The Huskies started off about as poorly as possible, but stormed back to take a lead in the second half. Unfortunately, they couldn’t hold on for the win.
It was a tale of two Huskies at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday. The opening half saw them flounder for 27 minutes before turning the tide. They fell behind quickly, and remarkably made it back but a few poorly-timed mistakes cost them the game at the end.
Two 40+ yard passing plays helped Navy mount two scoring drives which were relatively quick by their standards. The touchdown drives of 4:57 in the first quarter and 4:51 early in the second quarter, separated by some textbook UConn offensive incompetence, helped the Midshipmen jump out to a 14-0 lead.