UCONN (5-6, 3-3 BE) vs. NR/#25 CINCINNATI (8-3, 3-2 BE) GAME 12 w Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 w 12:00 p.m. NIPPERT STADIUM (35,097)
ESPN w WTIC-UCONN RADIO NETWORK
UConn Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 9/3 FORDHAM (ESPN3) W, 35-3 9/10 at Vanderbilt (SNY) L, 24-21 9/16 IOWA STATE (ESPN2) L, 24-20 9/24 at Buffalo (SNY) W, 17-3 10/1 WESTERN MICHIGAN(SNY)L, 38-31 10/8 at West Virginia*(SNY) L, 43-16 10/15 USF* (SNY) W, 16-10 10/26 at Pittsburgh* (ESPN) L, 35-20 11/5 SYRACUSE* (ESPNU) W, 28-21 11/19 LOUISVILLE* (SNY) L, 34-20 11/26 RUTGERS* (ESPN2) W, 40-22 12/3 at Cincinnati* (ESPN) 12:00 PM * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
Cincinnati Schedule/Results
THE COACHES CONNECTICUT HEAD COACH PAUL PASQUALONI UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni made his Husky head coaching debut a successful one on Sept. 3 as the Huskies topped Fordham of the FCS. The Cheshire, Conn., native was named the 28th head football coach in UConn history on January 14, 2011. Pasqualoni has had a highly-successful career on all levels of football -- professional, college and high school. He was the head coach at Western Connecticut from 1982-86 and led the team to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 1985. He had an extremely successful tenure as the head coach at Syracuse from 1991-2004. Pasqualoni led the Orange to 107 wins, four BIG EAST titles and a 6-3 postseason record. Among his bowl appearances at Syracuse were two Fiesta Bowls (1992 and ‘97) and an Orange Bowl (‘98). Pasqualoni is the all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 65 and overall wins with 112. He is just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 146-82-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 56 at UConn). For the previous five seasons, Pasqualoni had served on NFL staffs -- with Dallas in 2005-07 and ‘10 and with Miami in 2008-09. His first coaching job was an assistant coach at Cheshire HS from 1972-75. He is a 1972 Penn State graduate.
Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 9/3 AUSTIN PEAY (FS OHIO) W, 72-10 9/10 at Tennessee (ESPN2) L, 45-23 9/17 AKRON (ESPN3) W, 59-14 9/22 N.C. STATE (ESPN) W, 44-14 10/1 at Miami (OH) (ESPN3) W, 27-0 10/15 LOUISVILLE* (BE Net.) W, 25-16 10/22 at USF* (BE Net.) W, 37-34 11/5 at Pittsburgh* (ESPNU) W, 26-23 11/12 WEST VIRGINIA* (ABC) L, 24-21 11/19 at Rutgers* (ESPNU) L, 20-3 11/26 at Syracuse* (BE Net.) W, 30-13 12/3 CONNECTICUT* (ESPN) 12:00 PM * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
CINCINNATI HEAD COACH BUTCH JONES Butch Jones is in his second year as the head coach at Cincinnati and led the Bearcats to a 4-8 record last year and now has an overall record of 12-9 at the school. Prior to taking over the UC program, he was the head coach at Central Michigan from 2007-09. He led Central Michigan to a 27-13 record during his tenure with three bowl appearances and a pair of Mid-American Conference championships. He was an assistant coach at West Virginia from 2005-06 and on the Central Michigan staff from 1998-2004. Jones was on the Ferris State staff from 1995-97 and was a graduate assistant at Rutgers from 1990-92. Jones graduated from Ferris State in 1990 and played two years of football there.
GAME STORYLINES
RADIO & TV COVERAGE
w UConn plays its final game of the 2011 regular season on Saturday at Cincinnati and needs a win to be bowl eligible for the fifth-straight season. w Redshirt freshman running back Lyle McCombs is the second-leading freshman rusher in the country, 26th overall and his total is the ninth-highest in UConn singleseason history. w
Junior defensive end Trevardo Williams has nine sacks in the past four games and is now ranked second in the country.
w UConn ranked third nationally in rushing defense.
TELEVISION COVERAGE Saturday’s game will be televised nationally by ESPN. Dave Pasch is on playby-play while Chris Spielman is on color and Quint Kessenich on the the sidelines while Bryan Ryder is the producer. The UConn football game on ESPN will be followed by the UConn vs. Arkansas men’s basketball game at 3:15, giving UConn approximately five and a half straight hours of exposure. The game will also be replayed on SNY in a condensed mode on the “Husky Power Hour” on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. The game will be replayed in its entirity on Monday, Dec. 5 at 2:00 p.m. SNY will also run a “Husky Power House” on Christmas Day, Dec. 25 when eight games will be shown between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. for holiday viewing. RADIO COVERAGE For the 20th consecutive season, WTIC 1080-AM in Hartford serves as the flagship station for the UConn Radio Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada.