The UConn Huskies football team moved back to .500 with a 34-20 win over the Temple Owls on Saturday afternoon.

One week after suffering a difficult 42-41 overtime loss against the Syracuse Orange, the Huskies came back to win in a tough environment in Philadelphia, Pa.

The Huskies are now 3-3 while the Owls are 2-4.

Here's what you need to know from the performance.

UConn ran the ball 39 times in this game for a whopping 248 yards, an efficient 6.4 yards per carry. Cyncir Bowers had the most carries (18), gaining 84 yards, and Trey Cornist registered 114 yards on just seven carries.

Kenji Christian had only one carry, but he made it count. It was a 39-yard touchdown run. All three players had touchdowns on the ground and quarterback Kalieb Osborne added a TD run as well.

Osborne went 17-of-23 for 257 yards through the air, and he connected with nine different receivers. Nobody had more than three catches, with Ryder Treadway (3 catches, 63 yards) leading the way.

Temple gained 435 yards, which is something that head coach Jason Candle probably doesn't love, but his team recovered two fumbles while not committing any turnovers themselves.

UConn had four sacks as well and put solid pressure on Temple in the second half.

UConn led 24-17 at the half, but then only allowed three points in the second half. Both teams piled up the yards in the first half, with UConn recording its second most yards in a first half since 2004.

The Huskies defense made life very difficult for Temple quarterback Ajani Sheppard in the second half, as it was in the backfield constantly.

UConn entered the game as one of the most heavily penalized teams in the nation, and while eight penalties for 65 yards isn't particularly good either, it is a mild improvement.

UConn had 44 penalties in five games entering this one, an average of just about nine per game. They were averaging 81.8 penalty yards per game entering play, so these numbers are improvements.

If the Huskies can reign in the penalty issues, they'll give themselves a chance to finish games off earlier, and easier. 

The Huskies will take this momentum into the bye week next week before getting back on the field on Oct. 23 vs. UMass. The Minutemen are one of the biggest surprises in the country and are currently 4-2.

However, they have lost two straight games and fell 20-19 against Miami (Ohio) on Saturday. Remember, the Redhawks beat UConn earlier this season too.