Highlights
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EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODELKICKOFF: CONN 61% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 10 PTS
Scoring plays
13 SCORES
Kevin Mensah 17 Yd Run (Clayton Harris Kick)
7-0
Bilal Ally 1 Yd Run (Cooper Garcia Kick)
7-7
Kevin Mensah 2 Yd Run (Clayton Harris Kick)
14-7
Jermaine Johnson Jr. 40 Yd pass from Andrew Brito (Cooper Garcia Kick)
14-14
Art Thompkins 25 Yd Run (Clayton Harris Kick)
21-14
Kevin Mensah 5 Yd Run (Clayton Harris Kick)
28-14
Cameron Ross 57 Yd pass from Jack Zergiotis (Clayton Harris Kick)
35-14
Samuel Emilus 14 Yd pass from Andrew Brito (Cooper Garcia Kick)
35-21
Bilal Ally 1 Yd Run (Cooper Garcia Kick)
35-28
Jay Rose 15 Yd pass from Quayvon Skanes (Clayton Harris Kick)
42-28
Kevin Mensah 14 Yd Run (Clayton Harris Kick)
49-28
Kevin Mensah 3 Yd Run (Clayton Harris Kick)
56-28
Gilberto Torres 19 Yd Run (Cooper Garcia Kick)
56-35
What happened
ESPN RECAPUConn rides Mensah's 5 TDs to 56-35 win over UMass
AMHERST, Mass. -- Kevin Mensah ran for 164 yards and a career-high five touchdowns and Connecticut breezed to a 56-35 victory over Massachusetts on Saturday. Mensah sandwiched scoring runs of 17 and 2 yards around a 1-yard TD plunge by UMass' Bilal Ally to give the Huskies (2-6) a 14-7 lead after one quarter. The Minutemen (1-7) pulled even 7 seconds into the second quarter on Andrew Brito 's 40-yard scoring strike to Jermaine Johnson Jr., but UConn scored three touchdowns over a 7:26 span -- Art Thompkins ' 25-yard run, Mensah's 5-yard run and Jack Zergiotis ' 57-yard scoring strike to Cameron Ross -- to go up 35-14 with 5:41 left. Brito hit Samuel Emilus for a 14-yard score with 64 seconds remaining to pull within 35-21 at halftime.
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Team stats
CONN · MASSWARREN MCGUIRK ALUMNI STADIUM, AMHERST · ATTENDANCE 12,234
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