2015 UConn Football St. Petersburg Bowl Media Guide

Folorunso Fatukasi – DL All-American Athletic Conference Honorable Mention

Julian Campenni – DL

Andrew Adams – S

All-American Athletic Conference Second Team

All-American Athletic Conference Second Team

Junior Joseph -- LB Jamar Summers - CB

All-American Athletic Conference Honorable Mention

All-American Athletic Conference First Team

UCONN FOOTBALL ST. PETERSBURG BOWL GUIDE UCONN VS. MARSHALL

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 TROPICANA FIELD, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TOC, Media Information ....................................................................... 1 Bowl Information .................................................................................... 2

2015 Rosters Depth Chart, Starters .............................................................................. 3 Alpha Roster ......................................................................................... 4-5 Pronuncation Guide ................................................................................ 5 Numerical Roster .................................................................................. 6-7 Roster Breakdown By State ..................................................................... 7 2015 Starters ............................................................................................ 8

2015 Notes

2015 Game Summareis

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2015 Statistics Stats .................................................................................................. 36-39

Coaching Staff Head Coach Bob Diaco .................................................................. 40-41 Assitant Coaches and Staff .............................................................. 42-43

Student-Athletes Student-Athlete Profiles ................................................................... 44-54

Notes ................................................................................................... 9-18 National Bowl Schedule ........................................................................ 19 Last Time.......................................................................................... 20-21 Career Highs .................................................................................... 22-23

Villanova ................................................................................................

Army ......................................................................................................

Missouri .................................................................................................

Navy .......................................................................................................

BYU .......................................................................................................

UCF .......................................................................................................

USF ........................................................................................................

Cincinnati ..............................................................................................

East Carolina ..........................................................................................

Tulane ....................................................................................................

Houston .................................................................................................

Temple ................................................................................................... 35

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Historical 1998 NCAA Playoffs ............................................................................

2004 Motor City ..................................................................................

2007 Meineke ........................................................................................

2009 International .................................................................................

2010 Papajohns.com ............................................................................

2011 Fiesta .............................................................................................

Bowl Records .........................................................................................

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University of Connecticut UConn Page .......................................................................................... 62

Media Information CONTACT: SECONDARY CONTACT: Mike Enright Jennifer Greene Phone: (860) 486-3531 Phone: (860) 486-1496 Cell: (860) 208-4756 Cell: (207) 712-9809 mike.enright@uconn.edu Jennifer.greene@uconn.edu FAX: (860) 486-5085 Online: UConnHuskies.com 2095 Hillside Road U-1173 Storrs, CT 06269-1173

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St. Petersburg Bowl Facts Executive Director: Brett Dulaney Media Contact: Jack Heilig Email: Jack@TrifecaTeam.com Field (Capacity): Tropicana Field (28, 453) 2014 Results: North Carolina State 34, UCF 27 2014 Attendance: 26, 675 Internet Address: stpetersburgbowl.com Media Headquarters: Sirata Beach Resort & Conference Center Phone Number: 855-344-5999

Redshirt senior linebacker Even McKelvey is the leading tackler for Marshall in 2015 with 113 tackles with nine for a loss.

Marshall University Facts Location: Huntington, West Virginia Founded: 1837 Enrollment: 14,000 Conference: Conference USA Division: FBS Colors: Green and White Nickname: Thundering Herd Home Field (Capacity): Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,227) Surface: Astro Turf President: Dr. Gary G. White (Interim) Athletic Director: Mike Hamrick Head Coach: Doc Holliday Record at Marshall: 49-28 Overall Record: Same Record in Bowl Games: 3-0 School’s All-Time Bowl Record: 9-3 Last Appearance: 2014 Boca Raton Result: W, 52-23 vs. Northern Illinois In St. Petersburg Bowl: 1-0 All-Time Series vs. UConn: 0-0 All-Time Record vs. American Athletic Conference: 23-37-1 SID: Jason Corriher SID Phone: (304) 696-4660 SID Fax: (304) 696-2325 SID Email: corriher@marshall.edu Website: herdzone.com Leading Rusher: Devon Johnson (84 att., 555 yards, 5 TD) Leading Passer: Chase Litton (207-349, 2,387 yards, 22 TD, 7 INT) Leading Receiver: Davonte Allen (56 rec., 696 yards, 5 TD) Leading Tackler: Evan McKelvey (113 tackles, 9.0 TFL, 1 INT)

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Brett Dulaney Executive Director

Jack Heilig Media Contact

Game History Date......................Result.................................................................. Attendance

MagicJack St. Petersburg Bowl 12/20/08............ USF 41, Memphis 14..........................................25,205 St. Petersburg Bowl presented by Beef ‘O’ Brady’s 12/19/09............ Rutgers 45, UCF 24............................................29,763 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg 12/21/10............ Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28..........................20,017 12/20/11............ Marshall 20, FIU 10............................................20,072 12/21/12............ UCF 38, Ball State 17.........................................21,759 12/23/13............ East Carolina 37, Ohio 20...................................20,053 Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl 12/15/14............ North Carolina State 34, UCF 27......................26,675

Individual Awards

MVP Winning Team

MVP Losing Team

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Matt Grothe, USF Mohamed Sanu, Rutgers Jeremy Wright, Louisville Aaron Dobson, Marshall Blake Bortles, UCF Vintavious Cooper, ECU Jacoby Brissett, N.C. State

Duke Calhoun, Memphis Kamar Aiken, UCF Austin Davis, Southern Miss T.Y. Hilton, FIU Jahwan Edwards, Ball State Donte Foster, Ohio Josh Reese UCF

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DEPTH CHART

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OFFENSE LT:

LG:

C:

RG:

RT:

TE:

TE:

WR:

WR:

QB:

TB:

DEFENSE

71 65

Richard Levy (RJr., 6-6, 312) Matt Peart (Fr., 6-7, 263)

DE:

62 73

Tommy Hopkins (RSo., 6-6, 309) Steve Hashemi (So., 6-6, 286)

DT:

72 75

Brendan Vechery (RSo., 6-6, 302) Dan Oak (RFr., 6-3, 292)

DT:

60 70

Tyler Samra (Sr., 6-2, 301) Kyle Bockeloh (RJr., 6-3, 295)

DE:

53 77

Andreas Knappe (RJr., 6-8, 311) Trey Rutherford (So., 6-5, 300)

LB:

86 90

Alec Bloom (So., 6-6, 257) Zordan Holman (Fr., 6-5, 224)

LB:

89 90

Chris Lee (Fr., 6-7, 252) Zordan Holman (Fr., 6-5, 224)

LB:

5 18

Noel Thomas (Jr., 6-1, 195) Brian Lemelle (Jr., 5-10, 172)

CB:

2 88

Tyraiq Beals (Fr., 6-0, 171) Hergy Mayala (Fr., 6-2, 200)

4 14

Bryant Shirreffs (RSo., 6-2, 220) Tim Boyle (Jr., 6-3, 224)

FS:

22 3 44

Arkeel Newsome (So., 5-7, 18) OR Ron Johnson (So., 5-11, 226) Max DeLorenzo (RSr., 5-11, 216)

CB:

OR

SS:

95 96

Kenton Adeyemi (RSr., 6-4, 291) James Atkins (RFr., 6-5, 267)

93 99

Foley Fatukasi (RSo., 6-4, 304) Sean Marinan (RJr., 6-1, 296)

90 92

Julian Campeni (RSr., 6-0, 306) Mikal Myers (RJr., 6-1, 323)

15 10

Luke Carrezola (So., 6-3, 255) Cameron Stapleton (RSo., 6-4, 246)

2 13

Graham Stewart (RSr., 6-1, 237) Vontae Diggs (So., 6-2, 225)

11 55

Junior Joseph (RSo., 6-1, 242) John Hicks (RJr., 6-2, 246)

46 36

Marquise Vann (RSr., 6-0, 231) Matt Walsh (Jr., 6-1, 241)

6 7

Jhavon Williams (RJr., 5-10, 190) John Green (RJr., 5-10, 187)

22 19

Andrew Adams (RSr., 6-0, 198) Ellis Marder (RJr., 6-1, 199

20 23

Obi Melifonwu (RJr., 6-3, 216) Junior Lee (RSr., 6-0, 209)

21 4

Jamar Summers (So., 6-0, 185) Javon Hadley (Jr., 5-10, 168)

SPECIAL TEAMS KO:

PK:

P:

HL:

