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UConn Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 9/1 FORDHAM (ESPN3) 7:30 PM 9/10 at Vanderbilt (SNY) 7:30 PM 9/16 IOWA STATE (ESPN/2) 8:00 PM 9/24 at Buffalo (SNY/ESPN) 6:00 PM 10/1 WESTERN MICHIGAN(SNY)3:30 PM 10/8 at West Virginia*(SNY/ESPN) 12:00 PM 10/15 USF* TBA 10/26 at Pittsburgh* (ESPN) 8:00 PM 11/5 SYRACUSE* TBA 11/19 LOUISVILLE* TBA 11/26 RUTGERS* TBA 12/3 at Cincinnati* (ESPN/2) 12:00 PM * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
Fordham Schedule/Results Date Opponent Score/Time 9/1 at Connecticut (ESPN3) 7:30 PM 9/17 COLUMBIA 1:00 PM 9/24 at Rhode Island 1:00 PM 10/1 at Colgate* 1:00 PM 10/8 at Penn 6:00 PM 10/15 LEHIGH 1:00 PM 10/22 at Lafayette 1:00 PM 10/29 at Army (CBS CS) 3:30 PM 11/5 at Georgetown* 1:00 PM 11/12 BUCKNELL* 1:00 PM 11/19 HOLY CROSS* 1:00 PM * Denotes Patriot League Conference game
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w UConn kicks off its 112th season of intercollegiate football, its ninth at Rentschler Field and its eighth as a member of the BIG EAST Conference. w
Cheshire native Paul Pasqualoni makes his debut as the Husky head coach. He has won more BIG EAST league games than any other head coach and is one short of the overall game record.
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UConn posted an 8-5 record last year, including a trip to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl -the first BCS game appearance its history. UConn won its second BIG EAST title in four years and its first-ever Lambert Trophy.
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THE COACHES CONNECTICUT HEAD COACH PAUL PASQUALONI UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni makes his Husky head coaching debut on Thursday against Fordham. 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 enters the 2011 season as the all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 62 and is second in overall wins with 107 -- and with his first UConn win will tie the record of 108. He is just one of two league coches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 141-76-1 (34-17 at WCSU and 107-59-1 at Syracuse). For the past five seasons, Pasqualoni has 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. FORDHAM HEAD COACH TOM MASELLA Tom Masella is in his sixth season as the Fordham head coach and his tenth overall as a collegiate head coach. In 2007, he led the Rams to an 8-4 record for the Patriot League Championship. He was the head coach at Central Connecticut from 2004-05 and led the Blue Devils to a pair of Northeast Conference titles. He was also the head coach at Boston University in 1996 and ‘97 -- where he dropped a pair of games to UConn. Masella was an assistant coach on Skip Holtz’s 1998 staff as UConn had a 10-3 record and made its first postseason appearance in the Division I-AA playoffs. A 1981 Wagner graduate, Masella has also had assistant coaching stops at Wagner, Merchant Marine, BU, Louisiana Tech and Massachusetts.
RADiO & TV COVERAGE TELEVISION COVERAGE Thursday’s game will be televised by ESPN3.com. Bob Picozzi is on play-byplay while Christian Fauria is on color and Darren Chiappetta is the producer. The game will also be replayed on SNY in a condensed mode on the “Husky Power Hour” on Friday, Sept. 2 at 7:00 a.m. and in its entirity on Friday at 11:00 a.m. RADIO COVERAGE For the 19th 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. Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines and E.B. Davis on production. The UConn pregame show begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff, while home games, the UConn Tailgate Show will air two and a half hours prior to the game with Kevin Nathan and Bob Joyce. UConn football on home dates gets going early with “Breakfast At The Rent” with Ray Dunaway and Scott Gray beginning at 6:00 a.m.
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AROUND THE BiG EAST 2011 BIG EAST STANDINGS BIG EAST OVERALL Cincinnati 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Connecticut 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Louisville 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Pittsburgh 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Rutgers 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Syracuse 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 USF 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 West Virginia 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 UPCOMING GAMES Thursday, September 1 Murray State at Louisville, 6:00 p.m. Fordham at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m. North Carolina Central at Rutgers, 7:30 p.m. Wake Forest at Syracuse, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 3 USF at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6:00 p.m. Austin Peay at Cincinnati, 7:00p.m. Sunday, September 4 Marshall at West Virginia, 3:30 p.m. All Times Eastern
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On Thursday, WTIC will have a live broadcast of its afternoon drive show “Church and State” at the stadium, which is co-hosted by former Connecticut governor John Rowland, one of the driving forces behind the buillding of Rentschler Field The UConn Football Radio Network also includes WILI 1400-AM in Willimantic and WSUB AM-FM in New London. UConn football games are also broadcast over the internet at WTIC.com. UCONN AND SNY SNY, the television home of the New York Mets, Jets and the BIG EAST Conference, in conjunction with the University of Connecticut is in its second-year of multi-year partnership that makes SNY "the official television home of the UConn Huskies football and men's basketball programs". SNY annually features 300 hours of UConn programming - including 120 hours of Huskies game coverage. Additionally, SNY significantly expands its UConn sports coverage throughout its sports news and entertainment programming. SNY also created a UConn Huskies sports section on the network's website - www.SNY.tv. As the TV home of UConn football, SNYwill air of minimum of four live games in 2011 -- which will be wrapped by in-depth post-game shows - produced by SNY. In addition to the network's live game coverage, SNY carries the following UConn Huskies football programming: ►Comprehensive UConn Huskies Football Season Preview Show ►Paul Pasqualoni’s Weekly Press Conference ►In-Depth Post-Game Shows (Following all SNY-televised UConn football games) ►UConn Huskies Season-in-Review/Bowl Preview Special ►UConn's "Football Signing Day" Press Conference ►Re-airs of every UConn Huskies Football Game (subject to availability) ►Huskies Power Hour: A 60-minute cut-down version of that week's game. As the college basketball season tips off, SNY's all-access pass features at least 13 UConn men's basketball contests and a minimum of one women's basketball contest each season.
SERiES NOTES HUSKIES VS. FORDHAM ALL-TIME Thursday’s game is just the second meeting between UConn and Fordham in the sport of football and the Rams hold a 1-0 series edge. The only meeting came in 1915 with a 35-0 Fordham win in New York. It was a different era of college football then as the “Connecticut Aggies” played a schedule of eight games while Fordham played a whopping 25 with a 19-6 record. UCONN AND FORDHAM CONNECTIONS The UConn roster has six players from the state of New York on it -- including freshman Wilbert Lee of Brooklyn and Lyle McCombs of Staten Island and Shamar Stephen of Brookville...Fordham has ten Connecticut natives on its preseason roster...UConn QB coach Joe Moorhead is a 1996 Fordham graduate and was a second team All-Patriot League selection as a senior...Husky linebackers coach Jonathan Wholley was on the 2009 Fordham staff coaching the running backs...Fordham HC Tom Masella was the assistant head coach on the UConn staff in 1998 as the team went to the NCAA Div. I-AA playoffs..Fordham DB coach Tim Cary was a graduate assistant on the UConn staff from 2007-09...Ram Director of Football Operations Patrick Maguire is a 2009 UConn graduate and was a student assistant coach. RENTSCHLER GAMEDAY At UConn home games, FanFest takes place starting four hours before kickoff up until 30 minutes before the game. It takes place between Gates A and B outside the stadium gates...The offerings change each game, but activities typically include inflatable games for children, live bands, promotional vehicles and UConn student-athletes from various teams signing autographs....The “Husky Walk” is a chance for fans to welcome the UConn teams as they get off the team buses and head to the stadium. That takes place at approximately two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff between Gates A and B...Once again this season at the end of home games, the UConn team will sing the “UConn Husky” fight song in front of the student section at Rentschler Field.
