University of Delaware Athletics
Series with UConn Completes Football’s 2025 Nonconference Slate
2/15/2024 11:00:00 AM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware football team has announced a home-and-home series against UConn that will complete the nonconference portion of the 2025 schedule, UD's first season at the FBS level. The Blue Hens will host the Huskies in 2025 and will make the return trip to Connecticut in 2027.
UConn will be the first FBS program to visit Delaware Stadium when they come to Newark on September 13, 2025. It is the fourth and final nonconference game on the 2025 slate for the Blue Hens who will be playing their first season as a full member of Conference USA. The matchup against the Huskies joins a nonconference home game against Delaware State (Aug. 28) and road contests at Colorado (Sep. 6) and Wake Forest (Sep. 27). The eight-game CUSA schedule will be announced at a later date.
The Blue Hens will travel to UConn for the 2027 season finale to close out the series. The matchup will take place on November 27, 2027, at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut.
The two programs have met 27 times previously on the gridiron, with Delaware having won the past five matchups and holding a 20-7 series advantage including a 12-2 mark at Delaware Stadium. The last meeting took place back during the 1998 season when the then-No. 15 Blue Hens defeated then-No. 5 UConn 59-17 in Storrs, Connecticut behind a program record 732 yards of total offense. Quarterback Matt Nagy set UD records with 358 passing yards in the first half and 556 yards for the game. He remains the only Blue Hen to have surpassed 500 passing yards in a single game. Eddie Conti caught 15 passes for a Delaware-record 354 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown reception from Nagy, and finished with 401 all-purpose yards which tied his own record from earlier that season.
UConn went 3-9 during the 2023 season, its second under head coach Jim Mora, and finished the season with consecutive wins over Sacred Heart and UMass. The Huskies are just one year removed from qualifying for a bowl game as they played in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl in Mora's first season.
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The 2024 season schedule has been announced and season tickets memberships are on sale now. Renewing members must be renewed by February 29 to guarantee the same seating and parking locations as 2023. All fans who renew or purchase tickets by this date will have the option to use the virtual venue to upgrade, add or select new seats and/or parking spaces for the upcoming season.
With an additional home game in 2024, the ticket price per game for every season ticket in the stadium decreased from last season. Due to the additional home game, the total season ticket price increased slightly from 2023. Season ticket members save up to $27 per game over individual game tickets. Furthermore, season ticket prices will not increase for renewing season ticket members for the inaugural season of FBS in 2025.
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