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This would-be automatic win for UConn football team might not be so automatic after all

Remember that automatic “W” you circled on the challenging UConn football schedule when it came out? That Friday nighter on Oct. You may want to circle that in pencil. That’s because the Minutemen opened their season on Thursday night with a stunningly dominant 37-21 win at Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. So much for the Big Ten’s Scarlet Knights scheduling a patsy to open the season.

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Scoop News DeskUConn · Published Friday, September 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM UTCUpdated Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM UTC

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Harasymiak had a handful of family and friends at SHI Stadium to witness the biggest win the Minutemen recorded since joining the FBS in 2012. “I think probably the most special part about it is, my mom, my dad are here (Piscataway), and my two brothers,” said Harasymiak. “I just face-timed my wife and my kids, they’re at home. He grew up in Waldwick, New Jersey, about 40 miles from the Rutgers campus.

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