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HUSKIES HAVE BEEN BOWL ELIGIBLE The 2010 UConn football team won the BIG EAST Championship and advanced to play in the school’s first-ever BCS game -- the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. UConn made the bowl eligible mark for the sixth time in the past eight seasons -- and the fourth consecutive. UConn’s trip and victory over South Carolina in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl marked the fourth time that the Huskies went bowling and the third consecutive. The Huskies also went to the International Bowl in 2009 and defeated Buffalo. In 2007, UConn was 9-3 in the regular season and went on to the Meineke Car Care Bowl. In 2004, the Huskies went 7-4 in the regular season and won the Motor City Bowl. In 2003, UConn was 9-3, but did not go to a bowl because of its independent status. UCONN IN SEASON OPENERS UConn is 7-2 in season openers since making the jump to then-Division I-A in 2002. UConn has won each of its five season openers at Rentschler Field (2003Indiana, 2004-Murray State, 2005-Buffalo, 2006-Rhode Island and 2008-Hofstra) and also downed Duke, 45-14, in Durham, to open the 2007 season and Ohio University, 23-16 in Athens, to open 2009. UConn’s two FBS era opening day losses were a 24-16 defeat at Boston College on Aug. 31, 2002 in UConn’s first game as an official member of the FBS, and last year’s 30-10 loss to Michigan on Sept. 4, 2010. Overall, UConn is 50-59-2 in season openers dating back to 1896. EXPERIENCED UCONN STAFF Pasqualoni has completed an amazingly experienced coaching staff for the year: Name Position ............................................................Alma Mater Paul Pasqualoni Head Coach ..................................................Penn State ‘72 George DeLeone Offensive Coordinator, Tight Ends ..............Connecticut ‘70 Don Brown Defensive Coordinator, Cornerbacks ................Norwich ‘77 Hank Hughes Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Line ........Springfield ‘79 Matt Cersosimo Wide Receivers, Recruiting Coordinator........Springfield ‘00 Mike Foley Offensive Line ....................................................Colgate ‘78 Joe Moorhead Quarterbacks ....................................................Fordham ‘96 Darrell Perkins Safeties ............................................................Wyoming ‘90 Clayton White RBs, Special Teams Coordinator........North Carolina St. ‘02 Jonathan Wholley Linebackers ................................................Connecticut ‘04 The new Connecticut football staff has an extensive history of coaching college football: * There are four coaches on the staff that have served as college head coach for a total of 42 seasons: Pasqualoni, 19 seasons (Syracuse 1991-2004, Western Connecticut 1982-86); DeLeone, 4 seasons (Southern Connecticut 197679); Brown, 12 seasons (Massachusetts 2004-08, Northeastern 2000-2003, Plymouth State 1993-95); Foley, 7 seasons (Colgate 1986-92). * There are four coaches on the staff that have served as coordinators on the FBS level – DeLeone, Brown, Hughes and Moorhead * There are 196 combined seasons of college coaching on the staff – DeLeone 37, Foley 32, Hughes 30, Pasqualoni 29, Brown 29, Moorhead 11, Cersosimo 9, Perkins 9, White 7 and Wholley 3. PASQUALONI AND BIG EAST RECORDS UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni has won more BIG EAST Conferece Games (league contests only) than any other coach in history. Pasqualoni has 62 league wins from 1991-2004 while Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech is second with 57. Pasqauloni is second in league history in overall wins with 107 and is on the verge of breaking that record as Beamer has 108. After Beamer and Pasqualoni, the distant third is Don Nehlen of West Virginia at 61.
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CONNECTiCUT VS. FORDHAM 2010 STATiSTiCAL COMPARiSON
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RUSHING YARDS Todman..............1695 771 ....................Whiting Frey ....................389 458 ....................Wayne Shoemate ............115 452 ......................Martin PASSING YARDS Frazer ................1425 1614 ..................Wayne Endres ................471 665 ....................Higgins RECEPTIONS Smith ....................46 71 ....................Caldwell K. Moore ................36 42 ......................Skelton Griffin ....................31 27 ........................Moore POINTS SCORED Teggart ................111 58 ......................Murray Todman..................84 48 ......................Whiting Frey ......................30 24 ....................Caldwell K. Moore ................24 24 ......................Wayne TOTAL TACKLES Wilson..................123 78 ..........Abdul-Quddus S. Moore ..............110 74 ......................Haruna Gratz......................63 69 ........................Martin Two tied ................59 64 ................Melanophy INTERCEPTIONS Junior ......................4 2 ..................Melanophy Wreh-Wilson ............4 1....................Three tied CATEGORY ......................UCONN FORD Total Offense......................325.8 383.5 Rushing Offense................174.7 176.0 Passing Offense ................151.1 207.5 Passing Efficiency ............103.07 117.9 Scoring Offense ................26.4 21.3 First Downs For ................210 235 Third Down Conv. ..............31% 43% Turnovers-INT/Fum ..........19-9/10 16-8/8 Total Defense ....................366.8 368.6 Rushing Defense ..............143.2 136.5 Passing Defense ..............223.5 232.1 Passing Eff. Defense ........116.38 135.7 Scoring Defense ................22.0 24.5 First Downs Against ..........244 222 Third Down Defense..........40% 44% TOs Forced-INT/Fum ........31-20/11 11-5/6 Turnover Margin ................+12 -5 Time of Possession ..........28:53 27:07 Penalties-Yards..................63-522 64-533
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TRACKiNG THE OPPONENTS Fordham (0-0) This Week: at Connecticut Next Week: Idle
Vanderbilt (0-0) This Week: vs. Elon Next Week: vs. Connecticut
iowa State (0-0) This Week: vs. Northern Iowa Next Week: vs. Iowa
Buffalo (0-0) This Week: at Pittsburgh Next Week: vs. Stony Brook
Western Michigan (0-0) This Week: at Michigan Next Week: vs. Nicholls
West Virginia (0-0) This Week: vs. Marshall Next Week: vs. Norfolk State
USF (0-0) This Week: at Notre Dame Next Week: vs. Ball State
Pittsburgh (0-0) This Week: vs. Buffalo Next Week: vs. Maine
Syracuse (0-0) This Week: vs. Wake Forest Next Week: vs. Rhode Island
Louisville (0-0) This Week: vs. Murray State Next Week: vs. FIU
Rutgers (0-0) This Week: vs. N.C. Central Next Week: at North Carolina
Cincinnati (0-0) This Week: vs. Austin Peay Next Week: at Tennessee
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UCONN COACHING DEBUTS Pasqualoni is making his debut on Thursday as the Husky coach. He is looking to become the first UConn coach since Sumner Dole in 1923 to win his first game at UConn. Here is how some other UConn head coaches have fared in their first game – Randy Edsall, 56-17 loss at Hofstra, Sept. 4, 1999; Skip Holtz, 17-6 loss vs. Nicholls State, Sept. 3, 1994; Tom Jackson, 22-5 loss at Rutgers, Sept. 10, 1983; Walt Nadzak, 49-0 loss at Lehigh, Sept. 10, 1977; Larry Naviaux, 22-20 loss vs. Lehigh, Sept. 15, 1973; Bob Casciola, 20-7 loss at Vermont; John Toner, 16-0 loss at Yale, Sept. 25, 1965; Rick Forzano, 21-6 loss at Yale, Sept. 26, 1964; Bob Ingalls, 34-13 loss at Yale, Sept. 20, 1952; Arthur Valpey, 25-0 loss at Yale, Sept. 23, 1950; J.O. Christian, 7-0 loss vs. American International; Sumner Dole, 13-0 win vs. Trinity, Sept, 29, 1923. BIG EAST AND UCONN UConn begins 2011 BIG EAST Conference play on Oct. 8 at West Virginia and 2011 marks the eighth year of football league membership dating back to 2004. UConn was one of seven charter members of the BIG EAST Conference when the league was founded in 1979 and UConn and Syracuse are the only two founding schools that are currently playing football in the league. The other five were Boston College, Seton Hall, Providence, Georgetown and St. John’s. 1,000 AND COUNTING UConn’s game against Rhode Island on Sept. 26, 2009 was the 1,000 game in program history dating back to the first team in 1896. UConn now has an overall program record of 481-503-38 in 1,022 games. HUSKIES ON WATCH LISTS, PRESEASON HONORS A number of members of the 2011 Huskies were named to preseason “Watch Lists” for 2011. They are: Sophomore Tight End Ryan Griffin (Londonberry, N.H.) * John Mackey Award Watch List Senior Kicker Dave Teggart (Northborough, Mass.) * Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award Senior Defensive Tackle Kendall Reyes (Nashua, N.H.) * Outland Trophy, given to the best interior lineman in the country * Bronko Nagurski Trophy, given to the best defensive player in the country; * Lombardi Award, given to the best offensive or defensive lineman in the country. Senior center Moe Petrus (St. Laurent, Que.) * Outland Trophy * Lombardi Award Senior offensive tackle Mike Ryan (Tamaqua, Pa.) * Lombardi Award HUSKIES AND NATIONAL POLLS Connecticut has been ranked in the Associated Press poll for six weeks during its FBS history, four weeks in the USA Today poll and seven weeks in the BCS rankings. UConn was No. 25 on Dec. 5 of last season in its only ranking of the year. The Huskies were No. 16 on Oct. 28, 2007 and Nov. 4, 2007, No. 25 on Nov. 11, 2007, No. 20 on Nov. 18, 2007 and No. 24 on Sept. 28, 2008. BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL Connecticut was picked sixth in the BIG EAST preseason media poll. West Virginia was first followed by Pittsburgh, USF, Syracuse and Cincinnati and then UConn followed by Rutgers and Louiville. UCONN VS. RANKED TEAMS The January 1, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game vs. Oklahoma marked the 17th time in school history that the Huskies faced a team ranked in the
