University of Connecticut Athletics
YES Network to Broadcast UConn-Akron Football
8/21/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
August 21, 2003
STORRS, CT - The University of Connecticut and the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) have reached an agreement to broadcast live the UConn-Akron football game on October 25, at Rentschler Field, in East Hartford on the YES Network at 12:00 p.m.
This brings the total of live broadcasts for the 2003 UConn football season to seven. WFSB TV-3, Hartford’s CBS affiliate, will carry games against Indiana (Aug. 30), Boston College (Sept. 6), Kent State (Oct. 18), Rutgers (Nov. 8) and Wake Forest (Nov. 15). Also, the Huskies’ game at Virginia Tech (Sept. 27) will be broadcast throughout the northeast as the BIG EAST Game of the Week and air locally on WTXX TV-20.
The YES Network also broadcast a pair of UConn games during the 2002 season, airing the Georgia Tech (Sept. 7) and Buffalo (Sept. 14) contests live.