KR:

PR:

LS:

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Michael Tarbutt (Fr., 6-0, 177) Bobby Puyol (RJo., 5-10, 178)

17 40

Bobby Puyol (RJo., 5-10, 178) Michael Tarbutt (Fr., 6-0, 177)

42 17

Justin Wain (RJr., 6-3, 214) Bobby Puyol (RJo., 5-10, 178)

14 18

Tim Boyle (Jr., 6-3, 224) Brian Lemelle (Jr., 5-10, 172)

22 26

Arkeel Newsome (So., 5-7, 182) Josh Marriner (RSo., 5-9, 201)

18 2 27

Brian Lemelle (Jr., 5-10, 172) Tyraiq Beals (Fr., 6-0, 171) Nick Vitale (RJr., 5-8, 176)

66 68

Dominick Manco (RSr., 6-3, 221) James Bedell (Fr., 6-1, 192)

OR

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Name Adams, Andrew *** Adeyemi, Kenton ** Anderson, Garrett Atkins, James Battle, Frank Beals, Tyraiq Bedell, James Bisack, Brandon Bivona, JJ Blackwell, Felton Bloom, Alec Bockeloh, Kyle Bogue, John-Luke Boyle, Tim ** Britton, Chris Campbell, Ian Campenni, Julian *** Carrezola, Luke Cespedes, Bryan Claflin, Jeremy Clax, Jazzmar * Coney, Bryan Crozier, Ryan * Davis, Tyler DeLorenzo, Max *** Diggs, Vontae * Fatukasi, Folorunso * Freeborn, Connor Garland, Erin Gifford, Dalton ** Green, John ** Hadley, Javon Hashemi, Steve Hicks, Jon * Holman, Zordan Hopkins, Tommy * Jean-Pierre, Chris Johnson, Ron * Joseph, Junior * Knappe, Andreas * Lawley, Sheriden Lee, Chris Lee, Junior *** Lemelle, Brian * Lensander, Nicholas Levenberry, E.J. Levy, Richard * Lucas, Thomas * Manco, Dominick ** Marder, Ellis * Marinan, Sean * Marriner, Josh * Mayala, Hergy McAllister, Brice McLean, Aaron Melifonwu, Obi ** Murphy, Kevin Myers, Mikal **

Ht. 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-5 6-0 6-1 6-5 5-8 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-0 6-3 6-7 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-4 5-11 6-2 6-4 6-5 5-11 6-4 5-10 5-10 6-6 6-2 6-5 6-6 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-8 6-4 6-7 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-1 5-9 6-2 5-11 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-1

Wt. 198 291 236 267 193 178 192 213 191 340 257 295 186 225 235 259 306 255 287 212 252 188 296 225 216 225 304 241 192 303 187 175 286 246 250 309 196 226 242 311 275 252 209 172 247 243 312 213 221 199 296 201 200 193 203 216 285 323

Pos. S DL QB DL WR WR LS QB S DE TE OL WR QB LB TE DL LB OL S FB WR OL QB RB LB DL LB CB OL CB CB OL LB TE OL S RB LB OL DL TE S WR TE LB OL WR LS S DL RB WR CB WR S DL DL

Cl. RSr. RSr. Jr. RFr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. RJr. Fr. So. RJr. RSr. Jr. RFr. Fr. RSr. So. Fr. RSr. RJr. Fr. So. Fr. RSr. So. RSo. Fr. Fr. RSr. RJr. Jr. So. RJr. Fr. RSo. Fr. So. RSo. RJr. RFr. Fr. RSr. Jr. RJr. Jr. RJr. RSo. RSr. RJr. RJr. RSo. Fr. So. Fr. RJr. Fr. RJr.

Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School Fayetteville, Ga./ Woodward Academy Wethersfield, Conn./ Fork Union (VA) Walnut, Creek, Calif./Berean Chrisitan/Laney JC (Calif.)

Saugus, Mass./Blair Academy (N.J.) Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep East Orange, N.J./East Orange Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional Farifield, Conn./Warde Stratford, Conn./Bunnell Egg Harbor City, N.J./Cedar Creek Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley Senior High Houston, Texas/ Cypress Creek New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle Middlefield, Conn./Xavier Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock West Pittson, Pa./ Wyoming Area Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy New London, Conn./New London West Hartford, Conn./Conard Freehold, N.J./Neptune Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck Plantation, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas Bellmore, N.Y./ Mepham Berlin, Conn./ Berlin Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel Wilmington, Del./Salesianum School Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick Fairhaven, Mass./ Bridgton (Maine) Academy Miami, Fla./Felix Varela Miami, Fla./Miami Palmetta Trumbull, Conn./St. Joseph Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Portland, Maine/Cheverus Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake Deep River, Conn./Valley Regional Naples, Fla./Palmetto Ridge Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Silkeborg, Denmark/Handelsskolen Silkeborg Abbotsford, B.C./Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Severna Park, Md./Severna Park Brooklyn, N.Y./ Boys and Girls Harrisburg, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Santa Barbara, Calif./Pratt (N.Y.) Woodbridge, Va./C.D. Hylton/Florida State Trenton, N.J./Trenton West Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch Lagrangeville, N.Y./ Arlington Windermere, Fla./Lake Highland Prep Higganum, Conn./Xavier Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch Montreal, Que./Trinity Pawling (N.Y.) East Longmeadow, Mass./Suffield (Conn.) Academy Southborough, Mass./St. Mark’s South Grafton, Mass./Grafton Westchester, Pa./Westchester East Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy

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Name Myers, Tommy * Newsome, Arkeel Nwokeji, Paul Oak, Daniel Okounam, Philippe Ormsby, Cole * Paluch, Andrew Parker, Dallas Peart, Matt Puyol, Bobby * Richardson, William Rishell, Will Robinson, John IV Rutherford, Trey Ryslik, David Samra, Tyler ** Schafenacker, Kyle Shirreffs, Bryant Sims, Tyrae Sowa, Luke Stapleton, Cameron Stephens, Omaine Stevens, Jalen Stewart, Graham ** Sullivan, James Summers, Jamar * Tabur, Tom Tarbutt, Michael Terry, Marshé Thomas, Noel * Thompson, Jason Tully, Tony Vann, Marquise *** Vechery, Brendan Vitale, Nick Wain, Justin Walsh, Matthew ** Watkins, Anthony Williams, Billy Williams, Jhavon ** Williams, Nazir Williams, Richmond Wilson, Tahj-Anthony

Ht. 6-5 5-7 6-6 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-7 5-10 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-2 5-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-1 5-7 5-9 6-0 6-6 5-8 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-3 6-0 5-9

Wt. 255 182 300 292 288 262 163 245 279 178 238 184 181 300 300 301 290 220 154 220 246 235 240 237 187 185 282 177 192 195 178 172 231 302 176 214 241 198 235 190 242 232 200

Pos. TE RB OL OL DL DL K LB OL K LB QB/K CB OL DL OL OL QB WR LB LB LB LB LB WR CB DL K S WR RB WR LB OL CB P LB S TE CB LB LB RB

Cl. RSo. So. RSr. RFr. Fr. RSo. RJr. Fr. Fr. RJr. Fr. RSo. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. RSo. RSo. RFr. Fr. RSo. RJr. RSo. RSr. RSo. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. RFr. RJr. RSr. RSo. RJr. RJr. Jr. RFr. So. RJr. Fr. RFr. Fr.

Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School Coventry, Conn./Coventry Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia Randolph, Mass./ Thayer Academy Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers Chateauguay, Que./St. Paul School (N.H.) Windsor, Conn./Windsor Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Pointe Vedra Bronx, N.Y./Governor’s Academy (Mass) North Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer Washington, D.C./Frank W. Ballou Sr. Hebron, Conn./RHAM Englewood, N.J./Dwight Morrow Markham, Ontario/Kent School (Conn.)

Freehold, N.J./Peddie School Wycoff, N.J./Don Bosco Cooper City, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Jefferson,Ga./Jefferson/North Carolina State Worcester, Mass./Burncoat Millstone, N.J./The Gunnery (Conn.)

