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Football Overwhelms Texas Southern, Downs Tigers 62-3
9/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 11, 2010
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (September 11, 2010) -- Junior tailback Jordan Todman (North Dartmouth, Mass.) rushed for 151 yards and three touchdowns as the University of Connecticut won their 2010 home opener, 62-3 over Texas Southern before a crowd of 37,359 at Rentschler Field.
The Huskies leveled their record on the season at 1-1, while the Tigers drop to 0-2. The victory was the 67th win in head coach Randy Edsall's career at UConn making him the school all-time winningest coach. Edsall, in his 12th year at UConn, passed the mark of J.O. Christan, who had 66 from 1934-49.
Todman did all of his damage in the game's first 27 minutes as the Huskies thoroughly dominated the contest. He narrowly missed topping his career-best rushing total of 162 yards and his 21 career rushing touchdowns tie him for 10th all-time at Connecticut with Jeff Gallaher. Also topping the 100-yard rushing mark in the contest was redshirt junior tailback Robbie Frey (Lehighton, Pa.), who registered a career-best 101-yards, including a 63-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Frey finished with two touchdowns among his 12 carries, as the Huskies had teammates top the 100-yard rushing mark for the first time since the Notre Dame last season. The Huskies out-gained the Tigers on the ground, 307-18.
Connecticut's offense was not one-dimensional as redshirt senior quarterback Zach Frazer (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) had a solid outing as well. He completed six of nine passes, for 104 yards and two touchdowns. The scoring passes went to junior wide receiver Michael Smith (Houston, Texas), who snagged his first career touchdown midway through the first quarter, and to redshirt junior Kashif Moore (Burlington, N.J.), who scored on a 24-yard pass late in the first period.
The Huskies led 24-0 at the end of the first 15 minutes and took a 45-0 lead into the locker room at intermission. The Connecticut defense was so dominant that Tigers did not register a first down until the 6:54 mark of the second quarter.
Texas Southern was only able to generate eight first downs on the contest, and was out-gained 444-169 in the contest. Redshirt senior linebacker Lawrence Wilson (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), an All-America candidate, led the Huskies with seven tackles, while redshirt sophomore linebacker Sio Moore (Apex, N.C.), had a huge game, registering six tackles, a sack and a total of two tackles for loss.
The Husky defense also forced four turnovers with interceptions by senior linebacker Greg Lloyd (Clermont, Fla.), freshman cornerback Taylor Mack (Powder Springs, Ga.) and redshirt sophomore linebacker Jory Johnson (Mobile, Ala.). Junior defensive back Kijuan Dabney (Houston, Texas) recovered a fumble.
Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall was able to substitute freely and the scoring was capped by an 11-yard touchdown run by redshirt junior tailback Meme Wylie (Washington, Ga.), the first score of his career.
The Huskies will now travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to play Temple next Saturday (September 18) in their final road non-conference game of the season. Kickoff is set for 12:00 p.m. and the game will be televised by SNY.
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