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UConn becomes 1st FBS program to cancel football over virus

by AP Sports Writer
| August 5, 2020 7:06 AM

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — UConn canceled its 2020-2021 football season Wednesday, becoming the first FBS program to do so because of the coronavirus pandemic, after other schools had taken the Huskies off their schedules and the governor was reluctant to allow players to travel to states with high infection rates.

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