the opening, Connecticut has enjoyed a decided home field advantage, posting a 50–30 record when playing at Rentschler. In 2007, the Huskies completed their home season winning each of their seven home games, becoming only the second Big East team to compile a 7–0 home record. The stadium played to an average of 97% near capacity crowds for eight years, prior to Paul Pasqualoni's arrival and during the Big East.

Burton Family Football Complex

The Huskies on-campus home is at the Burton Family Football Complex on Stadium Road in Storrs, CT. It contains the coaches offices, team meeting rooms, video facilities, dining hall and student-athlete lounge. Construction began in the fall of 2004 and it officially opened in July 2006. The facilities are considered to be among the best in the country. The building is named after Robert Burton, who in 2002 made a donation of USD 2.5 million to the University of Connecticut. The original location of the building was to be where Memorial Stadium currently stands.[19] However, it was later decided to construct the building across the street.

Mark R. Shenkman Training Center

Alongside the Burton Family Football Complex is the 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) Mark R. Shenkman Training Center. The indoor training center includes a full-length football field and an 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) strength and conditioning center.[20] The training center was made possible by a USD 2.5 million gift from Connecticut businessman and UConn alum, Mark Shenkman.[21] Construction of the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center and the Burton Family Football Complex were handled in tandem by HOK Sport + Venue + Event and JCJ Architecture. Upon completion in the summer of 2006, both buildings were granted a LEED silver designation. They are the first buildings on the University of Connecticut campus, and the first football facilities in the nation to be certified as a "green building."[22]

Coaching history

Years Coach Games W L T Pct.
1896–97 No Coach 15 10 5 0 .667
1898 E.S. Mansfield 3 0 3 0 .000
1899–1901 T.D. Knowles[23] 26 18 7 1 .712
1902–05 E.O. Smith 28 14 13 1 .538
1906–07 George H. Lamson 13 4 9 0 .308
1908 W.F. Madden 8 4 3 1 .562
1909 S.F.G. McLean 8 3 5 0 .375
1910 M.F. Claffey 7 1 5 1 .215
1911 Leo Hafford 5 0 5 0 .000
1912 A.J. Sharadin 6 3 3 0 .500
1913 P.T. Brady 8 5 3 0 .625
1914 Dave Warner 3 3 0 0 1.000
1915–16 John F. Donahue 16 2 14 0 .125
1919 Roy J. Guyer 8 2 6 0 .250
1920 Ross Swartz 8 1 6 1 .187
1921–22 J. Wilder Tasker 17 5 8 4 .412
1923–33 Sumner A. Dole 89 36 39 14 .483
1934–49 J.O. Christian 121 66 51 4 .562
1950–51 Arthur L. Valpey 16 7 9 0 .438
1952–63 D. Robert Ingalls 106 49 54 3 .477
1964–65 Richard E. Forzano 18 7 10 1 .417
1966–70 John L. Toner 47 20 24 3 .458
1971–72 Robert F. Casciola 18 9 8 1 .531
1973–76 Larry L. Naviaux 43 18 24 1 .430
1977–82 Walt Nadzak 65 24 39 2 .385
1983–93 Tom Jackson 119 62 57 0 .521
1994–98 Skip Holtz 57 34 23 0 .596
1999–2010[24] Randy Edsall (record) 144 74 70 0 .514
2011–2013[25] Paul Pasqualoni 28 10 18 0 .357
2013 T. J. Weist 8 3 5 0 .375
2014– Bob Diaco 25 8 17 0 .320
 1896–present  Totals  1059  494  526  39  .485

Rivalries

Rhode Island

The football rivalry dates back to 1897 and was centered around the Ramnapping Trophy after UConn students stole the URI mascot in 1934. The teams played nearly every year until the end of the Yankee Conference. Once Uconn moved up to the FBS the teams only play periodically as Rhode Island remains an FCS program. Since 2000, there have been only 2 meetings; a UConn (52-7) win in 2006 and a UConn (52-10) win in 2009. They are scheduled to play again in 2018.

