EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart football team closed out the 2023 regular season on Saturday afternoon at Rentschler Field as the Pioneers dropped a 31-3 decision to the UCONN Huskies. The Pioneers conclude the 2023 season with an overall record of 2-9 and a 2-5 mark in Northeast Conference (NEC) action. With the win, the Huskies ended a four-game losing streak and 2-9 on the season. 
 
Records:
Sacred Heart: 2-9, 2-5 NEC
UCONN: 2-9, 0-0
 
Top Performers:
Offense – 
Rob McCoy: 17-26, 146 passing yards, 9 carries, 31 rushing yards
Jalen Madison: 7 carries, 23 rushing yards
Aboraa Kwarteng: 5 receptions, 45 yards
 
Defense – 
Marques Mason: 12 tackles
DeAndre Byrd: 8 tackles, 0.5-1 TFL/Yds
Arsheen Jiles: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL/Yds
Tyreke Brown: 4 tackles, 2.5-14 TFL/Yds
 
Of Note:
The Huskies got off to a quick start scoring points on their first three possessions of the game. The hosts first score of the game came on a 50-yard field goal from Joe McFadden, before Ta'Quan Roberson found the hands of Cameron Ross for the 46-yard touchdown. An extra point attempt from Joe McFadden put the hosts up double-digits, 10-0, with 5:45 left in the first.
 
After forcing the Pioneers to punt on a fourth and eight, UCONN came right back down the field and scored following a 12-yard touchdown pass from Roberson to Justin Joly.
 
Sacred Heart's lone points came with 2:02 left in the second quarter as quarterback Rob McCoy put together a 12 play, 68-yard drive that culminated in a Sam Renzi 24-yard field goal. 
 
However, UCONN would strike once more before the end of the quarter as Roberson connected with Kylish Hicks from 14-yards out with 17 seconds on the clock. From there, McFadden would go on to tally the extra point attempt and extend the hosts' lead to 24-3 heading into halftime.

UCONN capped the scoring in the fourth quarter as Roberson threw his fourth touchdown of the day to Brett Buckman to bring the final score to 31-3.