2002 Connecticut Huskies football team marked the school 's first as a full-time member of the Football Bowl Subdivision . The team was not part of a conference , and played as an Independent . It also marked the team 's last season at its on-campus football stadium , Memorial Stadium . Despite a slow start , the Huskies finished with a record of 6 &ndash; 6 , the first time in its short FBS history that it did not compile a sub-.500 record . Although not selected , it also marked the first time that the school was eligible for a bowl game.The Huskies were led by consensus Freshman All-American , Terry Caulley , who led all freshman in rushing with 1,247 yards . Despite sitting out two games with injuries , Caulley 's rushing total was only fifteen yards short of the team 's single season record . The turning point in the season came after a hard-fought loss at Vanderbilt . Led by Caulley and sophomore quarterback Dan Orlovsky , the Huskies tore through the remainder of the schedule by defeating the opponents by a combined 199 &ndash; 55 . The winning streak began with the final two games played at Memorial Stadium . They closed the stadium with their two highest point totals in the stadium 's history ( 61 against Florida Atlantic , and 63 against Kent State . ) They finished the season with their first ever victory over a bowl-bound opponent by defeating Iowa State 37 &ndash; 20 in Ames , IA
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NCAA Division I FBS independent schools
2002 Connecticut Huskies football team