UConn routs Lafayette 56-7
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We had UConn favored. It won.
Next: Lafayette beat Marist 13-9, Sat Sep 12
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave UConn a 70% chance, and the closing betting line (UConn was a 21.5-point favorite) put it at 96%.
UConn 56-7 Lafayette
UConn wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Lafayette 7-56 UConnLafayette lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (UConn -21.5), at 95% for UConn (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores.Every drive
UConn scored on 8 of its 14 drives; Lafayette on 1 of its 13.
UConn’s drives are teal, Lafayette’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
UConn 56, Lafayette 7
UConn covered −21.5 by 27.5. The total, 63, went over 51.5.
| Team totals | Lafayette | UConn |
|---|---|---|
| Total yards | 209 | 671 |
| Passing | 21 of 42, 145 yds | 25 of 33, 370 yds |
| Rushing | 30 for 64 yds | 40 for 301 yds |
| First downs | 19 | 29 |
| Third down | 6 of 18 | 6 of 12 |
| Fourth down | 0 of 1 | 2 of 3 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | 4 for 30 yds | 11 for 134 yds |
| Time of possession | 28:18 | 31:42 |
Lafayette leaders
- Passing Daniel Lipovski 16 of 33, 102 yds
- Rushing Malachi Gamble 6 for 28 yds; Koven Smith 7 for 19 yds
- Receiving Nick Bierman 4 for 30 yds; Matthew Scerbo 3 for 29 yds
UConn leaders
- Passing Kalieb Osborne 19 of 26, 265 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
- Rushing Kalieb Osborne 8 for 90 yds, 2 TD; Trey Cornist 6 for 76 yds, 1 TD
- Receiving Javon Brown 6 for 92 yds, 1 TD; Raymond Liggins III 2 for 58 yds, 1 TD
No rain and calm
75° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 10 mph from the north, mostly across the field, gusts to 21
September game-day temperatures at Pratt & Whitney Stadium
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at Hartford/brainard airport, 2.2 miles away, and Hartford/bradley airport, 13 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
Lafayette · 8-4
Rated 200th in our preseason ratings.
L 32-42 vs Lehigh #77 of 667
lost by 10 as a 10-point underdog
W 35-28 @ Richmond #198 of 667
won by 7 as a 3.5-point favorite
W 59-42 vs Colgate #214 of 667
won by 17 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 21-13 @ Holy Cross #211 of 667
won by 8 as a 3-point favorite
L 13-45 @ Oregon State #102 of 667
lost by 32 as a 21.5-point underdog
W 62-24 vs Bucknell #234 of 667
won by 38 as a 10-point favorite
W 24-10 vs Fordham #250 of 667
won by 14 as a 15.5-point favorite
L 28-38 vs Princeton #227 of 667
lost by 10 as a 7-point favorite
W 38-14 vs Columbia #239 of 667
won by 24 as a 3.5-point favorite
W 42-37 @ Georgetown #231 of 667
won by 5 as a 1.5-point underdog
W 42-26 @ Stonehill #259 of 667
won by 16 as a 14-point favorite
L 7-26 @ Bowling Green #99 of 667
lost by 19 as a 21.5-point underdog
Last three games · 2025 season
UConn · 9-4
Rated 128th in our preseason ratings.
L 16-41 @ Army #75 of 667
lost by 25 as a 7.5-point underdog
W 48-45 @ Florida Atlantic #104 of 667
won by 3 as a 5.5-point favorite
W 26-16 vs Air Force #154 of 667
won by 10 as a 7.5-point favorite
W 37-34 vs Duke #54 of 667
won by 3 as a 7.5-point underdog
W 38-19 vs UAB #142 of 667
won by 19 as a 10.5-point favorite
L 34-37 @ Rice #146 of 667
lost by 3 as a 9.5-point favorite
W 38-23 @ Boston College #101 of 667
won by 15 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 51-10 vs Florida International #145 of 667
won by 41 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 20-17 @ Buffalo #106 of 667
won by 3 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 31-25 vs Ball State #161 of 667
won by 6 as a 20.5-point favorite
L 41-44 @ Delaware #124 of 667
lost by 3 as a 9.5-point favorite
L 20-27 @ Syracuse #57 of 667
lost by 7 as a 7.5-point underdog
W 59-13 vs Central Connecticut #214 of 667
won by 46 as a 29.5-point favorite
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on UConn’s chances here.
UConn favored by 21.5 · Total 51.5
How games like this usually go
UConn by 21.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The spread moved 2 points toward UConn.
The total fell 7 points.
Spread: −19.5 → −21.5 · Total: 58.5 → 51.5
The books’ cut: 3.8%, the margin built into the odds
Weather at kickoff
Warm and dry. Feels like 77° at kickoff.
Lafayette at UConn · Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford
- 77°feels like at kickoff
- Dryno rain at kickoff
- 93weather score, Comfortable
- Tiedfor the roughest of the day's 7 kickoff times
At kickoff, Sept. 5, 2026.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Kickoff times that Saturday
Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was tied for the roughest of the day's seven kickoff times. At Pratt & Whitney Stadium that day, a 7:45 pm kickoff would have scored 100, against 93 at noon.
The roughest kickoff time is the lowest of the day's times. It can still be Mixed or Comfortable.
- noon: 93, Comfortable (this game)
- 12:45 pm: 92, Comfortable
- 2 pm: 92, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
- 6 pm: 98, Comfortable
- 7 pm: 98, Comfortable
- 7:45 pm: 100, Ideal
Weather score at each kickoff time.
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At kickoff, Sept. 5, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.
Home field
UConn is worth +4.8 points (±5.1) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 62nd percentile.
38% at home, 25% on the road against FBS opponents (14-23 home, 11-33 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +3.9 at home vs. away over 89 games — inside the ±6.1 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 153 miles to get here.