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Associated Press poll at the time of the game. UConn’s only win in those 17 games came on Oct. 27, 2007 with a 22-15 win over No. 11 USF. UConn first played a ranked team in the 2001 season opener at No. 9 Virginia Tech. UConn has played the country’s top ranked team once when it travelled to Miami on Oct. 5, 2002. FASTEST FROM DIVISION I-AA TO THE POLLS SCHOOL I-A DEBUT FIRST RANKING Marshall 1997 Two years, four weeks (9/12/99) CONNECTICUT 2002 Five years, 10 weeks (10/28/07) South Florida 2001 Six years, three weeks (9/9/07) Boise State 1996 Six years, 13 weeks (11/10/02) UCONN FOOTBALL A LEADER IN ACADEMICS The UConn football program continues to be a leader in the BIG EAST Conference in terms of academic performance by its student-athletes. UConn was the top team in the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of both October 2008 and ’09 among league schools. The Huskies latest GSR, released in October 2010, UConn was third in the BIG EAST and within four points of the second place team. The UConn football program also had the highest NCAA GSR for AfricanAmerican student-athletes among all state universities that participated in a bowl game in 2008. In five of the past seven years, including 2007, ‘08 and ‘09, UConn was recognized by the American Football Coaches Association for its high graduation rate. UConn’s overall GSR in 2009 was the third-highest of the more than 50 state universities that participated in a bowl game. In 2011, the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) for the UConn football team was an impressive 953 over a four-year cycle, with a one-year mark of 959 for the 2009-10 academic year. HUSKIES VS. THE BIG EAST UConn owns an all-time mark of 22-26 in BIG EAST Conference games since joining the league for football in 2004. The Huskies posted their best conference record with a 5-2 mark in 2007 and ‘10. UConn’s current five-game BIG EAST Conference games winning streak is the longest in school history. HUSKIES ON THE ROAD SINCE 2002 The Huskies have put together a 21-29 road record since 2002. In non-conference road affairs over that same span, Connecticut has posted a mark of 16-11 and has won eight of its last 12 such games, including 2009 wins over Ohio, Baylor and Notre Dame and 2011 losses to Michigan and Temple. HUSKIES VS. NON-CONFERENCE FOES SINCE 2002 Connecticut boasts a 40-18 record against non-conference opponents in the regular season since making the move to the FBS in 2002. The Huskies have won 15 of their last 20 regular season non-league games overall with the only blemishes coming via a one-point loss at Virginia (17-16) in 2007, losses to North Carolina in 2008 and ‘09 and Michigan and Temple in ‘10. UConn has posted the following records in non-conference regular season games: 6-6 (2002), 9-3 (2003), 4-1 (2004), 3-1 (2005), 3-2 (2006), 4-1 (2007), 4-1 (2008), 4-1 (2009), 3-2 (2010).
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MEDiA SERViCES CONTACT: Mike Enright 2095 Hillside Road U-1173 Storrs, CT 06269-1173 Phone: (860) 486-3531 Cell: (860) 208-4756 FAX: (860) 486-5085 Email: mike.enright@uconn.edu Online: UConnHuskies.com IMAGES For high resolution logos and head shots, visit the BIG EAST Conference and UConn section of CollegePressBox.com. For action shots, please contact Mike Enright. ALL INFORMATION BELOW IS BASED ON A SATURDAY GAMEWEEK . WEEKLY PAUL PASQUALONI TELECONFERENCES Sunday: Teleconference 4:00 p.m. ET. Go to: http://sportssystems.spiderphone.com/02819699 Monday: Via BIG EAST Teleconference at 11:40 a.m. ET. The number to call is (913) 981-5533. Thursday: Brief update teleconference at 1:00 for state media only. The weblink is the same as above. Contact Mike Enright for more information. PLAYER/ASST. COACHES INTERVIEWS Selected players and assistant coaches are available from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. MEDIA LUNCHEONS UConn will host its weekly media luncheon on Tuesday during game weeks. The schedule is as follows: 11:30 a.m.: Coach Pasqualoni speaks 12:15 p.m.: Lunch begins 12:30 p.m.: Opposing coach on phone if available 1:00 p.m.: Remaining UConn players/assistant cocahes available. PLAYERS MUST BE REQUESTED 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE PRACTICE COVERAGE The first 30 minutes (approximate) of practice on Tuesday and Wednesday are open to photographers and videographers shooting B-Roll. All Friday walkthroughs are closed to the media. POST GAME INTERVIEWS UConn’s locker room is closed following games.
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>> 2011 UConn football HUSKIES IN NCAA STATISTICS Here are the categories where UConn was in the final top 40 in the 2010 NCAA statistics Rushing Offense 35th at 174.69 (Second in BIG EAST) Pass Eff. Def. 28th at 116.43 (Fourth in BIG EAST) Scoring Defense 35th at 22.00 (Sixth in BIG EAST) Kickoff Returns 3rd at 27.04 (First in BIG EAST) Interceptions t5th at 19 (First in BIG EAST) Tackles For Loss t26th at 6.69 (Second in BIG EAST) Sacks Allowed 20th at 1.15 (First in BIG EAST) Turnover Margin 11th at +0.92 (First in BIG EAST) Here were UConn’s ranked individual leaders Jordan Todman -- Second in rushing at 141.25 and First in BIG EAST 15th in all-purpose rushing at 156.67 and Second in BIG EAST Nick Williams -- First in kickoff returns at 35.29 and First in BIG EAST Dave Teggart -- t26th in scoring at 8.54 and First in BIG EAST Fourth in field goals at 1.92 and First in BIG EAST Lawrence Wilson -- 29th in tackles at 9.46 and First in BIG EAST Jesse Joseph -- t26th in sacks at 0.71 and Fourth in BIG EAST HUSKIES IN THE NFL As the NFL continues its preseason, there are a total of 14 Huskies in NFL camps. UConn had 11 former players that were on NFL rosters in 2009 (a school high) and nine former Huskies are currently on NFL rosters. The 2009 NFL Draft made history for the Huskies as four UConn players were selected in the first 63 selections. UConn is the only BIG EAST school to have four players picked that early since the league was reorganized in 2005. UConn had two players selected in the 2010 NFL Draft and four more in ‘11. Here a look at UConn players in NFL camps. * Fullback Deon Anderson of the Miami Dolphins, who played four seasons with Dallas before moving to the Dolphins in mid-2010. * Offensive tackle William Beatty of the New York Giants, who is entering his third year and has six starts over the past two seasons for the Giants. * Running back Donald Brown, who is entering his third year with the Indianapolis Colts. He was UConn’s first All-American in the BCS era and the Huskies’ first NFL First Round Draft Pick. He’s with the Indianapolis Colts and played in the Super Bowl his rookie year. * Defensive back Tyvon Branch, who is entering his fourth year with the Oakland Raiders. He has started all 16 games for the Raiders over the past two years. * Wide receiver Marcus Easley with the Buffalo Bills, who missed all of last season (rookie) with an injury. * Cornerback Robert McClain of the Carolina Panthers, who started two games as a rookie last year. * The veteran of the group is QB Dan Orlovsky, who is now with the Indianapolis Colts and is entering seventh NFL season with three different teams. * Offensive guard Donald Thomas, who joined the Detroit Lions mid-season after spending his first year-plus with the Dolphins. UConn’s drafted players from 2011 and free agent signees are: FB, Anthony Sherman, a fifth round pick of the Cardinals LB, Lawrence Wilson, a sixth round pick of the Panthers TB, Jordan Todman, a sixth round pick of the Chargers DE, Greg Lloyd, a seventh round pick of the Eagles OL, Zach Hurd, a free agent signee of the Seahawks LB, Scott Lutrus, a free agent signee of the Jaguars DS, Derek Chard, a free agent signee of the Steelers (cut)
