Watch Massachusetts vs. Connecticut: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Football game

How to watch Massachusetts vs. Connecticut football game

By Scout Staff

Oct 9, 2021 at 8:40 am ET • 2 min read

Who's Playing

Connecticut @ Massachusetts

Current Records: Connecticut 0-6; Massachusetts 0-5

What to Know

The Massachusetts Minutemen need to shore up a defense that is allowing 47.2 points per game before their contest Saturday. The Minutemen and the Connecticut Huskies will face off in an FBS Independents battle at 3:30 p.m. ET at Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

UMass was pulverized by the Toledo Rockets 45-7 last week. UMass was in a tough position by the half, with the score already sitting at 31 to nothing. One thing holding UMass back was the mediocre play of RB Kay'Ron Adams, who did not have his best game: he rushed for 23 yards on 12 carries.

Since the offense as a whole struggled to get points on the board, UMass' defense had to pick up the slack, as it got past Toledo's offensive line to sack the quarterback four times for a total loss of 13 yards. Leading the way was DL Josh Atwood and his two sacks. Those were the first sacks for Atwood through five games.

Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but UConn had to settle for a 30-28 defeat against the Vanderbilt Commodores last week. Connecticut's loss came about despite a quality game from QB Steven Krajewski, who passed for two TDs and 265 yards on 34 attempts in addition to rushing for one TD and 42 yards.

Special teams collected ten points for the Huskies. K Joe McFadden delivered a perfect 3-for-3 game.

The Minutemen are expected to lose this next one by 3. Those betting on them against the spread shouldn't have high expectations for them since the squad is 1-3 ATS when expected to lose.

UMass found themselves the reluctant recipients of an unfortunate 56-35 punch to the gut against UConn when the teams previously met two seasons ago. Can UMass avenge their defeat, or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll soon find out.