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Wasabi Fenway Bowl History

2022 – Louisville 24 - Cincinnati 7

2023 – Boston College 23 - No. 17 SMU 14

Game Offensive MVP

2022 - Jawhar Jordan, RB - Louisville

2023 - Thomas Castellanos, QB -Boston College

Game Defensive MVP

2022 - Monty Montgomery, LB - Louisville

2023 - Kam Arnold, LB - Boston College

Setting the Scene... The UConn Huskies close out the 2024 season playing in their second bowl game in the last three seasons under head coach Jim Mora.  The Huskies will face the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2024 Wasabi Fenway Bowl in Boston. Kick-off is scheduled for 11:am on ESPN and the ESPN app.

Saturday's bowl match-up is the fourth ever meeting between the Huskies and Tar Heels and the first since the 2009 season. UNC is 3-0 in the all-time series. This will mark UConn's fifth match-up against a Power Four conference this season and fourth against a team from the ACC.

The Huskies earned their eighth win of the season thanks to a 47-42 win at New England rival UMass to close out the regular season.  It marks the program's 10th eight win season and first since 2010, which also marks the last winning season for the program. If the Huskies can grab win number nine, it will be just the third time in program history a UConn team has won nine games, the last two coming in 2007 and 2003. The Huskies have won 10 games just once, during the 1998 campaign.

Last Meeting vs. UNC...

Sept. 12, 2009 -- UNC 12 - UConn 10 - East Hartford, CT

North Carolina scored a safety on a holding penalty by UConn in its own end zone with just 1:32 remaining to give the 19th-ranked Tar Heels a come-from-behind, 12-10 victory over the Huskies in Connecticut's home opener before 38, 087 at Rentschler Field. UConn took a 10-0 lead with 55 seconds left in the third quarter as sophomore back Jordan Todman plowed in for six from four yards out. UNC found their offense in the fourth quarter after rushing for -2 yards through three quarters. Quarterback TJ Yates led the Heels inside the UConn 10 before the drive stalled and UNC had to settle for a 22-yard field goal by Casey Barth. After a three-and-out by the Huskies, Yates and reserve running back Ryan Houston teamed to lead North Carolina 76 yards in 13 plays, capped with a Yates to Zack Pianalto two-yard touchdown pass with 2:36 to play to knot the score at 10-10. The Huskies took over after the kickoff, and after a mishandled snap, faced third-and-22 from their own eight. QB Cody Endres faded back and completed a pass to Todman, however left tackle Dan Ryan was called for holding in the end zone, giving the Tar Heels the decisive safety. UConn had one more chance as Dave Teggart's  onside kick was recovered by the Huskies but their drive stalled with the UNC defense delivering the road win. Todman led the Huskies with 66 yards on the ground on 18 carries. The Huskies defense was solid for most of the contest, recording six sacks and a total of nine tackles for loss. Lindsey Witten had four sacks, while Lawrence Wilson led the Huskies with 11 tackles.

Scouting the Tar Heels...

The Tar Heels finished the 2024 regular season 6-6 and qualified for a bowl game for the sixth consecutive season, which is the second-longest streak in Carolina football history. Star RB Omarion Hampton became a two-time Doak Walker Award finalist and finished the season second nationally in rushing with 1,660 yards, while OL Willie Lampkin was tabbed the Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner, which goes to the ACC's Most Outstanding Blocker. Carolina's explosive offense averaged 32.3 points per game during the regular season and racked up 432.4 yards per game. Defensively, the Tar Heels finished eighth nationally in sacks with 39.

UConn vs. the ACC...

The Huskies are 7-28 all-time against the ACC.  UConn went 0-3 this season against teams from the ACC, with a loss at Duke and Syracuse and a home loss to Wake Forest. UConn's last win against the ACC came over Boston College in the 2022 season. The Huskies are 0-1 against the league in post season bowl games, losing to Wake Forest in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl (24-10). UConn is 2-2 against Duke, 2-2 against Virginia and 1-3 against Wake Forrest.  The Huskies are 1-4 against Boston College since the Eagles joined the league in 2005 and 0-4 vs. Syracuse since the Orange jumped to the ACC in 2013.  UConn has also faced Clemson (0-1), Georgia Tech (0-3), North Carolina (0-3) and NC State (0-4). The Huskies were 1-3 against Maryland when the Terrapins were a member of the conference through 2014.  The Huskies have also faced Louisville, Miami, Pitt, SMU and Virginia Tech in their history but prior to those teams joining the ACC.  The Huskies have never faced Cal, Florida State or Stanford.