Key mistakes at the wrong times for the UCONN Huskies cost them the game today as Virginia got a late field goal to beat them 17-16. Virginia’s kicker Chris Gould hit the game-winning field goal from 19-yards with 3:20 left to go in the game to win it for the Cavaliers.

UCONN had a chance to win the game after the Virginia field goal but those big mistakes came about. After UCONN QB Tyler Lorenzen had back-to-back 11-yard runs to give the Huskies the ball in Virginia territory, the center snapped the ball low and Lorenzen recovered it at his own 35. After a false start penalty on the Huskies, another low snap did them in, as the Cavaliers recovered the fumble.

The Cavaliers ended up missing a field goal try to extend the lead to 4 points but it didn’t matter. UCONN got the ball back with 27 seconds to go but they were stopped by Virginia.

The game was on ESPNU and unfortunately I don’t have ESPNU. I listened to the game on the radio but it’s really hard to give an accurate description of what happened.

From listening, UCONN really had trouble getting anything going on the ground again. They also had trouble moving the ball in the first quarter. They started to move the ball well in the 2nd quarter but a D.J. Hernandez fumble at the 5-yard line cost the Huskies a touchdown. Plus they only got 6 points off the two Virginia turnovers in the 1st quarter. They really need to put the game away at that point. They didn’t and now they have their first loss of the season.

UCONN returns home on Friday night to host the Louisville Cardinals.

For more about today’s game head over to UCONNHuskies.com.


Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

10:47 UCONN – CIARAVINO, Tony 45 yd field goal
6 plays, 26 yards, TOP 2:35, UCONN 3 – UVA 0

09:07 UCONN – CIARAVINO, Tony 21 yd field goal
4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:33, UCONN 6 – UVA 0

00:38 UVA – Keith Payne 1 yd run (Chris Gould kick)
11 plays, 59 yards, TOP 4:18, UCONN 6 – UVA 7

2nd Quarter

05:19 UVA – John Phillips 8 yd pass from Jameel Sewell (Chris Gould kick)
6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 2:20, UCONN 6 – UVA 14

3rd Quarter

10:31 UCONN – BROUSE, Steve 6 yd pass from LORENZEN, Tyler (CIARAVINO, Tony kick)
2 plays, 6 yards, TOP 0:41, UCONN 13 – UVA 14

4th Quarter

08:06 UCONN – CIARAVINO, Tony 25 yd field goal
9 plays, 81 yards, TOP 3:22, UCONN 16 – UVA 14

03:20 UVA – Chris Gould 19 yd field goal
11 plays, 79 yards, TOP 4:46, UCONN 16 – UVA 17