Connecticut Huskies (3-3, 0-1 BIG EAST) vs. Temple Owls (2-2, 1-0 BIG EAST) Game 7 • Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 • 1:00 PM East Hartford, Conn. • Rentschler Field (40,000) ESPN3 • 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 149-86-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 8-10 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. Temple Head Coach Steve Addazio Steve Addazio is in his second year in charge of the Temple program and led the Owls to a 9-4 record last year and to an appearance in the New Mexico Bowl. Addazio was an assistant coach at Florida from 2005-10 and was the assistant head coach in 2008 and ’09 and the associate head coach in 2010. A native of Farmington, Conn., Addazio was an assistant coach at Western Connecticut (1985-87), Syracuse (1995-98), Notre Dame (1999-2001) and Indiana (2002-04) before heading to Florida. He is a 1981 Central Connecticut graduate and was a four year starter on both the offensive and defensive line for the Blue Devils.
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) L, 3-19 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
Temple Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 8/31 Villanova (ESPN3) W, 41-10 9/8 Maryland (ESPNU) L, 27-36 9/22 at Penn State (ABC) L, 13-24 10/6 USF* (SNY) W, 37-28 10/13 at Connecticut* (ESPN3) 1:00 PM 10/20 Rutgers* (SNY) 12:00 pm 10/27 at Pittsburgh* TBA 11/3 at Louisville* TBA 11/10 Cincinnati* TBA 11/17 at Army (CBSSN) 12:00 pm 11/23 Syracuse* (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) TBA *Denotes BIG EAST Conference Game
Radio & TV Coverage television coverage Saturday’s game is being televised online by ESPN3. Dave Weekley is on playby-play with Rene Ingoglia on color while Chris Ackerknecht is the producer and Dave Wexler is the director. The game will be replayed in its entirety on SNY on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 2:00 p.m. (Connecticut only) and in a condensed “Husky Power Hour” version on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and Monday, Oct. 15 at 9 a.m. (Connecticut only) and Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 11 a.m. (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
Quick Hits • UConn’s is ranked sixth in the country in total defense, eighth in rushing defense, 11th in pass defense and 21st in scoring defense. • Temple returns to Rentschler Field for the first time since 2007 and for the first time as a BIG EAST opponent. • UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni and Temple head coach Steve Addazio have been on the same staffs at Syracuse and Western Connecticut. • UConn is 7-1 in BIG EAST home openers since 2004. • UConn allowed a 100-yard rusher last week for the first time since 2010 at Louisville (Bilal Powell).