Overview
- With no timeouts, Joe Fagnano drove UConn 49 yards in 10 plays over 53 seconds; he finished 19-of-31 for 155 yards and led the Huskies with 64 rushing yards.
- Buffalo started Gunnar Gray for injured Ta’Quan Roberson, and Gray tied the game on a 5-yard fourth-and-goal pass to Al-Jay Henderson with about a minute remaining.
- UConn opened with a 25-yard touchdown from Fagnano to Skyler Bell, Buffalo answered on Lamar Sperling’s 63-yard run, and the kickers traded 39-yard field goals in the third quarter.
- The win, UConn’s first on the road this season, moved the Huskies to 3-2 and dropped the Bulls to 2-3 in a turnover-free game at UB Stadium in Amherst, N.Y.
- UConn was not flagged for a penalty, special teams proved decisive with Chris Freeman’s clincher, and next week brings FIU to East Hartford as Buffalo hosts Eastern Michigan in MAC play.