October 19, 2012 • at Syracuse The Match-Up
Rushing Yards McCombs..............484 Smith.................... 355 DeLorenzo............118 Gulley................... 165 McCummings..........80 Nassib.................... 71 Passing Yards Whitmer..............1,535 Nassib............... 1,913 McEntee....................6 ................................... McCummings............2 ................................... Receptions Davis.......................25 Sales...................... 37 Smith.......................19 West....................... 26 N. Williams..............16 Lemon.................... 24 Phillips.....................15 Gulley..................... 17 Points Scored Christen...................37 Sales...................... 30 McCombs................24 Gulley..................... 18 Griffin......................18 Kobena................... 12 Total Tackles Smallwood..............75 Diabate................... 44 Johnson..................59 Davis...................... 32 B. Jones..................53 Spurill..................... 24 Interceptions Gratz.........................2 Reddish.................... 1 Brown........................1 Thomas.................... 1 B. Jones....................1 Wilkes....................... 1 Category.......................UConn Cuse Total Offense.................320.6 446.3 Rushing Offense............100.1 127.5 Passing Offense.............220.4 318.8 Passing Efficiency..........119.8 136.6 Scoring Offense.............19.0 22.8 First Downs For..............114 150 Third Down Conv...........37% 44% Turnovers-INT/FUM.......16-10/6 15-8/7 Total Defense.................261.0 336.3 Rushing Defense...........99.4 136.2 Passing Defense............161.6 200.2 Passing Eff. Defense.....102.9 140.8 Scoring Defense............16.3 25.7 First Downs Against.......97 103 Third Down Defense......30% 38% TOs Forced-INT/FUM....9-4/5 5-3/2 Turnover Margin.............-7 -10 Time of Possession........31:26 28:35 Penalties-Yards..............28-205 45-360 2
UConn football on home Saturday dates gets going early with “Breakfast At The Rent” with Ray Dunaway and Scott Gray beginning at 6:00 a.m. For the Temple game, the UConn Tailgate Show will air from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with Kevin Nathan and Bob Joyce. The pregame show begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the game and then postgame “Husky Talk” with Kevin Nathan. Other affiliates for UConn football on the UConn IMG Sports Network include WILI 1400-AM in Willimantic and WAVZ-1300 AM in New Haven. The UConn vs. Temple game will also be available on satellite radio on Ch. 92 on Sirius and 190 on XM. UConn and SNY SNY is the “the official television home of the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball programs”. In conjunction with UConn, SNY is entering its third year of a comprehensive, multi-year partnership that made SNY the official regional television home of UConn men’s basketball and football. The excitement continues as SNY will now be the home of UConn women’s basketball starting in 2012-13, which will lead to unique cross promotional opportunities with all three programs on the same outlet. SNY’s regional territory includes all of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Northeast Pennsylvania for a reach of 8.7 million households. With national coverage on DirectTV, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Cable and AT&T U-Verse, SNY’s total distribution is 13.7 million homes. It is the television home of the New York Mets, New York Jets and the BIG EAST Conference. SNY features approximately 700 hours of programming a year dedicated to UConn football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. This past spring, SNY provided live national coverage of UConn’s annual Blue-White Game. As the exclusive TV home of UConn football, SNY is planning to air approximately five live games in 2012 – 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; and SNY Spotlight with Head Coach Paul Pasqualoni. SNY Spotlight is an exclusive signature series – created by SNY’s Original Entertainment Division – that features in-depth interviews with New York’s most influential leaders in sports and entertainment.
Series Notes UConn vs. Syracuse History Friday’s game will be the ninth meeting all-time between UConn and Syracuse with the series dating back to UConn joining the BIG EAST Conference in 2004. UConn leads the series by a 6-2 count and has won the past five meetings between the teams. UConn has won two of four meetings at the Carrier Dome – loss 42-30 in 2004, loss 20-14 in 2006, win 39-14 in 2008 and win 23-6 in 2010. Last season, Connecticut defeated Syracuse by a score of 28-21 on Rentschler Field on November 5, 2011. Quarterback Scott McCummings rushed for two touchdowns in the game and tailback Lyle McCombs rushed for 152 yards in the win. McCummings scored both his TDs in the fourth quarter, on runs of 10 and seven yards. The two teams traded first half touchdowns as the game was knotted 7-7 at intermission. McCombs scored on a three-yard run in the third quarter to tie the game at 14-14. RB Dorian Graham scored on a seven-yard run to give SU a 21-14 lead headed into the fourth quarter. Ryan Nassib passed for 275 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions
2012 University of Connecticut Football Game Notes