University of Connecticut Athletics
Spring Football Practice to Begin on March 30
3/23/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
STORRS, CONNECTICUT (March 23, 2001) -- University of Connecticut head football coach Randy Edsall has announced that the start of spring practice will commence on Friday, March 30.
"We want to give our practice fields a few extra days to dry out from the recent heavy rains and snow melt," said Edsall. "We were originally scheduled to begin spring drills on Monday (Mar. 26) but we’re going to delay our start until Friday afternoon (Mar. 30). We’ll probably go four consecutive days (Mar. 30-April 2) and then space out our remaining practice days over a three-week span."
College football programs are allowed 15 days of spring practice that must be completed within a 29-day period.
Edsall indicated that the annual UConn Football Blue-White Spring Scrimmage is still scheduled for Saturday, April 21.
UConn will be in its second season as a Division I-A football-playing institution in the fall of 2001. The Huskies will open the 2001 season on the road (September 1) at future BIG EAST Football Conference rival Virginia Tech.
The entire 2001 UConn Football schedule includes:
September 1, at Virginia Tech
September 8, Eastern Washington in Storrs
September 15, at Temple
September 22, Buffalo in Storrs
September 29, at Rutgers
October 6, Eastern Michigan in Storrs
October 13, at South Florida
October 27, Ball State in Storrs
November 3, at Cincinnati
November 10, Utah State in Storrs
November 17, at Middle Tennessee
