University of Connecticut Athletics
Football Releases 2017 Slate
2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
STORRS, Conn. -- The University of Connecticut announced its 2017 football schedule Thursday, a challenging 12-game slate that features six games at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford and one at Fenway Park in Boston.
UConn Football season tickets will be on sale Monday, February 13 at uconn.football.
UConn will host Memphis on Friday, October 6 on ESPN, the only broadcast information available at this time. Television networks for the complete schedule will be released at a later date. Times for the first three games of the season should be available in June, with the remaining times to fall into the 12-day or 6-day selection process.
The Huskies, under head coach Randy Edsall, kick off the season on Thursday, August 31 with a home game against Holy Cross. UConn will also host USF, Memphis, Tulsa, Missouri and ECU at Pratt & Whitney Stadium. UConn will also host Boston College on November 18 at Fenway Park in Boston.
UConn will hit the road for the first time on September 16 for a non-conference match-up at Virginia. The Huskies also face road challenges at SMU, Temple, UCF and Cincinnati.
| 2017 UConn Football Schedule | |||
| August | |||
| Thursday | 31 | Holy Cross | Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Conn. |
| September | |||
| Saturday | 9 | USF * | Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Conn. |
| Saturday | 16 | at Virginia | Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Va. |
| Saturday | 30 | at SMU * | Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas |
| October | |||
| Friday | 6 | Memphis * (ESPN) | Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Conn. |
| Saturday | 14 | at Temple * | Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Saturday | 21 | Tulsa * | Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Conn. |
| Saturday | 28 | Missouri | Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Conn. |
| November | |||
| Saturday | 4 | ECU * | Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Conn. |
| Saturday | 11 | at UCF * | BH Networks Stadium, Orlando, Fla. |
| Saturday | 18 | Boston College | Fenway Park, Boston, Mass. |
| Saturday | 25 | at Cincinnati * | Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| December | |||
| Saturday | 2 | American Football Championship (ABC/ESPN) | |
*-American Athletic Conference Opponent
