Connecticut Huskies (3-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. No. 22/21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-0, 1-0 BIG EAST) Game 6 • Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 • 12:00 PM Piscataway, N.J. • High Point Solutions Stadium (52,454) ESPNU • UConn IMG Sports Radio Network
The Coaches connecticut head coach paul pasqualoni UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni made his Husky coaching debut a successful one on Sept. 3, 2011 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 is the all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 65 and overall wins with 113. He is just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 149-84-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 8-9 at UConn). 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). For the previous five seasons, Pasqualoni has served on NFL staffs -- with Dallas in 2006-07 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. Rutgers Head Coach Kyle Flood Kyle Flood is in his first year as the head coach at Rutgers and is in his first year as a collegiate head coach. He had served on the Rutgers staff for the previous seven seasons and also had assistant coaching stints at C.W. Post (1995-96), Hofstra (1997-2001), Delaware (2002-05). He was part of the coaching staff that led the Blue Hens to the 2003 NCAA FCS Championship. Flood is a 1993 Iona College graduate. The last time Rutgers promoted an assistant coach on staff to the head coaching position was the naming of Frank Burns to replace John Bateman in 1973 -- and Burns became the winningest coach in school history.
UConn Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 8/30 Massachusetts (SNY) W, 37-0 9/8 NC State (SNY) L, 7-10 9/15 at Maryland (SNY) W, 24-21 9/22 at Western Michigan (ESPN3) L, 24-30 9/29 Buffalo (SNY) W, 24-17 10/6 at Rutgers* (ESPNU) 12:00 PM 10/13 Temple* (ESPN3) 1:00 PM 10/19 at Syracuse* (ESPN) 8:00 PM 11/3 at USF* TBA 11/9 Pittsburgh* (ESPN2) 8:00 PM 11/24 at Louisville* TBA 12/1 Cincinnati* (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) TBA *Denotes BIG EAST Conference Game
Rutgers Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) 9/1 at Tulane (CBSSN) 9/8 Howard (SNY) 9/13 USF* (ESPN) 9/22 at Arkansas (ESPNU) 10/6 Connecticut* (ESPNU) 10/13 Syracuse* (SNY) 10/20 at Temple* 10/27 Kent State (SNY) 11/10 Army 11/17 at Cincinnati* (SNY) 11/24 at Pittsburgh* 11/29 Louisville* (ESPN)
Score/Time W, 24-12 W, 26-0 W, 23-13 W, 35-26 12:00 PM 12:00 PM TBA 3:30 pm TBA 12:00 pm TBA 7:30 pm
*Denotes BIG EAST Conference Game
Radio & TV Coverage television coverage Saturday’s game is being televised live nationally by ESPNU. Tom Hart is on play-by-play with John Congemi on color, while John Kettering is the producer. The game will be replayed in its entirety on SNY on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. and in a condensed “Husky Power Hour” version on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and Monday, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. (Connecticut only) and Wednesday, Oct. 10 at noon (Connecticut only). radio coverage WTIC 1080-AM in Hartford serves as the flagship station for the UConn IMG Sports Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. The 2012-13 year marks the 21st consecutive season that WTIC is the flagship for UConn sports. The 2012-13 football and men’s and women’s basketball season also marks the first year that the radio rights are held by IMG College, which is UConn’s multi-media rights partner. 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 Anthony “Rex” McCalla on production.
Quick Hits • UConn’s Paul Pasqualoni is BIG EAST career leader in overall wins and conference wins. • The Huskies are 3-5 in BIG EAST openers and 3-5 against Rutgers since joining the league in 2004. • Linebacker Jory Johnson was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after a career-high 14 tackles against Buffalo. • UConn ranks sixth in the country in both total defense and rushing defense. • UConn last faced a ranked opponent on October 8, 2011 at West Virginia.