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UConn Band To Play At Patriots Game Sunday
The University of Connecticut marching will be making a trip to Foxboro for a halftime performance at Sunday's Patriots-Houston Texans game.
STORRS, CT — The University of Connecticut marching will be making a trip to Foxboro for a halftime performance at Sunday's Patriots-Houston Texans game.
Kickoff us slated for 1 p.m and the band plans a mix of classic and current songs, a combination of the pregame and postgame shows the Husky band plays at UConn games.
The performance has been planned since July and represents the first time the UConn Marching Band will play an NFL game since a Buffalo Bills game in 1996.
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UConn has the largest collegiate marching band to play at halftime at Gillette in recent history. UMass and Boston College have played in the past few years, and UConn is the most recent to receive an invite. The band was recently invited to play at the closing banquet of the Heisman Trophy ceremony and the program has also applied for the 2026 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
See more on the UConn Today site.
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