Staten Island, N.Y./Poly Prep County Day East Orange, N.J./East Orange Campus Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek Durham, Conn./Florida/Xavier Wethersfield, Conn./Xavier East Orange, N.J./East Orange Whitinsville, Mass./Worcester Academy Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius Columbus, N.J./North Burlington Norwalk, Conn./St. Luke’s School Shelton, Conn./Shelton East Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich Cincinnati, Ohio/ Fairfield Senior Ashburn, Va./Broad Run Higganum, Conn./Daniel Hand/Stony Brook Wilmington, N.C./Eugene Ashley Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand Fort Meade, Md./Fort Meade/Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Knoxville, Tenn./Northern Iowa/Farragut Delray Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central Bridgeton, N.J./Bridgeton Hayfield, Va./Hayfield Long Island, N.Y./Valley Stream South

*- number of letters earned

P ronunciation G uide Kenton Adeyemi

Ken-ten ADD-a-YEM-ee

Andreas Knappe

K-nap-EE

Tyraiq Beals James Bedell Brandon Bisack JJ Bivona Kyle Bockeloh Byran Coney Ryan Crozier Folorunso Fatukasi Chris Jean-Pierre

TIE-reek BA-dell BEE-zack BAH-vone-ah BOCH-ah-low CO-knee Crow-shur Fah-too-kasi GENE-Pierre

Brian Lemelle Sean Marinan Hergy Mayala Obi Melifonwu Mikal Meyers Arkeel Newsome Paul Nwokeji Philippe Okounam Matt Peart

le-mel Maar-i-NAN Her-GEE MY-alla Melon-FON-wuh Michael Ar-kell Who-cage-E PHIL-eep O-cooh-numb PEAR-it

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David Ryslik Kyle Schafenacker

RIZZ-lick shaff-a-nacker

Bryant Shirreffs

Sheriffs

Tyrae Sims Tom Tabur Marshé Terry

TIE-ray TAY-burr MAR-shea

Brendan Verchey Vech-er-ee Nick Vitale Vie-tal-EE Jhavon Williams Ja-VON

Nazir Williams

NA-zere

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Name Stewart, Graham ** Beals, Tyraiq Johnson, Ron * Shirreffs, Bryant Hadley, Javon Thomas, Noel * Williams, Jhavon ** Green, John ** Anderson, Garrett Lucas, Thomas * Davis, Tyler Richardson, William Stapleton, Cameron Joseph, Junior * Bisack, Brandon Levenberry, E.J. Tully, Tony Diggs, Vontae * Boyle, Tim ** Carrezola, Luke Rishell, Will McAllister, Brice Puyol, Bobby * Coney, Bryan Lemelle, Brian * Marder, Ellis * Melifonwu, Obi ** Summers, Jamar * Adams, Andrew *** Newsome, Arkeel Lee, Junior *** Bivona, JJ Sullivan, James Marriner, Josh * Vitale, Nick Watkins, Anthony Stevens, Jalen Robinson, John IV Garland, Erin Wilson, Tahj-Anthony Clax, Jazzmar * Sowa, Luke Walsh, Matthew ** Claflin, Jeremy Jean-Pierre, Chris Tarbutt, Michael Terry, Marshé Wain, Justin Williams, Billy DeLorenzo, Max *** Britton, Chris Vann, Marquise *** Williams, Nazir Thompson, Jason Lawley, Sheriden Freeeborn, Connor Williams, Richmond Knappe, Andreas *

Ht. 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-3 5-9 6-2 6-4 6-3 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-7 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-9 5-8 5-11 6-3 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-8

Wt. 237 178 226 220 175 195 190 187 236 213 225 238 246 242 213 243 172 225 225 255 184 193 178 188 172 199 216 185 198 182 209 191 187 201 176 198 240 181 192 200 252 220 241 212 196 177 192 214 235 216 235 231 242 178 275 241 232 311

Pos. LB WR RB QB CB WR CB CB QB WR QB LB LB LB QB LB WR LB QB LB QB/K CB K WR WR S S CB S RB S S WR RB CB S LB CB CB RB FB LB LB S S K S P TE RB LB LB LB RB DL LB LB OL

Cl. RSr. Fr. So. RSo. Jr. Jr. RJr. RJr. Jr. RSo. Fr. Fr. RSo. RSo. Fr. Jr. RJr. So. Jr. So. RSo. So. RJr. Fr. Jr. RJr. RJr. So. RSr. So. RSr. RJr. RSo. RSo. RJr. RFr. RSo. Fr. Fr. Fr. RJr. Fr. Jr. RSr. Fr. Fr. Fr. RJr. So. RSr. RFr. RSr. Fr. RFr. RFr. Fr. RFr. RJr.

Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School Durham, Conn./Florida/Xavier East Orange, N.J./East Orange Naples, Fla./Palmetto Ridge Jefferson,Ga./Jefferson/North Carolina State Miami, Fla./Miami Palmetta Norwalk, Conn./St. Luke’s School Delray Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central Miami, Fla./Felix Varela Walnut, Creek, Calif./Berean Chrisitan/Laney JC (Calif.)

Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch Bellmore, N.Y./ Mepham Washington, D.C./Frank W. Ballou Sr. Staten Island, N.Y./Poly Prep County Day Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Farifield, Conn./Warde Woodbridge, Va./C.D. Hylton/Florida State East Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North Middlefield, Conn./Xavier Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy Hebron, Conn./RHAM East Longmeadow, Mass./Suffield (Conn.) Academy North Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck Harrisburg, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Windermere, Fla./Lake Highland Prep South Grafton, Mass./Grafton East Orange, N.J./East Orange Fayetteville, Ga./ Woodward Academy Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia Brooklyn, N.Y./ Boys and Girls Stratford, Conn./Bunnell Wethersfield, Conn./Xavier Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch Higganum, Conn./Daniel Hand/Stony Brook Fort Meade, Md./Fort Meade/Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek Englewood, N.J./Dwight Morrow Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick Long Island, N.Y./Valley Stream South Freehold, N.J./Neptune Millstone, N.J./The Gunnery (Conn.)

Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand West Hartford, Conn./Conard Deep River, Conn./Valley Regional Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius Columbus, N.J./North Burlington Wilmington, N.C./Eugene Ashley Knoxville, Tenn./Northern Iowa/Farragut Berlin, Conn./ Berlin Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg Cincinnati, Ohio/ Fairfield Senior Bridgeton, N.J./Bridgeton Shelton, Conn./Shelton Abbotsford, B.C./Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Wilmington, Del./Salesianum School Hayfield, Va./Hayfield Silkeborg, Denmark/Handelsskolen Silkeborg

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Name Stephens, Omaine Hicks, Jon * Parker, Dallas Ormsby, Cole * Okounam, Philippe Samra, Tyler ** Hopkins, Tommy * Crozier, Ryan * Peart, Matt Manco, Dominick ** Cespedes, Bryan Bedell, James Ryslik, David Bockeloh, Kyle Levy, Richard * Vechery, Brendan Hashemi, Steve Nwokeji, Paul Oak, Daniel Rutherford, Trey Gifford, Dalton ** Schafenacker, Kyle Myers, Tommy * Bogue, John-Luke Campbell, Ian Battle, Frank McLean, Aaron Bloom, Alec Sims, Tyrae Mayala, Hergy Lee, Chris Campenni, Julian *** Holman, Zordan Blackwell, Felton Myers, Mikal ** Fatukasi, Folorunso * Lensander, Nicholas Murphy, Kevin Adeyemi, Kenton ** Atkins, James Tabur, Tom Paluch, Andrew Marinan, Sean *

Ht. 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-6 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-7 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-1 6-5 6-5 6-5 6-6 5-6 6-2 6-7 6-0 6-5 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-1

Wt. 235 246 245 262 278 301 309 296 279 221 287 192 300 295 312 302 286 300 292 300 303 290 255 186 259 193 203 257 154 200 252 306 250 340 323 304 247 285 291 267 282 163 296

Pos. LB LB LB DL DL OL OL OL OL LS OL LS DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL TE WR TE WR WR TE WR WR TE DL TE DE DL DL TE DL DL DL DL K DL

Cl. RJr. RJr. Fr. RSo. Fr. Sr. RSo. So. Fr. RSr. Fr. Fr. Fr. RJr. RJr. RSo. So. RSr. RFr. So. RSr. RSo. RSo. RSr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. RFr. Fr. Fr. RSr. Fr. Fr. RJr. RSo. RJr. Fr. RSr. RFr. Fr. RJr. RJr.

Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School East Orange, N.J./East Orange Campus Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Pointe Vedra Windsor, Conn./Windsor Chateauguay, Que./St. Paul School (N.H.) Wycoff, N.J./Don Bosco Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake Plantation, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas Bronx, N.Y./Governor’s Academy (Mass) Lagrangeville, N.Y./ Arlington New London, Conn./New London Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional Freehold, N.J./Peddie School Houston, Texas/ Cypress Creek Trenton, N.J./Trenton West Ashburn, Va./Broad Run Trumbull, Conn./St. Joseph Randolph, Mass./ Thayer Academy Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers Markham, Ontario/Kent School (Conn.)

Fairhaven, Mass./ Bridgton (Maine) Academy Cooper City, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Coventry, Conn./Coventry New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep Southborough, Mass./St. Mark’s Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley Senior High Worcester, Mass./Burncoat Montreal, Que./Trinity Pawling (N.Y.) Severna Park, Md./Severna Park West Pittson, Pa./ Wyoming Area Portland, Maine/Cheverus Egg Harbor City, N.J./Cedar Creek Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel Santa Barbara, Calif./Pratt (N.Y.) Westchester, Pa./Westchester East Wethersfield, Conn./ Fork Union (VA) Saugus, Mass./Blair Academy (N.J.) Whitinsville, Mass./Worcester Academy Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill Higganum, Conn./Xavier

*- number of letters earned

G eographical B reakdown Connecticut (23): Adeyemi, Bisack, Bivona, Boyle,

Cespedes, Claflin, Coney, DeLorenzo, Hashemi, Jean-Pierre, Marinan, Tommy Myers, Newsome, Ormsby, Paluch, Rishell, Stewart, Sullivan, Thomas, Thompson, Vitale, Walsh, Weyrauch

New Jersey (14): Beals, Bedell, Blackwell, Campbell, Clax, Levy, Robinson, Ryslik, Sowa, Samra, Stephen, Summers, Terry, Nazir Williams

Florida (11): Battle, Crozier, Green, Hadley, Johnson, Marder, Oak, Parker, Puyol, Schafenacker, Jhavon Williams

New York (11): Bogue, Davis, Fatukasi, Hopkins, Junior Lee, Manco, Mikal Myers, Peart, Stapleton, Tarbutt, Wilson

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Massachusetts (9): Atkins, Gifford, McAllister, McLean, Melifonwu, Nwokeji, Sims, Tarbur, Tully

Pennsylvania (8): Bloom, Britton, Campenni,

Carrezola, Hicks, Joseph, Lemelle, Murphy

Maryland (3): Chris Lee, Lucas, Watkins Virginia (4): Levenberry, Marriner, Vechery, Richmond Williams

California (2): Anderson, Lensander Deleware (1): Freeborn Georgia (2): Adams, Shirreffs Illinois (2): Diggs, Garland

Quebec (2): Mayala, Okounam British Columbia (1): Lawley Denmark (1): Knappe Maine (1): Holman North Carolina (1): Wain Ohio (1): Vann Ontario (1): Rutherford South Carolina (1): Stevens Tennessee (1): Billy Williams Texas (1): Bockeloh Washington, D.C. (1): Richardson

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UCONN OFFENSE Game Villanova

WR WR Thomas Lucas

LT LG Levy Hopkins

C Vechery

RG RT TE Samra Knappe Bloom

TE T. Myers

QB TB Shirreffs Johnson

Army

Thomas

Lucas

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

Newsome (TB) Shirreffs Johnson

Missouri

Thomas

Lucas

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Beals (WR) Lemelle (WR) Shirreffs Newsome

Navy

Thomas

DeLorenzo(FB) Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

T. Myers

Shirreffs Newsome

at BYU

Thomas

Marriner(RB) Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

T. Myers

Shirreffs Newsome

at UCF

Thomas

Mayala

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

T. Myers

Shirreffs Newsome

USF

Thomas

Mayala

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

T. Myers

Shirreffs Newsome

at Cincinnati Thomas

Mayala

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Beals (WR) T. Myers

Shirreffs Newsome

ECU

Beals

Mayala

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

T. Myers

Shirreffs Newsome

at Tulane

Thomas

Mayala

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

Rutherford (FB) Shirreffs Newsome

Houston

Thomas

Beals

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

T. Myers

at Temple

Thomas

Beals

Levy

Hopkins

Vechery

Samra

Knappe

Bloom

Rutherford (FB) Boyle

Newsome

Shirreffs Newsome

UCONN DEFENSE Game Villanova

DE DT Adeyemi Fatukasi

DT DE SLB MLB WLB CB S S Campenni Carrezola Stewart Joseph Vann Williams Adams Marder

CB Summers

Army

Adeyemi

M. Myers

Campenni

Carrezola

Stewart

Joseph

Walsh

Williams Adams

Melifonwu

Summers

Missouri

Adeyemi

Fatukasi

Campenni

Green (CB) Stewart

Joseph

Walsh

Williams Adams

Melifonwu

Summers

Navy

Adeyemi

M. Myers

Campenni

Carrezola

Stewart

Joseph

Walsh

Williams Adams

Melifonwu

Summers

at BYU

Adeyemi

Fatukasi

Campenni

Carrezola

Stewart

Joseph

Vann

Williams Adams

Melifonwu

Hadley

at UCF

Adeyemi

Fatukasi

Campenni

Carrezola

Stewart

Joseph

Vann

Williams Adams

Melifonwu

Summers

USF

Adeyemi

Ormsby

Campenni Carrezola Stewart Joseph Vann Williams Adams Melifonwu Summers

at Cincinnati Ormsby

Fatukasi

Campenni

ECU

Adeyemi

Fatukasi

Campenni Carrezola Stewart Joseph Vann Williams Adams Melifonwu Summers

at Tulane

Adeyemi

Fatukasi

Campenni

Houston

Adeyemi

Fatukasi

Campenni Carrezola Stewart Joseph Vann Williams Adams Melifonwu Summers

atTemple

Adeyemi

Fatukasi

Campenni Carrezola Stewart Joseph Vann Williams Adams Melifonwu Summers

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Carrezola Carrezola

Stewart Stewart

Joseph Joseph

Vann Vann

Williams Adams Williams Adams

Melifonwu Melifonwu

Summers Summers

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QUICK HITS

• UConn is appearing in a bowl game for the sixth-time in school history and making its first-ever appearance in the St. Petersburg Bowl.

• UConn head coach Bob Diaco is making his first appearance as a head coach in a bowl game, but the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl will be the ninth post-season game he has coached in, including the BCS title game with Notre Dame in 2012 and the Sugar Bowl with Cincinnati in 2010.

• UConn enters bowl season 17th in the country in scoring defense (second in American) and tenth in the country in interceptions with 17.UConn is also 17th in the country in turnover margin.

• Sophomore cornerback was named first team All-American Athletic Conference while senior defensive lineman Julian Campenni and classmate safety Andrew Adams were second team. A pair of sophomores in redshirt sophomore Foley Fatukasi and linebacker Junior Joseph were honorable mention.

• Running back Arkeel Newsome is 18h in the country all-purpose yards at 135.08 per game (1st in American).

HEAD COACHES

UCONN SCHEDULE/RESULTS

UCONN HEAD COACH BOB DIACO

Date

UConn head coach Bob Diaco is concluding his second year as the head coach at UConn and his second overall as a collegiate head coach. He has led the Huskies to bowl eligibility in his second year as the helm of the Huskies in 2015 becoming the first-ever UConn football coach to make postseason play after just two seasons. Diaco served on the Notre Dame coaching staff as the defensive coordinator from 2010-13 and was the assistant head coach in 2012 and ‘13. He was the 2012 winner of the Frank Broyles Award, given to the top assistant college football coach in the country and was the first Irish assistant to receive the prestigious award. He was a semifinalist for the award in 2011. Diaco joined the Notre Dame staff in 2010 as defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach, took responsibility for the entire linebacker position in 2011 and added responsibilities as associate head coach in 2012. His 2012 Irish defense ranked among the top 10 in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 12 different categories as the school played in the BCS National Championship Game and posted an overall record of 12-1. Diaco has an impressive coaching resume as he served at Virginia (2006-08) as the linebackers and special teams coordinator and Cincinnati (2009) as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach before joining the Notre Dame staff. A native of Cedar Grove, N.J., and a 1995 Iowa graduate, Diaco began his coaching career in 1996-97 as a graduate assistant at his alma mater. He then served on the staffs of Western Illinois (1999-2000) as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach, Eastern Michigan (2001-2003) working with the same positions and Central Michigan (2005) as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He was a two-time All-Big Ten selection at Iowa as a linebacker under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry and was named the team’s co-MVP in 1995, starting in all 23 games over his junior and senior seasons.

