October 19, 2012 • at Syracuse Tracking the Opponents Massachusetts (0-6) This Week: vs. Bowling Green Next Week: at Vanderbilt North Carolina State (4-2) This Week: at Maryland Next Week: at North Carolina Maryland (4-2) This Week: vs. NC State Next Week: at Boston College Western Michigan (3-4) This Week: at Kent State Next Week: vs. N. Illinois Buffalo (1-5) This Week: vs. Pittsburgh Next Week: vs. Toledo Rutgers (6-0) This Week: at Temple Next Week: vs. Kent State Temple (3-2) This Week: vs. Rutgers Next Week: at Pittsburgh Syracuse (2-4) This Week: vs. Connecticut Next Week: at USF USF (2-4) This Week: at Louisville Next Week: vs. Syracuse Pittsburgh (2-4) This Week: at Buffalo Next Week: vs. Temple Louisville (6-0) This Week: vs. USF Next Week: vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati (5-0) This Week: at Toledo Next Week: at Louisville 4
SQUAD NOTES UConn and NCAA Leaders Here is where UConn stands in the lastest NCAA statistics: Total Defense 6th at 261.00 yards per game Rushing Defense 13th at 99.43 yards per game Passing Defense 8th at 161.57 yards per game Scoring Defense 16th at 16.29 points per game Sacks t14th at 3.00 per game Tackles For Loss 21st at 7.43 per game Total Offense 107th at 320.57 yards per game Rushing Offense 111th at 100.14 yards per game Passing Offense 73rd at 220.43 yards per game Scoring Offense 109th at 19.00 points per game Punt Returns 27th at 12.31 yards per return Here is where UConn individuals stand in NCAA leaders Trevardo Williams t13th in sacks at 1.07 per game (leads BIG EAST) Yawin Smallwood t23rd in tackles for loss at 1.57 per game (leads BIG EAST) t9th in tackles at 10.71 per game (leads BIG EAST) Nick Williams t20th in punt returns at 11.73 per return Team Captains The following four Huskies were named team captains for the season in the week prior to the season opener vs. UMass – redshirt senior outside linebacker Jory Johnson (Mobile, Ala.), redshirt senior offensive tackle Adam Masters (Bethesda, Md.), senior wide receiver Nick Williams (East Windsor, N.J.) and redshirt senior cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson (Edinboro, Pa.). HUSKIES HAVE BEEN BOWL ELIGIBLE The UConn football team has been bowl eligible for four times in the past five years and in sixth of the past nine. 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 lost to Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl and its defeated South Carolina by a 20-7 score in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl. 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. 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 Shane Day Quarterbacks Kansas St. ‘99 Mike Foley Offensive Line Colgate ‘78 Darrell Perkins Safeties Wyoming ‘90 Clayton White RBs, Special Teams Coordinator NC State ‘01 Jonathan Wholley Linebackers Connecticut ‘04 The 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 43 seasons: Pasqualoni, 20 seasons (UConn, 2011, Syracuse 1991-2004, Western Connecticut 1982-86); DeLeone, 4 seasons (Southern Connecticut 1976-79); Brown, 12 seasons (Massachusetts 2004-08, Northeastern 2000-2003, Plymouth State 1993-95); Foley, 7 seasons (Colgate 1986-92). * There are three coaches on the staff that have served as coordinators on the
2012 University of Connecticut Football Game Notes