Jim Mora Jr. can obviously coach football.
Mora took over a moribund UConn football program that had won more than three games in a season just once in the past nine years, and with a 36-33 win over #19 Liberty on Saturday, he has the Huskies bowl-eligible in Year 1.
A Zion Turner-to-Kevens Clercius 30-yard TD pass with 5:43 left gave the Huskies (6-5) the lead for good, and UConn stopped Liberty (8-2) on its final drive after forcing an incompletion on a fourth-down pass at midfield with 41 seconds left.
The Flames outgained UConn 474-318, but the Huskies got a defensive touchdown, a 31-yard fumble return by Jackson Mitchell that gave UConn an early 14-3 lead.
The final UConn score came on a short field after the Huskies’ defense got a stop on a fourth-down play at the Liberty 41.
Liberty quarterback Johnathan Bennett suffered his first loss as a starter for the Flames. Bennett completed 22-of-36 pass attempts for 201 yards and a touchdown.
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