October 26, 2013 • vs. UCF UConn, when the Huskies topped Fordham by a 35-3 score on September American Standings 3, 2011. Here is how some other UConn head coaches have fared in their first Conference Overall Streak game – Randy Edsall, 56-17 loss at Hofstra, Sept. 4, 1999; Skip Holtz, 17-6 2-0 1.000 5-1 0.833 L1 loss vs. Nicholls State, Sept. 3, 1994; Tom Jackson, 22-5 loss at Rutgers, Sept. Houston UCF 2-0 1.000 5-1 0.833 W2 10, 1983; Walt Nadzak, 49-0 loss at Lehigh, Sept. 10, 1977; Larry Naviaux, 22USF 2-0 1.000 2-4 0.333 W2 20 loss vs. Lehigh, Sept. 15, 1973; Bob Casciola, 20-7 loss at Vermont; John Louisville 2-1 0.667 6-1 0.857 L1 Toner, 16-0 loss at Yale, Sept. 25, 1965; Rick Forzano, 21-6 loss at Yale, Sept. Cincinnati 2-1 0.667 5-2 0.714 W2 26, 1964; Bob Ingalls, 34-13 loss at Yale, Sept. 20, 1952; Arthur Valpey, 25-0 Rutgers 1-1 0.500 4-2 0.667 L1 loss at Yale, Sept. 23, 1950; J.O. Christian, 7-0 loss vs. American International; SMU 1-1 0.500 2-4 0.333 W1 Sumner Dole, 13-0 win vs. Trinity, Sept, 29, 1923. UConn 0-2 0.000 0-6 0.000 L6 Memphis 0-3 0.000 1-5 0.167 L3 HUSKIES HAVE BEEN BOWL ELIGIBLE Temple 0-3 0.000 1-6 0.143 W1 The UConn football team has been bowl eligible four times in the past six years and in six of the past ten. 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. Out of Town Scoreboard UConn lost to Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl and it defeated South Carolina by Saturday, October 26 a 20-7 score in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl. The Huskies also went to the Houston at Rutgers, 12 p.m. International Bowl in 2009 and defeated Buffalo. In 2007, UConn was 9-3 in Louisville at USF, 12 p.m. the regular season and went on to the Meineke Car Care Bowl. In 2004, the Temple at SMU, 3 p.m. 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. UCONN IN THE NATIONAL STATISTICS The following is where UConn ranked in the NCAA national statistics: Total Offense 116th at 303.8 yards per game (9th American) Rushing Offense 121st at 74.3 yards per game (10th American) Passing Offense 64th at 229.5 yards per game (7th American) Scoring Offense 115th at 16.3 points per game (9th American) Total Defense 48th at 377.7 yards per game (6th American) Rushing Defense 74th at 171.5 yards per game (9th American) Pass. Eff. Defense 31st at 206.2 points (4th American) Scoring Defense 92nd at 30.7 points per game (9th American) Ind. Tackles Yawin Smallwood, 3rd at 12.8 tackles per game (2nd American) Rec. Yards Per Game Geremy Davis, 35th at 88.0 yard per game (3rd American) Receptions Per Game Geremy Davis, 49th at 5.3 per game (5th American)
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Louisville (28).......................................................298 Cincinnati (2)........................................................257 Rutgers.................................................................240 UCF......................................................................210 USF......................................................................155 Houston................................................................134 UConn................................................................131 SMU......................................................................118 Temple....................................................................60 Memphis.................................................................47
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HUSKIES AND NATIONAL POLLS Connecticut has been ranked in the Associated Press poll for six weeks during its FBS history, four weeks in the USA Today poll and seven weeks in the BCS rankings. UConn was No. 25 on Dec. 5, 2010, in its only ranking of that year. The Huskies were No. 16 on Oct. 28, 2007 and Nov. 4, 2007, No. 25 on Nov. 11, 2007, No. 20 on Nov. 18, 2007 and No. 24 on Sept. 28, 2008. UCONN VS. RANKED TEAMS Saturday’s game will be the 22nd time in school history that the Huskies have faced a team ranked in the Associated Press poll at the time of the game. Earlier this year, Michigan was ranked 15th for the UConn game on September 21. UConn has a 2-19 record in those games with the two wins coming vs. No. 19 Louisville on November 24, 2012 by a 23-20 score in triple overtime and on Oct. 27, 2007 with a 22-15 win over No. 11 USF. UConn first played a ranked team in the 2001 season opener at No. 9 Virginia Tech. UConn has played the country’s top ranked team once when it traveled to Miami on Oct. 5, 2002.
Weekly Awards Awards announced on Oct. 21: Offensive Player of the Week Storm Johnson, RB, UCF Defensive Player of the Week Derrick Mathews, LB, Houston Special Teams Player of the Week Paul Layton, P, Temple Honor Roll: Brendon Kay, QB, Cincinnati Ryan Coleman, LB, Memphis Beau Barnes, DE, SMU Garrett Gilbert, QB, SMU Nate D. Smith, LB, Temple
UCONN FOOTBALL A LEADER IN ACADEMICS The UConn football program continues to be a leader in terms of academic performance by its student-athletes. UConn was the top team in the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of both October 2008 and ’09 among Big East league schools. In 2010, the Huskies GSR was third in the Big East and within four points of the second place team in 2011, was tied for fourth in the league, but within four points of the two schools that were tied for second. UConn’s 75 percent GSR mark released in
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