UConn’s season-opening loss came with an incredibly embarrassing play

The game film might be a little painful to watch — literally.

UConn’s season-opening 24-14 loss to NC State in East Hartford on Thursday came with the most embarrassing play of the very young college football season.

Quarterback Joe Fagnano’s attempt at a shovel pass in the third quarter caused James Burns, the Huskies’ receiver in motion, to collide with running back Brian Brewton.

Luckily for Jim Mora’s UConn squad, the play resulted in an incomplete pass and not a turnover.

Not so lucky for the Huskies was a 24-14 loss to the Wolfpack plagued by their offensive inconsistency.

Fagnano finished the night connecting on 14 of his 26 pass attempts for 113 yards with an interception, adding 18 yards on the ground.

UConn’s Victor Rosa was responsible for both of the team’s scores, racking up 99 yards on nine rushes — including a 71-yard run.

Still, the outcome left a foul taste for the 0-1 Huskies.

“I can sit here and say that it’s encouraging that we were with them and we played with them, an ACC opponent, but the standard is we win those games. I think we proved that we can win those games, but just disappointed in the outcome,” Fagnano said, according to the Hartford Courant.

“I mean 14 points just, it’s not gonna win games. And that starts on offense with me. We’ve got to score more points, it’s that simple. The defense played their tails off today, a lot of big stops, fourth down stops. We had some shots to take on offense and we just gotta connect.

“I think we can (clean it up), that’s the bright side, I think that the things we need to fix are so little that I think we can just get in the film room and just fix them.”