University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Stomps Buffalo 38-7
9/20/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
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AMHERST, N.Y. (Sept. 20) — University of Connecticut sophomore running back Terry Caulley rushed for a career-high 234 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead the Huskies past Buffalo by a 38-7 score on Saturday night at UB Stadium.
UConn improves to 3-1 on the season, its best start since the 1998 squad was also 3-1, while Buffalo falls to 0-4.
Caulley’s 234 yards is the seventh-best single-game rushing performance in school history while the four touchdowns is tied for third. It is UConn’s first 200-yard rushing effort since Tory Taylor ran for 256 against Boston University on Nov. 4, 1995. Husky junior quarterback Dan Orlovsky threw for 236 yards with one touchdown and was 15 of 23 in the air.
UConn’s 613 yards of total offense was just five shy of the school record of 618 yards set on Sept. 30, 1995 in a 39-20 win at Yale.
The stingy Connecticut defense limited Buffalo to just 241 yards on 66 plays and only 133 yards in the first half. UB quarterbacks were a combined 13-for-30 in the game for just 96 yards.
Caulley rushed for three touchdowns in the first half as he opened the scoring with a two-yard carry with 8:21 left in the first quarter. The nine play-82 yard drive featured five carries by Caulley for 47 yards.
A career-long 38-yard field goal by Matt Nuzie with 4:57 left completed the first quarter scoring.
Caulley completed a 13-play, 95-yard touchdown drive three minutes into the second quarter on a two-yard run to make it 17-0.
Buffalo scored its only points of the first half on a a five-yard run by Steven King that ended a four play-24 yard drive that was continued by a muffed punt return by UConn.
Orlovsky connected with Keron Henry on a 30-yard pass for Henry’s first touchdown reception with 5:30 left in the half while a three-yard run by Caulley with 58 seconds left go completed the first half scoring. Orlovsky has now thrown a touchdowns pass in 16 consecutive games.
Caulley’s final touchdown of the evening came in the third quarter on a 27-yard rush with 9:35 left to play. Following that drive, both he and Orlovsky sat for the rest of the contest.
The Huskies travel to Virginia Tech next week to take on the eighth-ranked Hokies at 12:00 p.m. That game will be seen on television throughout the East coast as the BIG EAST Conference Game of the Week and in the Hartford area on WTXX Channel 20.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM NOTES
* UConn’s 613 yards of total offense was just five shy of the school record of 618 yards set on Sept. 30, 1995 in a 39-20 win at Yale.
* UConn’s 3-1 start is its best since opening the 1998 season at 3-1.
* UConn’s 13-play 95-yard second quarter scoring drive was its longest since going 96 yards on nine plays for a fourth quarter touchdown (Orlovsky 53 yard pass to Jason Williams) during a 37-20 UConn win on Nov. 23, 2002 at
Iowa State. The 13 plays was the longest since a 13-play drive (capped by an 18-yard Orlovsky to Williams TD) on the opening possession of UConn’s 38-0 win at Navy on Nov. 16, 2002.
* UConn held its opponent scoreless in the first quarter for the eighth time in the last nine games. Since shutting out Vanderbilt in the opening stanza of the Oct. 26, 2002 game in Nashville, only Boston College (Sept. 13, 2003) has recorded first quarter points against the Huskies.
* UConn improves to 10-4 all-time against Buffalo and remains undefeated at UB Stadium. UConn has won six of the last seven meetings with the Bulls who will make their Rentschler Field debut in 2004.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
* With his 234 yards today, Terry Caulley set a career high and posted UConn’s first 200-yard rushing game since Tory Taylor ran for 256 against Boston University on Nov. 4, 1995. It is the seventh best single-game rushing performance in school history…Caulley’s four rushing touchdown runs eclipsed his career of three high set last year against Florida Atlantic (Nov. 2) and equaled against Kent State (Nov. 9). The four total touchdowns ties his career high set in that Kent State game where he tied an NCAA record by scoring all four in the second quarter…With his 234 rushing yards today, Terry Caulley passed four players into seventh place on the UConn career rushing chart. He now has 1,848 career rushing yards…He also moved into a tie with Arthur Williams (1925-27) for sixth place on the UConn career rushing TD chart with 22…Caulley had his 10th career 100-yard rushing effort in just his 14th career game played. The 10 career 100-yard rushing games tie him with Ed Long (1991-94) for second on the UConn career chart behind only Vin Clements’ 12 from the 1968-70 seasons.
* With his second quarter TD pass to Keron Henry, Dan Orlovsky has now thrown a TD pass in 16 consecutive games, five shy of Shane Stafford’s school record streak of 21 set from 1996-98…With his 236 passing yards today, Orlovsky passed Ken Sweitzer (1978-81) for third place on the UConn career passing yardage chart. Orlovsky has 4,979 career passing yards.
* Keron Henry made his first career TD reception. He has now, rushed, thrown and caught a TD in his Husky career. He joins Ken Sweitzer (1984-87) as the only Huskies ever to accomplish this feat.
* Matt Nuzie’s 38-yard field goal in the first quarter was a career long.
* Jermell Williams’ 33-yard pass to Brandon Young in the fourth quarter tied his career long completion set last Nov. 9 against Kent State with a pass to Keron Henry.
* Freshman Sam Dorvil made his first career carries while sophomore Brian Sparks saw his first career game action and made a catch.
