CONNECTICUT (3-5, 1-2 BE) vs. SYRACUSE (5-3, 1-2 BE) GAME 9 w Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 w 12:00 P.M. RENTSCHLER FIELD (40,000)
ESPNU 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) 12:00 PM 11/19 LOUISVILLE* TBA 11/26 RUTGERS* TBA 12/3 at Cincinnati* (ESPN/2) 12:00 PM * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
Syracuse Schedule/Results Date Opponent Score/Time 9/1 WAKE FOREST (ESPN3) W, 36-29 9/10 RHODE ISLAND W, 21-14 9/17 at Southern California (FX) L, 38-17 9/24 TOLEDO (BE Net.) W, 33-30(OT) 10/1 RUTGERS* (BE Net.) L, 19-16(OT) 10/8 at Tulane (Cox) W, 37-34 10/21 WEST VIRGINIA* (ESPN) W, 49-23 10/29 at Louisville* (BE Net.) L, 27-10 11/5 at Connecticut* (ESPNU) 12:00 PM 11/11 USF* (ESPN2) 8:00 PM 11/26 CINCINNATI* TBA 12/3 at Pittsburgh* (ESPN/2) 12:00 PM * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
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GAME STORYLINES
UConn returns home for the first of three-straight BIG EAST games. UConn head coach Paul Pasqauloni will face the school he was the head coach at for 14 seasons plus four as an assistant.
w Senior kicker Dave Teggart now has mul-
tiple field goals in five games this season and 19 in his career. He has ten career games with three or more field goals.
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UConn has had fourth quarter leads in three of its five losses this season.
w UConn’s defense continues to be stingy as it is ranked ninth in rushing defense.
w Redshirt freshman Llyle McCombs is tied as the 27th leading rusher in the country.
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 63 and overall wins with 110. He is just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 143-81-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 35 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. SYRACUSE COACH DOUG MARRONE Doug Marrone is in his third year as the head coach at Syracuse. Marrone had a 4-8 record in his first season in charge of the Syracuse program and last year he led SU to an 8-5 mark and won the New Era Pinstripe Bowl with a win over Kansas State. He played on the offensive line for Syracuse from 1983-85 and then played two years in the NFL. He graduated from Syracuse in 1991 and then began his assistant coaching career. He was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints from 2006-08 and also was the offensive line coach for the New York Jets from 2002-05. His college assistant jobs included stops at Cortland State, Coast Guard (1993), Northeastern, Georgia Tech and Tennessee before joining the NFL ranks.
RADIO & TV COVERAGE TELEVISION COVERAGE Saturday’s game will be televised nationally by ESPNU. Pam Ward is on playby-play while Dan Hawkins is on color. Todd Jones is the producer and Scott Barke is the director. The game will also be replayed on SNY in a condensed mode on the “Husky Power Hour” on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.The game will be replayed in its entirity on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7:00 p.m. 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. 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 at 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