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HUSKIES IN THE CFL In addition, there are four former UConn players in the Canadian Football League this year. Martin Bedard (Montreal Alouettes) is entering his third year and has been part of two Grey Cup championship teams. Larry Taylor is in is fourth year in the league and is now with Calgary after spending the first three with Montreal. He was the 2009 CFL Special Teams Player of the Year. Julius Williams, who played at UConn through 2008, is in his first year with the Edmonton Eskimos. Jordan Younger is in his eighth season in the league -- all with Toronto. Taylor and Bedard and the Montrela team won Grey Cup championship game last December by a 21-18 score against Edmonton. ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS IN GAME BALLS Dave Teggart (4), Moe Petrus (3), Kendall Reyes (3), Cole Wagner (3), Jerome Junior (2), Nick Williams (2), John Delahunt (1), Ryan Griffin (1), Sio Moore (1), Corey Manning (1), Adam Masters (1), Mike Ryan (1), Trevardo Williams (1), Blidi Wreh-Wilson (1), HUSKIES ON THE REBOUND UConn is 26-15 in games following a loss since Oct. 26, 2002. BALL CONTROL IS THE KEY A telling sign of UConn’s strong performance on both sides of the ball during its tenure as a FBS program has been its ability to both record and prevent long drives. Since the start of the 2002 season, UConn’s offense has strung together 75 scoring drives of at least 80 yards while the Husky defense has surrendered just 55 such marches -- including two by Michigan and Oklahoma and one by Buffalo and Cincinnati last year. UConn also holds a 19-6 advantage over its opponents in the number of 90-yard and over drives since becoming a I-A program. Michigan had a 96-yarder last year. HUSKIES DOMINATING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL Over the past 102 games, UConn has outgained its opponent 63 times. This stretch, like many UConn trends, dates back to a 28-24 loss at Vanderbilt on Oct. 26, 2002. CONNECTICUT’S FOUR CAPTAINS The UConn team selected four team captains for the 2011 season, Kendall Reyes (for the second-consecutive year) and Kashif Moore with Moe Petrus. and Blidi Wreh-Wilson.
OFFENSE NOTES THE QUARTERBACK RACE Connecticut enters the 2011 season without a quarterback who has started a collegiate game and with only one quarterback who has played in a collegiate game. UConn started three different QBs last year, who have all moved on from the program -- graduated Zach Frazer with ten starts, including the last six of the 2010 season; Cody Endres with two starts and Mike Box with one. Here’s a quick look at the three Husky QBs who will be competing for playing time this year:
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* Senior Johnny McEntee (Fullerton, Calif.) -- Walk-on who has played in two games over the past two seasons...gained international fame last winter with his “trick shot” video on YouTube...the video now has over six millions hits. * Redshirt freshman Scott McCummings (Natick, Mass.) -Redshirt freshman who attended same high school as Doug Flutie...had over 2,000 yards of passing in senior year with over 1,000 yards of rushing...passed for 15 TDs as a senior and rushed for another 12. * Freshman Mike Nebrich (Burke, Va.) -- Highly-decorated Virginia high school player who enrolled at UConn for the spring 2011 semester...as a senior, broke the Virginia state record for all-purpose yards with 4,968 and scored 59 TDs. EXPERIENCE ON THE LINE Whoever gets the nod at quarterback for the Huskies against the Rams, will be able to play behind an experienced offensive line. Senior center Moe Petrus (St. Laurent, Que.) has started 39 consecutive games for the Huskies -- and the last 26 at center. Senior left tackle Mike Ryan (Tamaqua, Pa.) returns after earning All-BIG EAST first team honors last year and has started 21 games over the past two years. Junior Adam Masters (Bethesda, Md.) will play right guard and started ten games last year -- the final six at right tackle. Sophomore Kevin Friend (Warrentown, Va.) will start at right tackle and had a pair of starts last year.
DEFENSE NOTES LOTS OF STARTS, STARTERS BACK Connecticut returns on of the most experienced defenses in the country and in the BIG EAST Conference this season. On the defensive line, UConn returns players that started 45 games in 2010 and 93 for their career. The linebackers have just nine career and nine starts from ‘10 returning. The secondary is also very experienced with 45 starts back from last year and 71 for their careers. For totals, the UConn defense has 100 starts returning from last season and a total of 173 career starts.
SPECiAL TEAMS NOTES TEGGART CAREER LEADER IN FIELD GOALS Redshirt senior Dave Teggart (Northborough, Mass.) has connected on all 99 of his extra point attempts during his career -including 36 in 2010 and 47 in 2009. The 47-straight extra points from 2009 is a school record while his 36 from 2010 is third. His 52 career field goals is a school record, which he broke with a 24-yard FG vs. Cincinnati in 2010. His 99 extra points is tied for second in school history while Matt Nuzie had 124 from 2003-06 for the record and Nick Sosik (1990-93) also is second with 99. His 254 career points is second in school history while again Nuzie leads with 259. Teggart’s 25 field goals last year was a school singleseaosn record. He had a total of 14 field goals in 2009 which is tied as the sixth-highest in school history while his 13 as a freshman is seventh. Teggart recorded what is arguably the biggest play in school history in the regular seaso finale of 2010 as he kicked a 52-yard field
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goal with 17 seconds left to play to lift UConn to a 19-16 win over USF that sent the Huskies to their first BCS game in school history. Earlier in the fourth quarter of that game, he kicked a 50-yarder. Teggart kicked a 27-yard field goal in overtime to lift UConn to a 16-13 win over West Virginia on Oct. 29 of last year. He had a total of three field goals in that game and was named the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts. Those “final play” game-winners were the second and third of his career as he ended the 2009 regular season in fine form as he booted a 42-yard field goal as time expired to give the Huskies a 29-27 win over USF. Dating back to 2009, Teggart had kicked a field goal in 14 of the past 15 games. Teggart kicked a 29-yard field goal with 1:10 to go that tied the game vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 21, 2009) -- a contest the Huskies eventually won in overtime. Teggart is the first kicker in school history to successfully convert his first 11 field goal attempts. NICK WILLIAMS LEADS THE COUNTRY IN KO RETURNS UConn sophomore Nick Williams (East Windsor, N.J.) has returned two kickoffs for TDs in 2010. Against Pittsburgh he returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown. The KO return came at a key time as the Panthers had just gone up by eight points, 2113. Williams also had a 100-yard KO return for a touchdown vs. Rutgers -- the fourth in school history. Williams led the country in kickoff returns last year with 35.29 yards per return. Williams becomes just the second Husky ever to have two KO returns for a TD in a career -- joined by Tyvon Branch, who had both of his in 1997.
STADiUM/ATTENDANCE NOTES RENTSCHLER FIELD The Huskies moved into brand new Rentschler Field in East Hartford for the 2003 season. Conveniently located within miles of Interstates 91, 84 and 384, the home of the Huskies lies on 75 acres of land donated to the State of Connecticut from the historic Pratt & Whitney Airfield. The stadium, like the former airfield, is named for that company’s founder, Frederick Rentschler. The stadium boasts a capacity of 40,000 with 38 luxury suites in a massive press box tower which helps enclose the natural grass field. A HOT TICKET Swelling interest in the Husky football program as it gradually moved up into BIG EAST play can perhaps be best evidenced by the rise in attendance. UConn sold 28,000 season tickets in 2008 and sold its entire allotment of student season tickets at 4,700. These figures are staggering sums considering that the entire 2001 season ticket base was around 4,000. In 2002, the number reached 11,300 in the final season of Memorial Stadium. The burgeoning season ticket base more than doubled to 24,000 for the inaugural season at Rentschler Field and rose to 28,000 a year later in 2004. UConn reached an all-time high of 32,000 season tickets in 2005. SELLOUT STATS The Huskies have sold out 29 of their first 51 dates at Rentschler Field, including a stretch of 12 in a row. UConn has played to 96.7-pct. of capacity all-time there, drawing 1,963,448 fans, or an average of 38,469 per game.
