EAST HARTFORD – Facing a 4th-and-5 with two and a half minutes left and the game on the line, UConn quarterback Joe Fagnano fired a dart into the hands of his tight end, Juice Vereen, to convert. He threw another on the very next play, 19 yards to Skyler Bell in the end zone, and dove for the two-point conversion to put the Huskies up by three with two minutes left.

With a crowd of 38,106 willing the defense to end the game, star linebacker Bryun Parham chased down Duke quarterback Darian Mensah for a strip sack with 20 seconds remaining that then sealed the 37-34 victory.

Fagnano came back out for the final kneel-down and fans flooded onto the field to celebrate the program’s biggest win under coach Jim Mora.

It is the first time UConn, now 7-3, has beaten multiple power-conference opp

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