MARSHALL HEAD COACH DOC HOLLIDAY Doc Holliday is concluding his sixth season as the head coach of Marshall and has a 49-28 career record at the school entering the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl. He has now led Marshall to bow games in four of the five seasons with wins in all three previous games, including a win in last year’s Boca Raton Bowl over Northern Illinois. Holliday is a 1979 West Virginia graduate and played linebacker at the school. He was an assistant coach for the Mountaineers from 1979 through 1999. He was also an assistant coach at North Carolina State (2000-04), Florida (2005-07) and then back at West Virginia again (200809) before taking the Marshall position.

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Opponent (TV)

Score/Time

9/3 Villanova (SNY) W, 20-15 9/12 Army (CBSSN) W, 22-17 9/19 at Missouri (ESPN) L, 9-6 9/26 NAVY* (CBSSN) L, 28-18 10/2 at BYU (ESPN2) L, 30-13 10/10 at UCF* (ESPNews) W, 40-13 10/17 USF* (ESPNU) L, 28-20 10/24 at Cincinnati* (CBSSN) L, 37-13 10/30 E CAROLINA* (ESPNU) W, 31-13 11/7 at Tulane* (ESPNews) W, 7-3 11/21 HOUSTON* (ESPNU) W, 20-17 11/28 at Temple* (ESPNU) L, 27-3 12/26 vs. Marshall (ESPN) 11 a.m. *Denotes American Athletic Conference Game

MARSHALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date

Opponent (TV)

9/6 9/12 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/9 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/27 12/26

PURDUE W, 41-31 at Ohio * L, 21-10 NORFOLK STATE W, 45-7 at Kent State W, 36-29 (2OT) OLD DOMINION* W, 27-7 SOUTHERN MISS* W, 31-10 at Florida Atlantic* W, 33-17 NORTH TEXAS* W, 30-13 at Charlotte* W, 34-10 at Middle Tennesee* L, 27-24 (3OT) FIU* W, 52-0 at Western Kentucky* L, 49-28 vs. UConn (ESPN) 11 a.m.

Score/Time

*Denotes Conference USA Game

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COVERAGE

THE MATCHUP

TELEVISION COVERAGE The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl will be televised nationally by ESPN. Tom Hart is on play-by-play while Anthony Becht is on color and Tiffany Greene is the sideline reporter.

Brian Boyle directs while Chuck Ciccarello is the producer.

NATIONAL RADIO The game will be available around the country on ESPN Radio. Rene Ingoglia and Brett McMurphy are on the call.

RADIO COVERAGE The UConn IMG Sports Network is the home of Husky football on the radio. WTIC Newstalk 1080 in Hartford serves as the flagship station and is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. The 2015-16 year marks the 24th consecutive season that WTIC is the flagship for UConn sports. The 2015-16 football and men’s and women’s basketball season also marks the third year that the radio rights are held

by IMG College, which is UConn’s multi-media rights partner. UConn men’s hockey, a member of the prestigious Hockey East Conference, joins the IMG and WTIC lineup this season with game broadcasts and a coach’s show.

Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines and Anthony “Rex” McCalla on production.

Norman, who is in his 35th season of being part of the UConn radio team, is ranked 14th in the country in terms of consecutive years broadcasting college football for a single school – play-by-play or color. Bob Robertson of Washington State leads the way with 49.

The survey was done by the Louisiana Tech Athletic Communications Office.

Other affiliates for UConn football on the UConn IMG Sports Network include longtime affiliate WILI 1400-AM in Willimantic and WAVZ-1300 AM in New Haven and WGCH 1490-AM in Greenwich. In addition, the games can be heard on the TuneIn Radio app.

UCONN VS. MARSHALL HISTORY UCONN VS. MARSHALL SERIES The St. Petersburg Bowl is the first-ever meeting between UConn and Marshall in the sport of football. The only team from the state of West Virginia that UConn has ever played is WVU as a member of the Big East Conference. UConn has a 1-7 all-time record vs. the Mountaineers. The Huskies have an all-time record of 1-2 against the current members of Conference USA with a win over Florida Atlantic in 2002 and losses to Middle Tennessee in 2000 and 2001.

UCONN-MARSHALL CONNECTIONS UConn does not have any players from the state of West Virginia on its roster, while Marshall redshirt sophomore linebacker Kyle Camacho is from Greenwich…UConn offensive line coach/Co-Offensive Coordinator Mike Cummings was an assistant at Marshall from 2005-09 as the team won the 2009 Little Caesar’s Bowl…former Husky players from the state of West Virginia include Morgantown native Shane Forgarty, who won a letter in 2005 and later went on to be a graduate assistant coach for the Huskies.

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Rushing Yards-TD Newsome.............760-6 Johnson................555-5 Shirreffs...............428-3 Foster....................406-3 Johnson...............216-4 Watson.................398-5 Passing Yards-TD-INT Shirreffs...............1992-9-7 Litton.............2387-22-7 Boyle....................281-0-2 Birdsong............365-2-4 Anderson.............53-1-0 Receptions-Receiving Yards-TD Thomas................54-719-3 Allen................56-696-5 Newsome.............40-432-2 Reaves..............47-617-4 Beals....................23-271-2 Yurachek..........39-361-8 Points Scored Puyol...................65 Smith......................... 92 Newsome.............48 Yurachek.................... 48 Johnson...............24 Reaves........................ 42 Total Tackles Adams..................89 McKelvey................. 113 Joseph..................86 Lang........................... 88 Melifonwu...........79 Letman...................... 75 Stewart.................59 Hunter....................... 63 J. Williams...........51 Tindal........................ 61 Interceptions Summers..............7 Allen............................ 3 J. Williams...........3 Letman........................ 3 Adams..................3 Two Players................. 2 TFLs-Sacks Carrezola..............8.5-6.0 Thompson........11.5-8.0 Stewart.................8.5-2.0 McKelvey............9.0-0.0 Fatukasi...............6.0-7.0 Bee......................7.5-3.0 Category Total Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offense Passing Efficiency Scoring Offense First Downs For Third Down Conv.

Turnovers-INT/FUM Total Defense Rushing Defense Passing Defense Passing Eff. Defense Scoring Defense First Downs Against Third Down Defense TOs Forced-INT/FUM Time Of Possesion Turnover Margin Penalties-Yards

UConn Marshall 318.4 401.3 124.6 168.8 193.8 232.6 123.5 124.5 17.8 32.6 200 257 32% 38% 15-9/6 23-12/11 352.2 372.2 165.3 171.5 186.9 200.8 112.1 101.1 19.8 18.4 217 255 38% 34% 24-17/7 27-14/13 31:17 29:43 +9 +4 71-570 87-815

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FLORIDA NATIVES The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl is a homecoming for the 11 Florida natives on the UConn roster – Fr. WR Frank Battle (Miami), So. C Ryan Crozier (Plantation), RJr. CB John Green (Miami), Jr. CB Javon Hadley (Miami), So. RB Ron Johnson (Naples), RJr. DB Ellis Marder (Windermere), RFr. OL Daniel Oak (Fort Myers), Fr. LB Dallas Parker (Ponte Vedra Beach), RJr. K Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach), RFr. OL Kyle Schafenacker (Cooper City) and RJr. CB Jhavon Williams (Wellington).

SQUAD NOTES HUSKIES ARE BOWL-ELIGIBLE With the November 21 win over Houston, the Huskies became bowl eligible for the season. UConn is bowl eligible for the first time since the 2010 season.

From 2003-2010, the Huskies were bowl eligible in six of eight years and went to fourstraight bowls form 2007-10.

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 also topped South Carolina in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl (2009 season) and beat Buffalo in the 2009 International Bowl (2008 season). 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 over Toledo. In 2003, UConn was 9-3, but did not go to a bowl because of its independent status.

HUSKY OPPONENTS ARE BOWLING Here is a list of UConn’s 2015 opponents that are playing bowl games this season: BYU: vs. Utah in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 19, 3:30 p.m., ABC USF: vs. Western Kentucky in the Miami Beach Bowl on Dec. 21, 2:30 p.m., ESPN Temple: vs. Toledo in the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 22, 7:00 p.m., ESPN Cincinnati: vs. San Diego State in the Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24, 8:00 p.m., ESPN Navy: vs. Pittsburgh in the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman on Dec. 28 at 2:30 p.m., ESPN Houston: vs. Florida State in the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl on Dec. 31 at Noon, ESPN

PLAY BALL! The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl will mark the third time that the Huskies have played in a currently active Major League Baseball stadium. UConn played Army last season at Yankee Stadium and took a 35-21 loss to the Black Knights. UConn topped Buffalo in the 2009 International Bowl by a 38-20 score at the Rogers Center in Toronto – home of the Blue Jays.

