UConn Football Schedules Mizzou, Maine; Announces UMass Date

As The Boneyard’s own Matt Schonvisky reported earlier today, UConn has added Missouri to its football schedule. The Huskies will tussle with the Tigers in Missouri on 9/19/15 and the return game will be at Rentschler Field on 9/23/17. UConn also announced it has scheduled a game with Maine of the FCS for 9/3/16. Finally, the Huskies announced that the second game of the UMass series will be played on 9/2/17; the first is to be played at Gillette Stadium on 9/10/16.

The Missouri series is obviously the highlight of the announcements. The Tigers are in their third year in the SEC after moving from the Big 12. Last year they won the SEC’s Eastern Division before losing to Auburn in the SEC Championship game. They finished last year ranked fifth in both the AP and USA Today polls. This year they are off to a 3-0 start and are ranked 18th in the AP Poll and 19th in the USA Today poll.

Maine finished first last year in the FCS’s Colonial Athletic Association. This year they were ranked 22nd in the FCS Preseason Coaches Poll but have dropped to 28th following a loss to Bryant last week.

UMass was an FCS team and in Maine’s conference through the end of the 2011 season. UMass moved to the FBS starting in 2012 and joined the Mid-American Conference. However, they have announced that following this season they will leave the MAC. It is unclear whether the Minutemen plan on joining another conference or becoming an independent.

Here is what UConn’s future non-conference schedule looks like:

2015: Villanova (FCS), Army, @Missouri, @BYU

2016: Maine (FCS), @UMass (Rentschler Field), Virginia

2017: UMass, Holy Cross (FCS), @Virginia, Missouri

2018: @Boise State

2019: Illinois, @Indiana

2020: @Illinois, Indiana

TBD: a home-and-home series with Tennessee

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