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Utah State 34, Connecticut 33

When: 12:00 PM ET , Saturday, September 30, 2023
Where: Rentschler Field at Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 21227

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Utah State	0	7	17	10	34
Connecticut	7	10	0	16	33

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 1:14
Connecticut	TD	Connecticut 7 - Utah State 0 Jelani Stafford 1 yd. run (Joe McFadden kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:12
Connecticut	TD	Connecticut 14 - Utah State 0 Nick Harris 4 yd. pass from Ta'Quan Roberson (Joe McFadden kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:37
Connecticut	FG	Connecticut 17 - Utah State 0 Joe McFadden 36 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:14
Utah State	TD	Connecticut 17 - Utah State 7 Colby Bowman 63 yd. pass from McCae Hillstead (Elliott Nimrod kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:21
Utah State	TD	Connecticut 17 - Utah State 14 Jalen Royals 15 yd. pass from Cooper Legas (Elliott Nimrod kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:56
Utah State	FG	Connecticut 17 - Utah State 17 Elliott Nimrod 37 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:52
Utah State	TD	Connecticut 17 - Utah State 24 Jalen Royals 71 yd. pass from Cooper Legas (Elliott Nimrod kick)
4th Quarter - 14:17
Connecticut	TD	Connecticut 24 - Utah State 24 Geordon Porter 28 yd. pass from Ta'Quan Roberson (Joe McFadden kick)
4th Quarter - 12:36
Utah State	TD	Connecticut 24 - Utah State 31 Jalen Royals 52 yd. pass from Cooper Legas (Elliott Nimrod kick)
4th Quarter - 10:29
Connecticut	FG	Connecticut 27 - Utah State 31 Joe McFadden 38 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:20
Utah State	FG	Connecticut 27 - Utah State 34 Elliott Nimrod 24 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:40
Connecticut	TD	Connecticut 33 - Utah State 34 Jelani Stafford 1 yd. run (kick failed)

TEAMS

Team Records

	Utah State	Connecticut
W‑L	2 - 3 - 0	0 - 5 - 0
Conference	0 - 1 - 0	0 - 0 - 0

Team Stats

	Utah State	Connecticut
Score	34	33
1st Downs	21	26
3rd Down Efficiency	4-for-11 36%	5-for-14 36%
4th Down Efficiency	1-for-1 100%	2-for-3 67%
Total Yards	416	473
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards	32-101	45-218
Average/Rush	3.2	4.8
Passing
Comp-Att	17-24	23-32
Passing Yards	315	255
Average/Pass Play	12.6	7.7
Penalties-Yards	7-67	9-97
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	4-0
Interceptions Thrown	2	1
Time of Possession	21:31	38:29

PLAYER STATS

Utah State (2 - 3)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
C. Legas	11/13	204	3	0
M. Hillstead	6/11	111	1	2

Connecticut (0 - 5)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
T. Roberson	23/32	255	2	1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
C. Legas	6	26	4.3	0
M. Hillstead	6	26	4.3	0
R. Faison	5	17	3.4	0
R. Briggs Jr.	8	17	2.1	0
D. Booth	6	16	2.7	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
V. Rosa	15	92	6.1	0
C. Edwards	13	73	5.6	0
G. Porter	1	34	34.0	0
T. Roberson	8	15	1.9	0
J. Stafford	5	11	2.2	2

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Royals	7	185	26.4	3
C. Bowman	1	63	63.0	1
B. Lane	3	24	8.0	0
D. Booth	3	15	5.0	0
R. Faison	1	12	12.0	0
M. Davis	1	10	10.0	0
R. Briggs Jr.	1	6	6.0	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
C. Ross	7	70	10.0	0
B. Buckman	4	56	14.0	0
J. Joly	3	44	14.7	0
V. Rosa	3	28	9.3	0
G. Porter	2	28	14.0	1
J. Stafford	1	10	10.0	0
K. Clercius	1	9	9.0	0
C. Edwards	1	6	6.0	0
N. Harris	1	4	4.0	1

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
D. Dye	1	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
J. Mitchell	1	0	0
C. Shearin	1	0	0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
A. Switzer	1.0	12.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
D. Jones	1.0	6.0

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
A. Switzer	7	3
I. Larsen	5	1
J. Drew	5	2
D. Dye	4	6
M. Tafisi Jr.	4	9
M. Anyanwu	3	0
C. Slone	3	3
S. Harris	1	0
X. Steele	1	0
S. Mells	1	1
L. Pili	1	1
J. Francois	1	1
P. Fitzgerald	1	2
E. Migao	1	2
S. Tuiaki	1	2
B. Maile	0	1
J. Ward	0	1
A. Ashford III	0	1
A. Dickerson	0	1
H. Motu'apuaka	0	2
G. Barthiel	0	3

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
J. Mitchell	5	10
J. Stafford	3	0
M. Dixon-Williams	3	1
D. Jones	3	1
L. Molette III	2	0
P. Yates	2	1
C. McCarthy	2	2
C. Shearin	2	3
T. Faumuina-Brown	2	6
D. Brinson	1	0
C. Hooper	1	1
D. Gourdine	1	2
N. Plack	1	2
M. Bell	0	1
A. Chea	0	1
C. Millen	0	1
E. Watts	0	1
C. Hudson	0	1
R. Wilkins Jr.	0	1
M. Bin-Wahad	0	1

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
A. Switzer	3.0	15.0
S. Harris	1.0	3.0
G. Barthiel	0.5	1.0
C. Slone	0.5	0.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
D. Jones	1.0	6.0
T. Faumuina-Brown	1.0	1.0
C. Shearin	0.5	1.0
J. Mitchell	0.5	0.0

Fumbles
	NO.
No fumbles

Fumbles
	NO.
B. Domino	1

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