Cam Edwards cracks 1,000-yard mark, scores twice for UConn in 26-16 win over Air Force

Cam Edwards rushed for 165 yards, pushing him implicit 1,000 yards for the season, and UConn defeated Air Force 26-16

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Cam Edwards rushed for 165 yards, pushing him implicit 1,000 yards for the season, and UConn defeated Air Force 26-16 connected Saturday.

Edwards scored 2 touchdowns and finished the time with 1,031 yards.

The Huskies (8-3) scored a touchdown connected their archetypal possession of each half. They took a 6-0 pb successful the archetypal 4th connected a 10-yard tally by Joe Fagnano but a walk for the two-point conversion was incomplete. UConn added a 47-yard tract extremity by Chris Freeman successful the last infinitesimal of the 2nd 4th for a 9-7 pb astatine halftime.

UConn opened the 2nd fractional with a six-play, 79-yard thrust capped by Edwards' 8-yard touchdown run. Edwards opened the thrust with a 36-yard tally and Fagnano had a 31-yard completion to Shamar Porter.

Freeman added a 27-yard tract extremity aboriginal successful the 4th and a 5-yard tally by Edwards made it 26-10 with 5 1/2 minutes remaining.

Air Force's Dylan Carson picked up his 2nd rushing touchdown of the crippled connected a 2-yard tally to marque it 26-16 with 2 1/2 minutes near successful the game.

Owen Allen had 123 yards rushing for the Falcons (3-7), who had 291 yards connected the ground.

The Huskies wrapped up their location play astatine 6-0 and are 12-1 astatine location implicit the past 2 seasons.

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