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RENTSCHLER FIELD PROVES FRIENDLY FOR HUSKIES The Huskies went 7-0 at home in 2007 at Rentschler Field and also 6-0 this year. UConn’s 3-4 mark at home in 2006 was its only sub.500 record at Rentschler Field. The seven home wins in 2007 set a school record for a single season which was previously set in 2004. UConn presently stands at 39-12 all-time at Rentschler Field including a 22-4 mark in non-conference games. MICHIGAN, TENNESSEE WILL VISIT RENTSCHLER FIELD Following UConn’s trip to Ann Arbor on Sept. 4, the Wolverines will come to Rentschler Field on Sept. 21, 2013 to take on the Huskies. UConn will also play a home-and-home series with Tennessee beginning in 2015 with the Volunteers coming to Rentschler Field on Sept. 26 with a return trip to Knoxville on Sept. 3, 2016. Other upcoming non-conference opponents coming to Rentschler Field include Iowa State (2011), North Carolina State (2012) and Maryland (2013). UConn has now played host to nonconference opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 10, Big XII and Southeastern Conference at Rentschler Field.
2011 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS CONNECTICUT OFFENSE Game WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB FB TB Fordham at Vanderbilt Iowa State at Buffalo Western Michigan at West Virginia USF at Pittsburgh Syracuse Louisville Rutgers Cincinnati CONNECTICUT DEFENSE Game DE DT DT DE SLB WLB WLB CB S S CB Fordham at Vanderbilt Iowa State at Buffalo Western Michigan at West Virginia USF at Pittsburgh Syracuse Louisville Rutgers Cincinnati
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NUMERiCAL ROSTER No. 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 37 38 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 63 64 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 89 90 91 93 94 95 97 98 99
Name Cl. Jean-Louis,Jonathan** 6-0 Nebrich, Michael 6-1 Stlouis, Gilbert 5-11 Moore, Sio * 6-1 Box, Michael 6-3 Martin, Twyon *** 6-2 Wreh-Wilson, Blidi ** 6-0 Moore, Kashif *** 5-10 Gratz, Dwayne ** 6-0 Kinnard, Leon 5-9 Opoku, Andrew 6-4 Foxx, Deshon 5-10 McCummings, Scott 6-2 Stevenson, David 5-8 Christen, Chad * 6-1 Abrams, Kamal 5-10 Junior, Jerome ** 6-1 Jones, Byron 6-1 Driscoll, Blaise 6-1 McEntee, Johnny 6-3 Dabney, Kijuan *** 6-1 Brandon, Tevrin 5-10 Wilburn, Gary ** 5-11 Adams, Andrew 5-11 Lee, Wilbert 6-0 Shoemate, D.J. 5-11 Agbor, Harris * 5-11 Campbell, Marcus ** 6-3 Clark, Tyree 5-10 Johnson, Jory ** 6-1 Mack, Taylor * 5-9 Edwards, Matt 6-0 McLaughlin, Brendan 5-11 Williams, Nick * 5-10 Ashiru, Jefferson 6-1 Smallwood, Yawin 6-2 Kenney, David 6-0 Lopes, Chris 5-10 Osiecki, Michael 6-1 Claflin, Jeremy 6-0 Deiana, Matthew 5-7 Kantor, Alex 5-9 Teggart, Dave *** 6-0 Hinkley, Mark 5-11 Brown, Ty-meer 6-0 Steg, Brandon 6-2 McCombs, Lyle 5-8 DeLorenzo, Max 5-11 Hyppolite, Martin 6-0 Vann, Marquise 6-0 Frank, Reuben 6-3 Williams, Trevardo ** 6-1 McQuillan, Sean 6-4 Bullock, Tyler 6-4 Willman, Tim 6-3 Donohue, Ryan 6-0 Wirth, Ryan 6-2 Maher, Conor 6-2 Williams, Jerome 6-1 Pruitt, Angelo 6-2 Petrus, Moe *** 6-2 Louis, Jonathan 6-5 Stephen, Shamar * 6-5 Brown, Stephen 6-6 Masters, Adam ** 6-4 Baker, Teddy 6-4 Danielson, Joseph 6-0 Cruz, Gus 6-4 Manco, Dominick 6-1 Mueller, Adam 6-1 Paull, Bryan 6-3 Greene, Steve 6-4 Bardzak, Gary 6-3 Ryan, Mike ** 6-5 Bennett, Jimmy 6-9 Nwokeji, Paul 6-5 Hemingway, Xavier 6-4 Hansson, Mark 6-5 Friend, Kevin * 6-5 Gifford, Dalton 6-5 Manning, Corey ** 6-5 Guardi, Frank 5-11 Moore, Isiah ** 6-1 Jones, Tebucky 5-11 Davis, Geremy 6-3 Wagner, Cole * 6-2 Broderick, Kosisochukwu 6-3 Delahunt, John ** 6-3 Campenni, Julian 5-11 Joseph, Jesse ** 6-3 Goodrich, David 6-0 Griffin, Ryan ** 6-6 Adeyemi, Kenton 6-4 McBryde, B.J. 6-4 Jennings, Ted * 6-5 Reyes, Kendall *** 6-4
Pos. 207 204 183 232 209 273 192 175 195 182 223 170 218 171 201 175 215 187 189 224 204 177 197 185 202 219 199 231 187 227 169 189 223 185 210 229 206 184 238 180 175 187 203 226 192 221 172 209 215 225 238 231 242 298 279 230 268 225 255 299 302 250 315 290 292 251 292 288 251 207 300 304 289 335 306 256 247 250 300 294 247 180 195 186 211 211 185 247 274 262 175 248 257 277 248 295
Ht. TB QB S LB QB DT CB WR CB WR OLB RB QB CB K/P WR S S QB QB LB CB CB S S TB S DE CB LB CB OLB FB WR LB LB OLB CB LB S TB S K FB S LB TB RB LB LB FB DE FB OG DT LB DT LB LB DT C DE DT OT OT TE OG OG LS LS C OG C OT OT OT OT OT OT OT TE WR WR WR WR P WR TE DT DE K TE DT DE DE DT
Wt. RSr. Fr. So. RJr. RSo. RSr. RJr. RSr. RJr. So. RFr. Fr. RFr. Fr. RSo. Fr. RJr. RFr. RFr. RJr. Sr. RSo. RSr. Fr. Fr. Sr. RSr. Sr. Fr. RJr. So. RJr. Fr. Jr. Fr. RFr. RSo. RSo. RFr. Fr. Fr. So. RSr. RJr. RFr. RFr. RFr. Fr. RSo. Fr. RFr. Jr. Fr. RSo. RSo. Jr. RJr. Jr. RJr. RFr. RSr. RFr. RSo. RSo. RJr. RFr. RFr. RFr. Fr. So. RFr. RSo. RSr. RSr. RJr. Fr. Fr. RFr. RSo. Fr. RJr. So. RSr. RFr. RFr. RSo. Fr. RJr. Fr. Jr. Fr. RJr. Fr. RFr. RJr. RSr.
