Provo, Utah — Tanner Mangum was 35 of 53 for 365 yards and connected with Mitch Mathews for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to help BYU beat UConn 30-13 on Friday night.

It was the third straight loss for the Huskies.

"(It's a) tough loss," UConn head coach Bob Diaco said. "Everybody is hurting, but we're going to move forward. We're going to get better and learn from our mistakes and improve, finish, and execute. We're going to close out games that are winnable."

UConn hung with the Cougars through three quarters thanks to its defense. It had been significantly outgained offensively when Bobby Puyol's 37-yard field goal gave ita 10-7 lead with seven minutes, 11 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Cougars' Trevor Samson kicked a 27-yard field goal to tie the game at 10 with over three minutes left in the third quarter.

BYU (3-2) outscored the Huskies in the fourth quarter, 20-3.

The Cougars had three turnovers, but had a 539-to-230 edge in total offense. They also had the ball for over 35 minutes.

"It was tough for the defense to be on the field that long," Diaco said. "Anytime it's tilted like that it's hard. We need to make stops and get off the field better. The offense is going to take a little bit more time. BYU is a strong defense. You have to give credit to them. They played well. They're a good team."

BYU led 13-10 when Bronson Kaufusi intercepted Bryant Shirreffs' pass under pressure. On the Cougars' next play, Mangum found Mathews for a 20-10 lead. UConn answered with a field goal, but BYU recovered the onside kick and, six plays later, Mathews scored again.

"We put in so much time and effort into it and to not be successful and not come out victorious, it hurts," Huskies' cornerback Jhavon Williams said.

Mathews finished with eight catches for 78 yards for BYU. Terenn Houk added 129 receiving yards and Mitchell Juergens had 10 catches.

Francis Bernard powered in a short touchdown run on the first possession of the game. UConn tied it late in the first half on Shirreffs' play-action pass to Arkeel Newsome for 30 yards.

Shirreffs completed 14 of 28 passes for 168 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions for UConn. Newsome ran 13 times for 68 yards and added four catches for 63 yards.