For years as a member of the Yankee Conference, UConn played games at Boston University at Nickerson Field, which was the home of the National League’s Boston Braves from 1915-53.

Tropicana Field isn’t totally strange to UConn athletic teams as the men’s basketball team won the 1999 NCAA Final Four at the facility with wins over Ohio State and Duke.

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AMERICAN STANDINGS EAST

Conference Overall Streak Temple 7-1 .875 10-3 .769 L1 USF 6-2 .750 8-4 .667 W4 Cincinnati 4-4 .500 7-5 .583 W1 UConn 4-4 .500 6-6 .500 L1 East Carolina 3-5 .375 5-7 .417 L1 UCF 0-8 .000 0-12 .000 L12

WEST Houston Navy Memphis Tulsa Tulane SMU

7-1 7-1 5-3 3-5 1-7 1-7

.875 .875 .625 .375 .125 .125

12-1 .923 W2 10-2 .833 W1 9-3 .750 W1 6-6 .500 W1 3-9 .250 L2 2-10 .167 L1

AMERICAN BOWL GAMES Monday, Dec. 21 Miami Beach Bowl USF vs. Western Kentucky, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 22 Marmot Boca Raton Bowl Temple vs. Toledo, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 24 Hawai’i Bowl Cincinnati vs. San Diego State, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg Bowl UConn vs. Marshall, 11 a.m.

Camping World Independence Bowl Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech, 5:45 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Navy vs. Pitt, 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham Bowl Memphis vs. Auburn, 12 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl Houston vs. Florida State, 12 p.m.

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UCONN AND NATIONAL LEADERS Here is where UConn stands in selected NCAA Statistical Categories entering bowl season: Individual Jamar Summers, 3rd in interceptions with 7, 1st in American; 5th in interceptions per game at 0.6 , 1st in American Arkeel Newsome, 18h in all-purpose yards at 135.08 per game, 1st in American Bobby Puyol, 5th in field goal percentage at 88.2%, 1st in American Folorunso Fatukasi, 7th in forced fumbles with 0.36 per game, 1st in American Team Total Defense: 352.3 yards per game, 33rd in country, 2nd in American Scoring Defense: 19.8 ppg, 17th in country, 2nd in American Interceptions: 17, 10th in country, 1st in American Turnover Margin: Plus-0.75 per game, 17th in country, 3rd in American Turnovers Gained: 24, 22nd in country, 2nd in American Turnovers Lost: 15, 24th in country, 4th in American Pass Efficiency Defense: 112.14, 21st in country, 2nd in American Passing Yards Allowed: 186.0 yards per game, 21st in country, 1st in American Punt Return Defense: 2.81 yards per return, 8th in country, 2nd in American Red Zone Defense, 73.7%, 11th in country, 1st in American Time of Possession, 31:17, 37th in country, 5th in American

HUSKIES HONORED FOR GRADUATION RATE

BY AFCA The UConn football program was honored by the American Football Coaches Association in early December for its outstanding graduation rate. The honor is part of the group’s Academic Achievement Award program, which is sponsored by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. The award is based on both the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate formula and the Federal Graduation Rate formula. UConn was one of the schools honored for having a Federal Graduation Rate of 75 percent or better.

HUSKIES ARE ROAD WARRIORS UConn’s six road games this year have been quite a journey as the Huskies have travelled 12,506 roundtrip air miles this year. When you add the St. Petersburg Bowl to the mix (2,200 round trip), the final total will be 14,706. UConn’s trip to BYU on October 2 was the longest in UConn regular season history at 2,020 one-way miles and 4,040 round-trip air miles. The trip to play Missouri in Columbia was 1,050 one-way miles (2,100 roundtrip) as was the trip to Orlando to play UCF. UConn’s trip to New Orleans was 1,280 one-way air miles. UConn’s last regular season road game vs. Temple on Nov. 28 – was a quick 194 mile bus trip.

AMERICAN HONORS FIRST TEAM ALLCONFERENCE CB Jamar Summers

SECOND TEAM ALLCONFERENCE S Andrew Adams DT Julian Campenni

HONORABLE MENTION ALLCONFERENCE DT Foley Fatukasi LB Junior Joseph

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK WR Noel Thomas, November 21, vs. Houston

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK CB Jamar Summers, November 7, at Tulane

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

UCONN VS. RANKED TEAMS UConn played three ranked teams this season in the Associated Press poll at the time of the game (Missouri at No. 22, Houston at No. 13 and Temple at No. 25) and have now played a ranked team 27 times during its history and UConn has three victories in those games. In addition to this year’s game vs. Houston, the wins were 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.

TB Arkeel Newsome, October 3, vs. UCF

HONOR ROLL QB Bryant Shirreffs, September 12, vs. Army QB Bryant Shirreffs, October 3, vs. UCF CB Jamar Summers, November 21, vs. Houston RB Arkeel Newsome, October 30, vs. East Carolina

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HUSKIES VS. NON-CONFERENCE FOES SINCE 2002 Connecticut boasts a 48-32 record against non-conference opponents in the regular season since making the move to the FBS in 2002. The Huskies have won 21 of their last 34 regular season non-league games overall. UConn has posted the following records in non-conference regular season games: 6-6 (2002), 9-3 (2003), 4-1 (2004), 3-1 (2005), 3-2 (2006), 4-1 (2007), 4-1 (2008), 4-1 (2009), 3-2 (2010), 2-3 (2011), 3-2 (2012), 0-4 (2013), 1-3 (2014) and 2-2 in 2015.

TRACKING THE OPPONENTS VILLANOVA (6-5) Season Complete

YOUTH IN THE LINEUP UConn used a total of 51 players in its victory against Villanova on September 3 and then used 55 in the win against Army. The Huskies used 47 players on the road against Missouri, 55 vs. Navy, 51 vs. BYU, a season-high 61 in the win over UCF, 53 vs. USF, 49 in the win over East Carolina, 47 vs. Tulane, 51 in the win over Houston and 51 again in the regular season finale vs. Temple.

The youth in the UConn lineup is impressive as the 11 Husky starters on offense in the Villanova opener were comprised of seven redshirt sophomores or true sophomores with three redshirt juniors or true juniors. The only senior in the starting offense was right guard Tyler Samra (Fairlawn, N.J.).

That trend has continued throughout the season as six of UConn’s regular starters are redshirt sophomores or sophomores with three juniors or redshirt juniors and Samra being the lone senior again. Among true who have made starts as the season went on are: wide receiver Tyraiq Beals (East Orange, N.J.) with four and wide receiver Hergy Mayala (Montreal, Que.) with five.

On defense, the UConn starting 11 on opening day had four redshirt sophomores or true sophomores with two redshirt juniors. The defensive starting lineup has remain virtually unchanged for the season.

Two true freshmen made their collegiate debuts against Villanova were Beals and kicker Michael Tarbutt (Grimsby, Ont.). Three more freshmen made their collegiate debut vs. Army – linebacker Dallas Parker (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Mayala and tight end Chris Lee (Severna Park, Md.). Freshman wide receiver Aaron McLean (Southboroough, Mass.) made his collegiate debut vs. Missouri.

Beals has 23 receptions for 271 yards on the season (third on the team), including a career-high six receptions for 63 yards and his first career TD reception against Navy.

Of the 51 players used by UConn in the opener vs. Villanova, only 11 were in their final season of elgibility.

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ARMY (2-10) Season Complete

MISSOURI (5-7) Season Complete 16/15

NAVY (10-2)

Military Bowl, Dec. 28 vs. Pitt -/ARV BYU

(9-3)

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 19 vs. Utah

UCF (0-12) Season Complete ARV/- USF

(8-4)

Miami Beach Bowl Dec. 21 vs. Western Kentucky

CINCINNATI (7-5) Hawai’i Bowl Dec. 24 vs. San Diego State

EAST CAROLINA (5-7) Season Complete

TULANE (3-9) Season Complete 21/21 HOUSTON

(12-1)

Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl December 31 vs. Florida State 25/24

TEMPLE (10-3)

Marmot Boca Raton Bowl December 22 vs. Toledo

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BOYLE COMES OFF THE BENCH

SHIRREFFS IMPRESSIVE IN FIRST SEASON UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) has had a successful start to his Husky career with over 200 yards of passing in five of his first ten collegiate starts and limiting the number of interceptions. He left the win against Houston (Nov. 21) with an injury in the first quarter and did not play in the season finale vs. Temple.