Hometown/HS/Prep Cambridge, Mass./Arlington Catholic Burke, Va./Lake Braddock Secondary Davie, Fla./Plantation Apex, N.C./Apex Suwanee, Ga./Collins Hill Parkland, Fla./Stoneman Douglas Edinboro, Pa./General McLane Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway Reistertown, Md./Loyola Blakefield North Brunswick, N.J. /Fork Union Military (Va.) Lynchburg, Va./Brookfield Natick, Mass./Natick Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Etters, Pa./Red Lane Dover, Del./Dover Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley New Britain, Conn./St. Paul (Bristol) Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farms Fullerton, Calif./Servite Houston, Texas/Yates Bethlehem, Pa./ Bethlehem Catholic Washington, Ga./Washington-Wilkes Fayetteville, Ga./Woodward Academy Brooklyn, N.Y./Boys and Girls Corona, Calif./USC Mesquite, Texas/Horn Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield Tampa, Fla./Alonso Mobile, Ala./St. Paul's/The Hun School (N.J.) Powder Springs, Ga./The Lovett School Holliston, Mass./Holliston West Grove, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara East Windsor, N.J./The Hun School Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern Worcester, Mass./Doherty Highstown, N.J./The Peddie School Brockton, Mass./Tilton School (NH) Seymour, Conn./Seymour West Hartford, Conn./Conard Somers, N.Y./Blair Academy (N.J.) Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill Northborough, Mass./Algonquin Regional Kaneohe, Hawaii /Punahou McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport Coral Springs, Fla./J.P. Taravella Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph By The Sea Berlin, Conn./Berlin Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield Cincinnati, Ohio/Fairfield Senior Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie Bridgeport, Conn./Canterbury Glastonbury, Conn./Avon (Conn.) Old Farms Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg Fulton, Md./Reservoir Montvale, N.J./St. Joseph Regional/Maryland Medford, N.J./Shawnee/Cheshire Academy Stony Point, N.Y./North Rockland/Villanova Burlington Township, N.J./Holy Cross Cincinnati, Ohio /North College Hill St. Laurent, Que./Vanier Prep Brockton, Mass./Wyoming Seminary Brookville, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman Longmeadow, Mass./Loomis Chaffee Baldwin, N.Y./Chaminade Manchester, N.H./Kimball Union Academy Lagrangeville, N.Y/Arlington Park Ridge, Ill./Maine Township South Parkland, Fla./M. Stoneman Douglas Edensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll Mar Lin, Pa./Pottsville Tamaqua, Pa./Marian Catholic Alexandria, Va./West Potomac Randolph, Mass./Thayer Academy Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern Clearwater, Fla./Palm Harbor University Warrentown, Va./Faquier Fairhaven, Mass./Bridgton (Maine) Academy Tyrone, Ga./Woodward Academy New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield Cambridge,Ma./Cam. Rindge&Latin/Proctor Ac. Farmington, Conn./New Britain Lawrenceville, Ga./Norcross York, Pa./York Suburban East Hampton, Conn./Xavier Ottawa, Ont./Holy Trinity West Pittson, Pa./Wyoming Area Laval, Oue./Vanier Prep. Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry Wethersfield, Conn./Fork Union Beaver Falls, Pa./Beaver Falls Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne Nashua, N.H./Nashua North
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Paul Pasqualoni (Penn State, 1972) Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks: Don Brown (Norwich University, 1977) Offensive Coord./Tight Ends: George DeLeone (Connecticut, 1970) Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line: Hank Hughes (Springfield, 1979) Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coord.: Matt Cersosimo (Springfield, 2000) Offensive Line: Mike Foley (Colgate, 1978) Quarterbacks: Joe Moorhead (Fordham, 1996) Safeties: Darrell Perkins (Wyoming, 1990) Running Backs/Special Teams Coord.: Clayton White (North Carolina State, 2001) Linebackers: Jon Wholley (Connecticut, 2004) Offensive Graduate Assistant: Andrew Breiner (Lock Haven, 2006) Defensive Graduate Assistant: Shane Fogarty (Connecticut, 2006) Director of Football Administration: Tim Pendergast (SUNY Cortland, 1980) Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Jerry Martin (Syracuse, 1978) Dir. Alumni and Community Affairs: Andy Baylock (Central Conn., 1960) Football Equipment Manager: Chris Stasaitis (Connecticut, 2001) Head Athletic Trainer: Bob Howard, MA, ATC (UConn, 1988) Team Physician: Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, MD (North Park, 1986) Assistant Director of Video Services Jason Sanders (Jacksonville State, 2004) * Press Box Coaches...# Sideline Coaches
Pronunciations
Kenton Adeyemi ADD-a-YEM-ee Tevrin Brandon TEV-rin Ty-Meer Brown tie-MEER Kijuan Dabney kih-juan Dwayne Gratz grats (like congrats) Mark Hansson Hansen Martin Hyppolite HIP-o-light Jonathan Jean-Louis zhawn loo-EE Twyon Martin twawn Kashif Moore cuh-sheef Sio Moore SEE-oh Michael Nebrich KNEE-brick Andrew Opoku ah-poe-coo Michael Osiecki oh-shess-ski Muhammad Petrus pet-russ Yawin Smallwood yah-win Brandon Steg stegg (rhymes with egg) Shamar Stephen stef-in Bildi Wreh-Wilson bleed-ee ray-wilson
*- indicates letters earned
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2011 COnneCTiCUT FOOTBALL TWO-DeeP (as of August 28, 2011)
OFFENSE LT: LG:
71
Mike Ryan (RSr., 6-5, 335)
72
Jimmy Bennett (RJr., 6-9, 306)
RG: RT: TE:
DE:
70 Gary Bardzak (RSr., 6-3, 289) OR 69
C:
DEFENSE
Steve Greene (RSo., 6-4, 304)
57 Moe Petrus (RSr., 6-2, 302) 70
Gary Bardzak (RSr., 6-3, 289) OR
50
Tyler Bullock (So., 6-4, 298)
63
Adam Masters (RJr., 6-4, 292)
65
Gus Cruz (RFr., 6-4, 288)
DT: DE: LB:
77 Kevin Friend (RSo., 6-5, 300) 61
Stephen Brown (So., 6-6, 290)
LB:
89
John Delahunt (RJr., 6-3, 247) OR
94 Ryan Griffin (RJr., 6-6, 248) WR:
FB: QB:
TB: WR:
PK: P: H:
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Corey Manning (RJr., 6-5, 247)
6
Kashif Moore (RSr., 5-10, 175)
84
Tebucky Jones (RFr., 5-11, 186) OR
31
Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185)
39
Mark Hinkley (RJr., 5-11, 226)
47
Reuben Frank (RFr., 6-3, 238)
4
Mike Box (RSo., 6-3, 209) OR
11
Scott McCummings (RFr., 6-2, 218) OR
18
Johnny McEntee (RJr., 6-3, 224) OR
2
Mike Nebrich (Fr., 6-1, 204)
24
D.J. Shoemate (Sr., 5-11, 219) OR
43
Lyle McCombs (RFr., 5-8, 172)
83
Isiah Moore (RSr., 6-1, 195)
85
Geremy Davis (Fr., 6-3, 211)
38
Dave Teggart (RSr., 6-0, 203)
13
Chad Christen (RSo. 6-2, 211)
86
Cole Wagner (RSo., 6-2, 211)
13
Chad Christen (RSo. 6-2, 211)
13
Chad Christen (RSo., 6-1, 201)
86
Cole Wagner (RSo., 6-2, 211)
CB: S: S: CB:
48
Trevardo Williams (Jr., 6-1, 231)
26
Marcus Campbell (Sr., 6-3, 231)
4
Twyon Martin (RSr., 6-2, 273)
53
Ryan Wirth (RJr., 6-2, 268)
99
Kendall Reyes (RSr., 6-4, 295)
59
Shamar Stephen (RSo., 6-5, 315)
91
Jesse Joseph (Jr., 6-3, 262)
98
Teddy Jennings (RJr., 6-5, 248)
3
Sio Moore (RJr., 6-1, 232)
32
Jefferson Ashiru (Fr., 6-1, 210)
33
Yawin Smallwood (RFr., 6-2, 229)
36
Michael Osiecki (Fr., 6-1, 238)
28
Jory Johnson (RJr., 6-1, 227)
46
Marquise Vann (Fr., 6-0, 225)
7
Dwayne Gratz (RJr., 6-0, 195)
21
Gary Wilburn (RSr., 5-11, 197)
15
Jerome Junior (RJr., 6-1, 215)
2
Gilbert St.Louis (So., 5-11, 183)
25
Harris Agbor (RSr., 5-11, 199)
16
Byron Jones (RFr., 6-1, 187)
5
Blidi Wreh-Wilson (RJr., 6-0, 192)
29
Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169)
SPECIAL TEAMS DS: KR: PR:
67
Adam Mueller (So., 6-1, 207)
66
