The Huskies (8-4) wrested control of the game in the second half and beat UMass, 47-42, before 10,365 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium on Saturday to pad their bowl resume with their eighth win, the most by the football program since the Big East championship and Fiesta Bowl year of 2010.

UConn football wraps up its best regular season since 2010 when it travels to Amherst to take on UMass Saturday at McGuirk Alumni Stadium

The Minutemen fired Don Brown prior to last week’s game against Georgia. After Brown’s dismissal, the Minutemen immediately began a search for a new head coach for the program.