1996 Connecticut Huskies football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1996 Connecticut Huskies football Yankee Conference New England Yankee 5–6 3–5 Skip Holtz 3rd Todd Fitch 1st Nick Rapone 2nd Memorial Stadium The 1996 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Skip Holtz, and completed the season with a record of 4–6.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf UConn Huskies 2015 UConn Football Media Guide 20 February 2016 121 18 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151118130900/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf dead Schedule 1996 NCAA Division I-AA The Sports Network September 7 w y y 15 Buffalo University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY 20–3 4,509 September 14 w 12 1996 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT 21–19 September 21 l y 8 New Hampshire Cowell Stadium Durham, NH 13–21 September 28 w y y 16 Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 42–6 27,624 Turnovers Just Play Into Huskies' Hands Desmond Conner September 29, 1996 D1 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59168259/1996-yale-uconn/ October 5 l 15 Villanova 13 Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT 27–38 13,596 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100305865/cats-roll-3827-as-end-sets-record/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Cats roll, 38–27, as end sets record October 6, 1996 April 23, 2022 Newspapers.com October 12 l 18 Maine Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT 16–17 October 19 w 24 Rhode Island Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT rivalry 1–0Rhode Island forfeited the game due to the suspension of several players. The game did not count in the overall records for either team, although it did count for conference records.https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/18/sports/u-of-rhode-island-is-shaken-by-players-assault-on-fraternity.html New York Times U. of Rhode Island Is Shaken by Players' Assault on Fraternity Jack Cavanaugh October 18, 1996 February 20, 2016 October 26 l y 23 1996 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen Hofstra Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT 16–24 November 2 w y Boston University Nickerson Field Boston, MA 45–10 November 9 l y James Madison 22 Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT 6–14 November 16 l y UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA rivalry 38–39 7,216 References Connecticut Category:UConn Huskies football seasons Connecticut Huskies football