Massachusetts

The Yankee Conference rivalry dates back to 1897. The rivalry became dormant in 1999 as UConn moved up to the FBS and UMass remained at the FCS level. UMass finally moved up to FBS and the teams played one game in 2012 a UConn (37-0) win. The rivalry is set to be revived with a 4 game agreement from the 2018 to the 2021 seasons. 2 games will be played at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT and 2 games at the New England Patriots home field Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. which is 15 miles closer to the Uconn campus in Storrs, CT than it is to Umass in Amherst, MA

Notable alumni and personnel

Current NFL players[26]

Player Position Team First Year Draft Round
William Beatty offensive tackle Free Agent20092
Tyvon Branch safety Arizona Cardinals 20084
Donald Brown running back Free Agent 20091
Darius Butler cornerback Indianapolis Colts 20092
Geremy Davis wide receiver New York Giants 20156
Marcus Easley wide receiver Buffalo Bills 20104
Dwayne Gratz cornerback Jacksonville Jaguars 20133
Ryan Griffin tight end Houston Texans 20136
Byron Jones cornerback Dallas Cowboys 20151
Danny Lansanah linebacker Free Agent 2008n/a
Robert McClain cornerback Free Agent 20107
Sio Moore linebacker Indianapolis Colts 20133
Dan Orlovsky quarterback Detroit Lions 20055
Kendall Reyes defensive end Washington Redskins 20122
Anthony Sherman fullback Kansas City Chiefs 20115
Yawin Smallwood linebacker Free Agent 20147
Shamar Stephen defensive tackle Minnesota Vikings 20147
Donald Thomas guard Free Agent 20086
Jordan Todman running back Free Agent 20116
Nick Williams wide receiver Atlanta Falcons 2013n/a
Trevardo Williams linebacker Free Agent 20134
Lawrence Wilson linebacker Free Agent 20116
Blidi Wreh-Wilson cornerback Tennessee Titans 20133

Former NFL players[27][28]

Player Position 1st Year Draft Round Teams
Alfred Fincher linebacker 2005 3 New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins
Art "Pop" Williams [29] running back 1928 n/a Providence Steam Roller
Bill Cooke defensive end 1975 Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, and Seattle Seahawks
Bob Leahy quarterback 1971 Pittsburgh Steelers
Booth Lusteg kicker 1966 Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers
Brian Herosian defensive back 1973 Baltimore Colts
Brian Kozlowski tight end 1993 New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins
Cody Brown linebacker 2009 Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets
Darrell Wilson defensive back 1981 New England Patriots
Deon Anderson fullback 2007 Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins
Eric Naposki linebacker 1988 New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts
Eric Torkelson running back 1974 11 Green Bay Packers
Glen Antrum [30] wide receiver 1989 New England Patriots
Greg Lloyd, Jr. linebacker 2011 Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills
James "Ching" Hammill[31] quarterback 1925 n/a Providence Steam Roller
John Contoulis[32] defensive tackle 1963 4 New York Giants
Mark Didio wide receiver 1992 Pittsburgh Steelers
Matt Lawrence running back 2008 Baltimore Ravens
Nick Giaquinto running back 1980 Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins
Pete Rostosky tackle 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers
Scott Lutrus linebacker 2011 Indianapolis Colts
Tyler Lorenzen tight end 2009 New Orleans Saints
Vic Radzievitch [33] back 1926 Hartford Blues
Vince Clements [34] running back 1972 New York Giants

Former personnel

Brian Kozlowski Award

The Brian Kozlowski Award was first awarded in 1998. It honors the former UConn Husky and former New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons, & Washington Redskins tight end, Brian Kozlowski, who through hard work, effort and dedication has been able to have a lengthy NFL career.

Year Winner
1998 Dennis Callaghan
1999 Mike Burton
2000 Stephen Darby
2001 Jamie Lenkaitis
2002 Wes Timko
2003 Sean Mulcahy
2004 Ryan Krug
2005 Taurien Sowell
2006 Matt Applebaum/Matt Nuzie
2009 Robert McClain

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of December 10, 2015

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
vs Holy Cross at Boise State vs Illinois at Illinois at UMass at Boston College vs Boston College
at Virginia vs UMass at Indiana vs Indiana at NC State vs NC State
vs Boston College vs Rhode Island at UMass vs UMass
vs Missouri at Syracuse vs Wagner

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  33. ↑ "Vic Radzievitch".
  34. ↑ "Vince Clements".
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