UConn Football Falls Under .
UConnJason Candle's team has three regular season games remaining and needs two wins to get bowl-eligible. Maybe some were lured by the return to New England of Bill Belichick, who graduated from nearby Wesleyan and, much later, coached the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles.
But Belichick, in his second season in the second act of his career at the collegiate level, didn't outcoach Jason Candle, in his first season in Connecticut. If you glance at the stat sheet to try to figure out just how UConn lost, it isn't obvious until you get near the bottom of the list.
Here are the takeaways from the UConn loss at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Quarterback Joe Fagnano led the nation in fewest interceptions thrown.
His replacement in 2026 is Kalieb Osborne, a first-year starter who came with Candle from Toledo. Osborne threw two picks in four September games and none in four October games.
KEY POINTS
- The UConn Huskies lost their third consecutive football game on Saturday, 38-21, to North Carolina in front of a season-high crowd of 36,901.
- North Carolina quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. (9) fakes the handoff to running back Demon June (0) against the Huskies in Saturday.
- Ball security was the hallmark of the 2025 Huskies, who finished the season with a 9-4 record and two total turnovers – a lost fumble and an interception.
- But in the first game of November, the Tar Heels (5-4) intercepted Osborne twice and recovered his fumble, with North Carolina taking possession in UConn (4-5) territory on all three turnovers.