Shirreffs had some gaudy numbers on October 17 vs. USF as he passed for 365 yards (28 of 41 with one TD and one INT) and rushed for 100 yards (19 carries and one TD). His 465 yards of total offense was one-yard shy of the school single-game record (466, Casey Cochran vs. Memphis in 2013).

He also became the first quarterback in school history to rush for 100 yards in a game and pass for 300. Shirreffs became the first Husky QB to rush for 100 yards in a game since D.J. Hernandez rushed for 130 vs. Pittsburgh in 2006.

Shirreffs made his debut against Villanova on September 3 and was 12 of 20 for 202 yards in the air with a pair of touchdowns.

He also rushed ten times for 33 yards. His touchdown passes were 14 and 27 yards. Shirreffs also teamed up with redshirt sophomore Tommy Myers (Coventry, Conn.) for a 69-yard completion on the second play from scrimmage of the second half to set up a go-ahead touchdown.

For his efforts against the Wildcats, he was named the winner of the weekly Gold Helmet Award by the New England Collegiate Football Writers Association.

Against Army on September 12, he was 19 of 25 in the air for 270 yards. He was named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the week.

Against Missouri on September 19, he was 17 of 26 in the air for 156 yards. Against Navy, he was 19 of 32 in the air for 219 yards and two touchdowns and vs. BYU he was 14 of 28 for 168 yards and a TD. In the win over UCF, he was 16 of 22 in the air for 256 yards and a touchdown. He also carried the ball 13 times for a net of 42 yards.

In the win over East Carolina, he was 12 of 21 for 184 yards with a TD pass.

In 262 pass attempts this season, he has thrown just seven interceptions – two of them in the same game vs. BYU and one against Tulane on the final play of the first half in a driving rain.

Shirreffs transferred to UConn from North Carolina State and sat out the 2014 season. He played in one game for the Wolfpack in 2014 and the Villanova game was his first collegiate start.

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UConn junior quarterback Tim Boyle (Middlefield, Conn.) came off the bench the win vs. Houston when redshirt sophomore Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) went down with an injury. Boyle had only seen duty vs. UCF at the end of the game in 2015 – two for two for seven yards. Boyle also started the regular season finale vs. Temple (Nov. 28).

Against the Cougars, Boyle was 12 of 22 for 110 yards of passing without an interception. He was 12 of 20 against the Owls for 121 yards with an interception.

Boyle now has eight career starts over 2013-15, four as a true freshman in 2013, three in ’14 and one this year. He started the last three games of 2014, which all resulted in Husky wins.

Boyle was the Connecticut High Schools Coaches’ Association Player of the Year as a senior in 2012 at Xavier High School. He threw for nearly 2,500 yards as a senior with 24 touchdowns. Xavier won the Class LL state championship in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

THOMAS LEADS THE RECEIVERS UConn junior Noel Thomas (Norwalk, Conn.) is the leading receiver for the Huskies this season with 54 catches for 719 yards. In the win vs. Houston, Thomas was spectacular with seven receptions for a career-high 108 yards and had two TD receptions. The first came on a four-yard pass from Shirreffs that gave the Huskies a score on their opening drive and the second came on a nifty 45-yard reception from junior Garrett Anderson (Walnut, Calif.) after taking a lateral from Boyle.

Thomas was named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Houston.

Thomas had a career-high eight receptions vs. USF on 74 yards.

Thomas’ seven receptions for 86 yards vs. Missouri, including an incredible 29-yard grab on a third-and-ten play that set up UConn’s lone TD of the day. He also had five receptions for 78 yards against Navy and two receptions vs. BYU. Thomas led the Huskies in receiving in the win vs. UCF with five catches for 62 yards – plus his first receiving TD of the season and fifth of his career. He also had five receptions for 63 yards in the regular season finale vs. Temple.

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ANDERSON MOVES TO RUNNING BACK SPOT

ARKEEL EMERGES IN RUNNING GAME

UConn junior Garrett Anderson (Walnut, Calif.) joined the Huskies this year and came as a quarterback from Laney Junior College in California. Towards the end of the season, the Husky coaching staff also started working him at the running back spot (with a number change to 24) and he was part of the most memorable play of the season in the win vs. Houston.

In the fourth quarter on a second-and-11 from the Houston 45, Boyle lateralled the ball to Anderson, who used his quarterback skills to throw it to a waiting Thomas, who then waltzed into the end zone.

Anderson also had a 12-yard reception vs. Houston.

In the regular season finale vs. Temple, Anderson lined up at both running back and quarterback during the course of the game.

Anderson threw for over 1,500 yards and 24 TDs as Laney in 2013 and threw for 612 in 2014. He attended high school at Berean Christian in Walnut Creek.

Sophomore Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) has emerged as the top running back in the Husky rotation this season and has started the past nine games. He leads UConn in rushing with 760 yards and six TDs on 174 carries.

Newsome has rushed the ball for over 100 yards in the two of the final four games of the regular season – both of the UConn wins and his first two career 100-yard games.

Newsome had 114 yards on a career-high 32 carries vs. Houston and added two receptions. Newsome had another great game in the win vs. East Carolina on October 30 as he carried the ball 25 times for a career-high 179 yards of rushing with two touchdowns. He had a 90-yard TD run late in the third quarter, which gave UConn a commanding 24-6 lead. That 90-yard run was tied as the third-longest rush in school history and the longest rush for a Husky since Terry Caulley had a 98-yard rush vs. Army in 2006. His 179 yards of rushing was the most for a Husky since Jordan Todman had 192 against Temple in 2010.

Newsome also had 41 yards of receiving vs. the Pirates and 24 kickoff returns for 244 all-purpose yards. He now has 1,621 all-purpose yards this season to lead the team.

For his performance vs. East Carolina, Newsome was named the winner of the weekly Gold Helmet Award, given out by the New England Football Writers Association to the top player in New England each week.

He is also UConn’s second-leading receiver with 40 catches for 432 yards, including a 30-yard TD reception vs. BYU. He had a career-high eight receptions for 74 yards against USF. Newsome is the Huskies’ leading KO returner this year and has 19 for 429 yards – including a career-long 71-yarder vs. UCF. Newsome was named to the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts vs. UCF and had 257 yards of all-purpose yardage vs. the Knights.

Newsome started two games last year as a true freshman and was also UConn’s primary kickoff returner. He was a Parade Magazine All-American as a senior at Ansonia High School as the team went 43-0 in his final three seasons. He had 3,867 yards of rushing his senior year.

TRUE-BLUE MYERS SETS CAREER HIGHS UConn redshirt sophomore Tommy Myers (Coventry, Conn.) set career highs against Villanova on September 3 with 83 receptions yards, including one for 69 yards. Entering the game, Myers had just eight career receiving yards. Myers’ father Norm played football at UConn from 1981-84 and his mother Peggy (Walsh) Myers played women’s basketball from 1982-86 and had 1,413 career points – among the top 25 in school history. Myers is the fifth-leading receiver on team this year with 16 receptions for 232 yards and two TDs. He tied for the team lead in receptions in the win vs. Tulane with two for 24 yards. Myers left the Houston game in the first quarter with an injury, which ended his season.

YOUTH AT RECEIVER The receiving statistics for UConn demonstrate how young the Huskies are this year and the great promise for the future. Of the 191 receptions made by UConn this year, only five have been made by a player in their final year of eligibility and 123 of them have been made by players in either their first or second year of eligibility.

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HUSKIES AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN INTERCEPTIONS

FUTURE NONCONFERENCE GAMES

UConn had four interceptions in the win over East Carolina on October 30 and has intercepted three or more passes in three games this year. The four interceptions matched a UConn team-high with five other games since the program was elevated to FBS level.

The overall school record is six – recorded two times.

The Huskies recorded three interceptions in wins against Villanova (Sept. 3) and UCF (Oct. 10).

As a team, UConn is tied for tenth in the country with 17 interceptions entering bowl season, which is tied for tenth in the American.

