Throughout the 2025 season, UConn coaches and fans came to expect consistency. They knew just what quarterback Joe Fagnano and his two biggest on-field weapons, receiver Skyler Bell and running back Cam Edwards, could do.

Entering the Fenway Bowl against Army on Saturday in Boston, fans didn’t even know who would start at quarterback with Fagnano deciding to opt out. And they certainly didn’t know what to expect.

It didn’t take long to figure it out.

Ksaan Farrar, a UConn freshman from Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Va., started the game at QB with a three-and-out en route to a 41-16 win for Army (7-6).

The defeat deprived the Huskies of their first 10-win season in program history as a BCS-level team. They entered with back-to-back 9-3 seasons under former coach Jim Mora, who expected the same position at Colorado State.

Fagnano ran the Huskies’ offense with precision this season as a seventh-year starter. Farrar, however, had appeared in just one game – as a runner – and finished the game 11-of-17 passing for 84 yards.

The standard that Fagnano set on the season is impossible for any untested quarterback to live up to, starting with an average of 287.3 passing yards. Fagnano also threw for 3,448 yards and 28 touchdowns against one interception in 2025.

It was reported earlier this week that Edwards, a Connecticut native, would enter the transfer portal when it opens Jan. 2. In what could be his final game with the Huskies, Edwards finished with 108 yards on 11 carries with a 34-yard-run and a touchdown.

It was Edwards who ignited the UConn offense, running 12 yards to score the first points of the game. He just didn’t get enough help from his teammates.

Army came back to score two consecutive touchdowns – one of 75 yards and the other of 90 – and UConn answered with a 49-yard field goal to send the Huskies to a 14-10 halftime deficit.

In the second half, Army put the game out of reach with four touchdowns – all on the ground.

Army quarterback Cale Hellums, however, was named player of the game. He was just 7-of-8 passing for 108 yards and a touchdown but also ran for 45 yards and two touchdowns.

He engineered an offense that gained 476 total yards, including 368 on the ground. The Black Knights were led by Godspower Nwawuihe, who gained 171 rushing yards and scored twice.

With the season now over, new head coach Jason Candle takes over the full program and undoubtedly will wish interim coach Gordon Sammis well as he departs for TCU.

Candle also will need to continue filling out his coaching staff and checking the portal to try to restock his roster.

Edwards, while planning to see what happens in the portal, said he has not ruled out a UConn return. But in case he winds up elsewhere, he wanted this final game.

“I told the guys, ever since I entered the (transfer) portal, I told the guys, ‘I’m going to play this game.’ I felt it was right for me to go out and play one last game with my brothers,” Edwards said. “That was my ‘why,’ why I wanted to play for my guys and for UConn football.”

Drawing criticism on social media was All-American wide receiver Skyler Bell, who was blasted for encouraging others to play and said he planned to, also, But his game time was short.

His game time was brief, He was out of the game for good by the second series of the first quarter.

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