UConn defeats Louisville for 3rd straight year

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	22
Total Yards	457	481
Passing	295	273
Rushing	162	208
Penalties	6-59	7-43
3rd Down Conversions	10-15	5-11
4th Down Conversions	2-2	1-1
Turnovers	4	1
Possession	32:56	27:04

Air/Ground Leaders
Louisville Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Froman 24/31 295 1 2	Connecticut Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Endres 14/21 273 1 1
Louisville Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Powell 29 87 2 20 Anderson 5 58 1 37	Connecticut Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Dixon 33 153 3 32 Todman 8 63 1 27
Louisville Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Long 5 58 0 19 Beaumont 4 58 0 24	Connecticut Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Easley 6 108 1 46 Moore 2 73 0 67

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				LOU	CONN
	TD	10:50	Andre Dixon 16 Yd Run (Dave Teggart Kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				LOU	CONN
	TD	07:47	Bilal Powell 1 Yd Run (Ryan Payne Kick)	7	7
	TD	04:53	Andre Dixon 1 Yd Run (Dave Teggart Kick)	7	14
	TD	01:09	Bilal Powell 3 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	13	14
THIRD QUARTER				LOU	CONN
	TD	11:22	Marcus Easley 16 Yd Pass From Cody Endres (Dave Teggart Kick)	13	21
	FG	03:48	Dave Teggart 30 Yd	13	24
	TD	00:50	Andre Dixon 1 Yd Run (Dave Teggart Kick)	13	31
FOURTH QUARTER				LOU	CONN
	TD	11:21	Victor Anderson 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	19	31
	TD	03:13	Jordan Todman 2 Yd Run (Dave Teggart Kick)	19	38
	TD	00:00	Blayne Donnell 4 Yd Pass From Adam Froman (Pat Failed)	25	38

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Andre Dixon ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns and Connecticut beat Louisville 34-25 on Saturday for the Huskies first Big East win of the season.

Cody Endres threw for 273 yards and a touchdown as UConn (4-2, 1-1) beat the Cardinals (2-4, 0-2) for the third consecutive season.

Marcus Easley had 108 receiving yards, including a 16-yard touchdown on a screen pass from Endres that helped UConn blow open a 14-13 game with 17 third-quarter points.

Louisville quarterback Adam Froman threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns, including a 4-yard scoring pass on the game's final play.

Louisville fumbled twice on third-quarter drives, once at the UConn 4-yard line with the Huskies leading 21-13. It was the Cardinals ninth loss in their last 10 games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents.

Dixon gave UConn an early 7-0 lead when he juked past linebacker Preston Pace to score on a 16-yard run. That capped a 61-yard drive set up when Greg Lloyd Jr. tipped a pass, and Blidi Wreh-Wilson made the interception.

The Cardinals ate up over 9 minutes of the first half on a 19-play drive that tied the score 7-7 after a 1-yard plunge by Bilal Powell.

UConn needed just under 3 minutes to make it 14-7. Kashif Moore made a 66-yard catch and run to set up the score, breaking tackles down the UConn sideline to the 12-yard line. After a fourth-down conversion, Dixon took it into the end zone from a yard out.

UConn's final drive of the half ended when Endres through his first interception of the season, a pass that was tipped before being picked by Bobby Burns.

Powell ran for 87 yards on 29 carries for Louisville. The Cardinals' top rusher, Victor Anderson, didn't get a carry until the third quarter. He finished with 58 yards and a 2-yard touchdown run that capped a 74-yard drive in the fourth quarter.

Steve Kragthorpe is now 13-17 since taking over for Bobby Petrino three years ago.