Dominick Manco (Fr., 6-1, 251)
31
Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185)
16
Byron Jones (RFr., 6-1, 187)
31
Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185)
29
Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169) OR
21
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THE LAST TiME AN iNDiViDUAL... KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN By UConn: Robbie Frey (95), vs. Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 By Opp.: Devin McCourty (98), Rutgers, Oct. 31, 2009
THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES By UConn: D.J. Hernandez (4), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006 By Opp.: Landry Jones (3), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011
OPENING KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN By UConn: Larry Taylor (97), vs. Temple, Oct. 23, 2004 By Opp.: Devin McCourty (98), Rutgers, Oct. 31, 2009
FOUR-PLUS TOUCHDOWN PASSES By UConn: D.J. Hernandez (4), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006 By Opp.: Brian Brohm (4), Louisville, Dec. 2, 2006
STANDARD PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN By UConn: Robert McClain (87), vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 7, 2009 By Opp.: Doug Beaumont (74), Louisville, Oct. 23, 2010
TEN-PLUS RECEPTIONS By UConn: Cornell Brockington (10), at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004 By Opp.: Ryan Broyles (13), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011
BLOCKED PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN By UConn: Cathlyn Clarke (31), vs. Kent State, Nov. 9, 2002 By Opp.: Parker Cantey (0), Syracuse, Nov. 15, 2008
100 YARDS RECEIVING By UConn: Michael Smith (130), vs. Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010 By Opp.: Ryan Broyles (170), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 Cameron Kenney (154), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011
INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN By UConn: Dwayne Gratz (46), vs. Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 By Opp.: Tony Jefferson (22), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 FUMBLE RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN By UConn: Dwayne Gratz (34), vs. Syracuse, Nov. 28, 2009 By Opp.: Adrian Robinson (24), Temple, Sept. 18, 2010 30-PLUS CARRIES By UConn: Jordan Todman (32), vs. Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 LaRod Stephens-Howling (32), Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006 By Opp.: 100 YARDS RUSHING By UConn: Jordan Todman (121), vs. Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 By Opp.: Bilal Powell (105), Louisville, Oct. 23, 2010 150 YARDS RUSHING By UConn: Jordan Todman (179), vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 27, 2010 By Opp.: Bernard Pierce (169), Temple, Sept. 18, 2010 200 YARDS RUSHING By UConn: Jordan Todman (222), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2010 By Opp.: Ray Rice (217), Rutgers, Oct. 22, 2005 THREE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS By UConn: Jordan Todman (3), vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 27, 2010 By Opp.: B.J. Daniels (3), USF, Dec. 5, 2009 FOUR-PLUS RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS By UConn: Jordan Todman (4), vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 7, 2009 By Opp.: Tony Hollings (4), Georgia Tech, Sept. 7, 2002 RUSHING TOUCHDOWN AND A RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN By UConn: Andre Dixon, vs. Akron, Sept. 29, 2007 By Opp.: Bernard Pierce, Temple, Sept. 18, 2010 5 0-PLUS PASSING ATTEMPTS By UConn: Dan Orlovsky (51), at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004 By Opp.: Zach Collaros (50), Cincinnati, Nov. 27, 2010 300 YARDS PASSING By UConn: Zach Frazer (333), vs. Rutgers, Oct. 31, 2009 By Opp.: Landry Jones (429), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 400 YARDS PASSING By UConn: Dan Orlovsky (445), at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004 By Opp.: Landry Jones (429), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011
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150 YARDS RECEIVING By UConn: Marcus Easley (157), vs. West Virginia, Oct. 24, 2009 Ryan Broyles (170), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 By Opp.: Cameron Kenney (154), Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 200 YARDS RECEIVING By UConn: Dak Newton (222), vs. Villanova, Oct. 5, 1996 By Opp.: Brian Forster (205) and Dameon Reilly (204), URI, Nov. 16, 1985 TWO RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS By UConn: Marcus Easley (2), vs. Syracuse, Nov. 28, 2009 By Opp.: Ed Young (3), Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010 THREE-PLUS RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS By UConn: Dak Newton (3), vs. Villanova, Oct. 5, 1996 By Opp.: Ed Young (3), Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010 70-YARD PUNT By UConn: Chris Pavasaris (74), at Louisville, Dec. 2, 2006 By Opp.: Tyson Beattie (71), Indiana, Sept. 23, 2006 MADE A 50-PLUS YARD FIELD GOAL By UConn: Dave Teggart (52 and 50), at USF, Dec. 4, 2010 By Opp.: Matt Weller (50), Ohio, September 5, 2009 THREE FIELD GOALS By UConn: Dave Teggart (4), at USF, Dec. 4, 2010 By Opp.: Justin Brockhaus-Kann (3), USF, Dec. 4, 2010 FOUR FIELD GOALS By UConn: Dave Teggart (4), at USF, Dec. 4, 2010 By Opp.: Chris Philpott (4), Louisville, Oct. 23, 2010 TWO SACKS By UConn: Jesse Joseph (2), vs. Vanderbilt, Oct. 2, 2010 By Opp.: Brandon Mills (2), Cincinnati, Nov. 27, 2010 THREE-PLUS SACKS By UConn: Lindsey Witten (4), vs. North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2009 By Opp.: Anthony Hoke (3), Cincinnati, Nov. 10, 2007 TWO INTERCEPTIONS By UConn: Jerome Junior (2), vs. Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010 By Opp.: Greg Williams (2), Pittsburgh, December 6, 2008 THREE-PLUS INTERCEPTIONS By UConn: Darius Butler (3), at Army, Oct. 1, 2005
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THE LAST TiME A TEAM... BLOCKED PUNT By UConn: vs. Rutgers, October 18, 2008 (Cody Brown block of Ted Dellaganna) Pittsburgh, December 6, 2008 By Opp.: (Michael Toerper block of Desi Cullen) BLOCKED FIELD GOAL By UConn: vs. Murray State, Sept. 4, 2004 (James Hargrave block of Morgan Riley) By Opp.: Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010 (Colby Way block of Dave Teggart) 100-YARD RUSHER AND A 300-YARD PASSER By UConn: at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004 (Cornell Brockington and Dan Orlovsky) Notre Dame, Nov. 21, 2009 By Opp.: (Armando Allen and Jimmy Clausen) 100-YARD RECEIVER AND A 300-YARD PASSER By UConn: at West Virginia, Oct. 24, 2009 (Marus Easley and Cody Endres) By Opp.: Oklahoma, Nov. 1, 2011 (Ryan Broyles, Cameron Kenney, and Landry Jones)
90-PLUS OFFENSIVE PLAYS 91, vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006 By UConn: By Opp.: 90, Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010 500 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE 501, at West Virginia, Oct. 24, 2009 By UConn: By Opp.: 524, Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 600 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE By UConn: 600, vs. Liberty, Sept. 10, 2005 711, Cincinnati, Nov. 7, 2009 By Opp.: TEN-PLUS PUNTS By UConn: 11, vs. Rutgers, Oct. 8, 2010 By Opp.: 10, Rutgers, Oct. 31, 2009 ZERO PUNTS at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004 By UConn: By Opp.: unknown (records available since 1961) SUCCESSFUL ONSIDE KICK By UConn: North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2009 (free kick) By Opp.: Pittsburgh, Sept. 22, 2007
