CONNECTICUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ⏩ Justin Moffat, Coast

Guard: Set single game team record with 256 receiving yards in 33-8 win over Maine Maritime. Moffat had 13 receptions including touchdown catches of 56 and 58 yards.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ⏩ DJ Exilhomme, Central

Connecticut: Returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown for the Blue Devils’ fourth defensive touchdown this season and added five tackles and two pass breakups to help CCSU hold Bryant to 75 yards of total offense in the second half. SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK ⏩ AJ Repollet, New Haven:

Freshman linebacker blocked two punts, one recovered by Josiah Shumaker for a touchdown and the other one for a safety in 23-20 win over rival Southern Connecticut. HOMETOWN FOCUS ⏩ AJ Dillon, Boston College:

Junior running back from New London ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns in 45-24 win over North Carolina State. It was his third career 200-yard rushing game. With 3,665 rushing yards he needs 75 more to break Andre Williams’ career rushing record at BC.

BY THE NUMBERS

1: Connecticut teams still undefeated as WestConn is 6-0 after dominating win over Westfield St.

2: Touchdown receptions of at least 30 yards by Kyren Petteway, first Central Connecticut player to accomplish that in same game since Nick Bacarella in 2011.

3: Consecutive 100-yard rushing games for Trinity’s Tijani Harris who had 158 yards and three touchdowns in win over Colby.

4: Career games with at least 10 tackles for UConn’s Omar Fortt who led the Huskies with 11 tackles in 24-17 loss to Houston.

8: Yards per rushing attempt in Central Connecticut’s win over Bryant.

8: Plays for no yards or negative yardage by Richmond after taking 27-7 lead as Bulldogs rallied for 28-27 victory.

10: Consecutive games against FBS competition that UConn has failed to hold a lead in the second half. Last FBS game when the Huskies led after halftime was against UMass, their next opponent, when the teams met in 2018.

18: Tackles for Wesleyan’s Will Kearney in loss to Middlebury matching his total in first three games of the season.

41: Career touchdown passes for Yale’s Kurt Rawlings tying him with Alvin Cowan for the program record. Rawlings had four touchdown passes including two in the final 1:23 as Bulldogs rallied from 20-point deficit in second half for 28-27 win.

389: Yards of total offense by Central Connecticut’s Aaron Winchester who passed for 228 yards, ran for 161 in win over Bryant.

4145: Career passing yards for Coast Guard’s Ryan Jones, 353 coming against Maine Maritime on Saturday.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

LIU (0-6) at Central Connecticut (6-1), noon; Penn (2-3) at Yale (4-1), noon; Sacred Heart (3-4) at Saint Francis (4-3), noon; Western Connecticut (6-0) at Framingham St. (4-2), noon; Southern Connecticut (2-5) at Saint Anselm (2-5), 1 p.m.; Wesleyan (5-1) at Amherst (4-2), 1 p.m.; MIT (3-2) at Coast Guard (5-2), 1:30 p.m.; Williams (5-1) at Trinity (4-2), 1:30 p.m.; UConn (1-6) at UMass (1-6), 3:30 p.m.

— Jim Fuller