For the second week in a row, the Huskies dominated early on their way to a big victory.
The UConn Huskies handled the Buffalo Bulls without much difficulty on Saturday afternoon at Rentschler Field, 47-3, to improve to 3-2 on the season.
After forcing a three-and-out on the first Buffalo drive, UConn drove down 58 yards, mostly on the ground, to set up a field goal to make it 3-0. After another stop, Cam Edwards turned the corner from 43 yards out and dove into the end zone to make it 10-0 in the first quarter.
The Husky defense again stifled the Bulls, making a 4th down stop to set up UConn’s second field goal and then forcing three-and-outs on the next three Buffalo drives.
Unfortunately, in the second quarter, quarterback Nick Evers left the game after taking a hit to the head. Backup Joe Fagnano led a short field goal drive, boosted by a long TJ Sheffield punt return, before finding Skyler Bell wide open for a 40-yard touchdown pass on the next drive to make it 23-0.
Buffalo mounted a hurried attack over the last 1:13 of the first half to get into field goal range and make it 23-3 at the break for its only points of the day.
The Huskies got the ball to start the second half and quickly added to the lead as Bell caught a deep ball and turned on the jets to make it past everyone for a 70-yard touchdown, making it 30-3. He caught another one to make it three on the day for the transfer receiver from Wisconsin as he finished with 153 yards on six catches. Mel Brown added another touchdown with a 23-yard run and then the backups mounted a field goal drive to close the scoring.
Edwards finished with an impressive 97 yards on 10 carries to lead the Huskies as he, Durell Robinson, Brown, and Evers all stayed between eight and 10 carries. UConn outgained Buffalo 537-198 on the day and more than doubled their first downs (28 to 12) and yards per play (6.8 to 3.1).
Next week, the Huskies host Temple at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday for their third home game in a row before their bye week. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.