100-YARD RUSHER, 100-YARD RECEIVER AND A 300-YARD PASSER By UConn: at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004 (Cornell Brockington, Keron Henry and Dan Orlovsky) By Opp.: Notre Dame, Nov. 21, 2009 (Armando Allen, Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, and Jimmy Clausen)
RECORDED A SAFETY By UConn: vs. Vanderbilt, Oct. 2, 2010 (Ball snapped through the back of the end zone) By Opp.: North Carolina, September 12, 2009 (Dan Ryan holding penalty in the end zone)
TWO 100-YARD RUSHERS By UConn: vs. Texas Southern, Sept. 11, 2010 (Jordan Todman and Robbie Frey) By Opp.: Louisville, Sept. 26, 2008 (Bidal Powell and Vic Anderson)
MADE TWO-POINT CONVERSION By UConn: at Cincinnati, Nov. 7, 2009 (Jordan Todman pass to Marcus Easley) By Opp.: Pittsburgh, Oct. 10, 2009 (Bill Stull pass to Cedric McGee)
TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS By UConn: vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 17, 1998 (John Fitzsimmons and Carl Bond) By Opp.: Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 (Ryan Broyles and Cameron Kenney)
SCORED 50 POINTS By UConn: UConn 62, Texas Southern 3, Sept. 11, 2010 By Opp.: West Virginia 66, UConn 21, Nov. 24, 2007
TWO QBS THROW OVER 100 YARDS By UConn: vs. Middle Tennessee, Nov. 4, 2000 (Chris Willis and Luke Richmond) By Opp.: Cincinnati, October 25, 2008 (Tony Pike and Chazz Anderson)
RECORDED A SHUTOUT By UConn: UConn 38, Maine 0, Sept. 8, 2007 By Opp.: Louisville 26, UConn 0, Oct. 23, 2010 RECORDED A SHUTOUT AT UCONN By UConn: UConn 38, Maine 0, Sept. 8, 2007 By Opp.: Navy 30, UConn 0, Sept. 23, 1978
30-PLUS FIRST DOWNS By UConn: 30, vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006 By Opp.: 34, Villanova, Oct. 16, 1999
WON BY 30 OR MORE POINTS By UConn: UConn 62, Texas Southern 3, Sept. 11, 2010 By Opp.: West Virginia 66, UConn 21, Nov. 24, 2007
FEWER THAN 10 FIRST DOWNS By UConn: 9, vs. Wake Forest, Dec. 29, 2007 By Opp.: 5, Rhode Island, Sept. 26, 2009
CAME FROM AT LEAST 10 POINTS BEHIND TO WIN By UConn: UConn 16, West Virginia 13 (trailed 10-0), Oct. 29, 2010 By Opp.: Pittsburgh 24, UConn 21 (trailed 21-6), Oct. 10, 2009
LESS THAN 50 YARDS RUSHING By UConn: 22, at Cincinnati, Nov. 10, 2007 By Opp.: 18, Texas Southern, Sept. 11, 2010 ATTEMPTED 50-PLUS PASSES By UConn: 56, vs. Rutgers, Oct. 31, 2009 By Opp.: 50, Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 300 YARDS RUSHING By UConn: 358, vs. Buffalo, Jan. 3, 2009 By Opp.: 360, Syracuse, Nov. 28, 2009 400 YARDS PASSING By UConn: 445, at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004 By Opp.: 429, Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011 LESS THAN 100 YARDS PASSING By UConn: 98, at Syracuse, Nov. 20, 2010 By Opp.: 96, Syracuse, Nov. 15, 2008
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SCORED ON FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE By UConn: at Wake Forest, Nov. 15, 2003 (O’Neil Wilson 55 pass from Dan Orlovsky) By Opp.: USF, Oct. 7, 2006 (Matt Grothe 16 run) WON ON THE FINAL SNAP OF REGULATION (NOT OT) By UConn: UConn 29, South Florida 27, Dec. 5, 2009 (Dave Teggart Field Goal) By Opp.: Pittsburgh 24, UConn 21, Oct. 10, 2009 (Dan Hutchins field goal) OVERTIME WIN By UConn: UConn 16, West Virginia 13, Oct. 29, 2010 By Opp.: Ball State 24, UConn 21, Sept. 28, 2002
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OFFENSiVE CAREER HiGHS RYAN GRIFFIN • JR • TE • #94 Most Receptions: 6, vs. Rutgers, 10/31/09 Most Rec. Yards, Game: 80, vs. Rutgers, 10/31/09 Longest Reception: 28, vs. Rutgers, 10/31/09 ISIAH MOORE • SR • WR • #83 Most Receptions: 4, 4x, last at Syracuse, 11/20/10 Most Rec. Yards, Game: 76, at Baylor, 9/19/09 Longest Reception: 28, at Baylor, 9/19/09 KASHIF MOORE • SR • WR • #82 Most Receptions: 5, 2x, last at Rutgers, 10/8/10 Most Rec. Yards, Game: 77, vs. Cincinnati, 11/7/09 Longest Reception: 67, vs. Louisville, 10/17/09 D.J. SHOEMATE • SR • RB • #24 Most Carries, game: 16, v s. Buffalo, 9/25/10 Most Rush Yards, game: 60, vs. Buffalo, 9/25/10 Longest Run: 28, vs. Texas Southern, 9/11/10
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DEFENSiVE CAREER HiGHS HARRIS AGBOR • SR • S • #25 Most Tackles, game: 8, 3x, last vs. Oklahoma, 1/1/11 Most TFL, game: 3, at Michigan, 9/4/10
SHAMAR STEPHEN • SO • DT • #59 Most Tackles, game: 5, at USF, 12/4/10
KIJUAN DABNEY • SR • CB • #19 Most Tackles, game: 8, at Michigan, 9/4/10
GARY WILBURN • SR • CB • #21 Most Tackles, game: 4, at Michigan, 9/4/10
DWAYNE GRATZ • JR • CB • #7 Most Tackles, game: 9, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10 Most PBU, game: 2, 3x, last at Louisville, 10/23/10 Longest Interception Return 46, vs. Oklahoma, 1/1/11
JEROME WILLIAMS • JR • LB • #55 Most Tackles, gm: 5, vs. Texas Southern, 9/11/10
JORY JOHNSON • JR • OLB • #28 Most Tackles, game: 4, at Temple, 9/18/10
TREVARDO WILLIAMS • JR • DE • #48 Most Tackles, game: 6, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10 Most TFL, game: 2, 2x, last vs. Buffalo, 9/25/10 Most Sacks, game: 1, 5x, last at Rutgers, 10/8/10
JESSE JOSEPH • JR • DE • #91 Most Tackles, game: 8, vs. North Carolina, 9/12/09 Most TFL, game: 3, vs. Vanderbilt, 10/2/10 Most Sacks, game: 2, vs. Vanderbilt, 10/2/10
BLIDI WREH-WILSON • JR • CB • #5 Most Tackles, game: 7, 2x, last vs. Oklahoma, 1/1/11 Most TFL, game: 1, at Michigan, 9/4/10 Longest Interception Return: 53, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10
JEROME JUNIOR • JR • S • #15 Most Tackles, game: 8, vs. Pittsburgh, 11/11/10 Most Interceptions, game: 2, vs. Buffalo, 9/25/10 TAYLOR MACK • SO • CB • #29 Most Tackles, game: 4, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10 Longest Punt Return: 33, at Rutgers, 10/8/10 Most PBU, game: 2, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10 TWYON MARTIN • SR • DT • #4 Most Tackles, game: 8, vs. West Virginia, 11/1/08 Most TFL, game: 2.5, vs. Rutgers, 10/31/09 Most Sacks, game: 1.5, vs. Rutgers, 10/31/09 SIO MOORE • JR • LB • #3 Most Tackles, gm: 17, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10 Most TFL, gm: 3.0, 2x, last vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10 Most Interceptions, game: 1, vs. Buffalo, 9/25/10 Most Forced Fumbles, game: 2, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10 Most Fumble Rec., game: 2, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10 KENDALL REYES • SR • DT • #99 Most Tackles, game: 8, at Michigan, 9/4/10 Most TFL, game: 2.5, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10 Most PBU, game: 2, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10 Longest Interception Return: 79, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10
SPECiAL TEAMS CAREER HiGHS DAVE TEGGART • SR • K • #38 Most FG’s, game: 4, 2x, last at USF, 12/4/10 Most FG att., game: 5, at Temple, 9/18/10 Longest Made FG: 52, at USF, 12/4/10 Longest Att. FG: 52, at USF, 12/4/10 Most PAT’s, game: 7, 2x, last vs. Tx. Sthrn, 9/11/10 Most PAT att., game: 7, 2x, last vs. Tx. Sthrn, 9/11/10 Most points, game: 16, vs. Cincinnati, 10/25/08
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COLE WAGNER • SO • P • #86 Most Punts, game: 11, at Rutgers, 10/8/10 Longest Punt: 66, at Michigan, 9/4/10 Longest PuntAverage, game: 53.2, at USF, 12/4/10 Most Punts In20, game: 3, 3x, last at Syracuse, 11/20/10
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