Sophomore cornerback Jamar Summers (East Orange, N.J.) has recorded critical interceptions in three of the final four games of the season.

In the win vs. East Carolina (October 30), he had two. His first came in the closing seconds of the first half with ECU driving, but Summers’ intercepted the ball at the Husky eight. His second interception came last in the fourth quarter in the Husky endzone.

He returned a pick 67-yards for a touchdown in the win vs. Tulane (Sept. 7) – UConn’s only score in a 7-3 win.

Against Houston on Nov. 21, he intercepted the ball in the final minute of the game at the UConn 29 as the Cougars had been driving for a potential game-winning score.

Summers leads the Huskies in interceptions with seven – with five in the past four games.

Redshirt junior cornerback Jhavon Williams and senior cornerback Andrew Adams (Fayetteville, Ga.) each have three.

In the win over UCF, two of the interceptions led to late first-half touchdowns to give the Huskies control of the game. Williams had UConn’s first interception with 2:18 left in the first half that put the ball at the UCF nine. The Huskies scored two plays later to make it 16-3.

On UCF’s next possession, Melifonwu had a pick that gave UConn the ball at the UCF 34 with 1:06 to play in the half. UConn scored a TD on two Shirreffs passes to take a 23-3 halftime lead.

The following is a summary of all future non-conference UConn football games under contract.

ADAMS WITH KEY INTERCEPTIONS

2020

Redshirt senior Andrew Adams (Fayetteville, Ga.) has had an interception in each of the Huskies’ first two wins this year – and both came at critical times. His first interception of the season in the win over Villanova with a third-quarter grab with 6:32 to play as Villanova had moved to the UConn 36-yard line as the Huskies had a 13-9 lead. On Sept.

13 vs. Army, Adams had a pick with 2:21 left in the game as the Black Knights had the ball and were trying for a game-winning TD drive. Adams now has eight career interceptions and led the Huskies last season with four last season – including three against UCF on Nov. 1, 2014 – which tied a school single-game record.

2021

2016 September 3, Maine September 17, Virginia September 24, Syracuse November 19, at Boston College

2017 September 9, Holy Cross September 16, at Virginia September 23, Missouri November 18, Boston College

2018 August 30, Rhode Island September 8, at Boise State September 29 at Syracuse October 27, UMass

2019 August 29, Wagner September 7, Illinois September 21, at Indiana October 26, at UMass

(Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Mass.)

September 3, UMass September 12, at Illinois September 26, Indiana

October 2, at UMass

(Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Mass.)

2022 November 19, at Boston College

2023 November 18, Boston College UConn and Tennessee have a two-game home-and-home series under contract with dates to be determined.

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SOPHOMORE STANDOUT PERFORMANCES The UConn defense, although more upperclassmen laden than the offense, also has its share of younger performers. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Junior Joseph (Sinking Springs, Pa.) is the second-leading tackler on the team with 86 stops and 3.5 tackles for a loss.

Sophomore Folorunso Fatukasi (Far Rockaway, N.Y.) is seventh with 43, and lead the team with seven sacks.

Sophomore Luke Carrezola (Langhorne, Pa) is seventh with 42 and a team-leading 8.5 tackles for a loss. In the regular season finale vs. Temple, Carrezola also saw time on offense and had one reception for four yards.

Sophomore cornerback Jamar Summers (East Orange, N.J.) is ninth with 32.

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SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES PUYOL SEMIFINALIST FOR GROZA AWARD UConn redshirt junior Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla.) is 15-for-17 in field goals this season and tied a career-long and had a season-high 45-yarder in the win vs. East Carolina with 22 seconds left in the first quarter. His previous season-long was 42-yards against BYU. He also had a 45-yarder vs. Memphis last year.

He had three field goals in the win vs. Army (September 12) and two in games vs. BYU, USF, Cincinnati and Houston.

Entering bowl season, Puyol is fifth in the country in field goal percentage at 88.2, which leads the American.

Puyol was one of 20 semifinalists for the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented by the Orange Bowl.

WAIN PINNING THE BALL Redshirt junior punter Justin Wain (Wilmington, N.C.) has a total of 70 punts this season and has 20 within the 20-yard line – including six inside the 20 in the win vs. Houston.

He also had an outstanding game vs. Army as he had three punts and put all three of them within the Black Knight 20-yard line. The most critical came with 2:30 left in the game and Army had closed the lead to 22-17. UConn was forced to punt from its own 39 and Wain got off a 50-yard to pin Army to its own 11.

Wain also pinned the Black Knights to their own ten-yard line in the in the second quarter and their own seven early in fourth quarter.

Wain had a career-high 11 punts in the Tulane game and did not mishandle one – quite an achievement considering the torrential rain that fell during the game from start to finish.

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Pos.

Current Team

2015 Highlights

Career Summary

Will Beatty

OT

New York Giants

On PUP list

63 starts in 82 games, seven seasons all with Giants

Tyvon Branch

DB

Kansas City Chiefs

27 total tackles, 3 PBU, 1 INT, first career TD vs. Oakland

503 tackles, 5 INTS, 23 PBUs, 1 TD and eight sacks in eight years, first seven with Oakland

Donald Brown

RB

San Diego Chargers

Has played in 6 games, 12 rushes for 41 yds and 1 rec. for 31 yds

2,641 rushing yards, 1,009 receiving yards and 17 total TDs in six seasons

Darius Butler

CB/S

Indianapolis Colts

32 total tackles, 2FF, 1 interception, 2 PBU

253 tackles, 53 PBUs, 12 INTs and 4 TDs in seven seasons

Geremy Davis

WR

New York Giants

1 rec. for 5 yds vs. Atlanta, 1 rec. for 16 yds vs. San Fran

In his rookie year with the Giants

Marcus Easley

WR

Buffalo Bills

1 reception for 58 yds and first career TD vs. Jacksonville

43 tackles, 24.4 KOR AVG in four years with BUF

Dwayne Gratz

CB

Jacksonville Jaguars

25 tackles, one PBU

112 tackles, 12 PBU, 3 INT in three years with the Jags

Ryan Griffin

TE

Houston Texans

13 receptions for 161 yds and two TD

42 receptions for 496 yards and 4 TD in three years with the Texans

Byron Jones

CB

Dallas Cowboys

38 tackles, eight PBUs

In rookie year with Dallas and has started in two games

Danny Lansanah

LB

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

41 tackles with one sack, two PBU, one FF

125 tackles, one sack, three INTs, two TDs and 10 PBUs in five seasons.

Sio Moore

LB

Indianapolis Colts

Traded to Colts from Oakland on Sept. 4, 12 tackles

152 tackles, 7.5 sacks and two FF in two years with Oakland

Dan Orlovsky

QB

Detroit Lions

22 completions on 40 pass attempts for one TD

3,132 yards and 15 TDs in 10 seasons with four teams

Kendall Reyes

DE

San Diego Chargers

26 tackles, two sacks, one PBU in 11 starts

120 tackles, 13.5 sacks, four PBUs in three years

Anthony Sherman

RB

Kansas City Chiefs

2 receptions

43 receptions for 350 yards and 46 tackles in five years with KC and ARI

Shamar Stephen

DT

Minnesota Vikings

2 tackles against San Diego, 1 tackle vs.

Denver

26 tackles for MIN in 2 years

Jordan Todman

WR

Pittsburgh Steelers

Four carries for 22 rushing yds

472 yards and 3 TDs in six seasons with JAX, Minnesota and San Diego.

Nick Williams

WR

Atlanta Falcons

13 receptions for 119 yds and two TD, career high 43 yards vs. Tennesee, first career TD vs.

Minnesota

16 receptions for 134 yards and two TD in two seasons.

Blidi Wreh-Wilson

CB

Tennessee Titans

20 tackles, 3 PBUs in 10 games

90 tackles, 1 INT, 14 PBU’s in three years with the Titans

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2015-16 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE Date / Time (ET)

Bowl (Site)

Matchup TV

Sat., Dec. 19, 2 p.m

Gildan New Mexico Bowl (University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M)

Arizona vs. New Mexico

Sat., Dec. 19, 3:30 p.m

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl (Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nev)

BYU vs. Utah

Sat., Dec. 19, 5:30 p.m

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Ala)

Ohio vs. Appalachian State

Sat., Dec. 19, 7 p.m

AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla)

San Jose State vs. Georgia State

Sat., Dec. 19, 9 p.m

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La)

Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech

Mon., Dec. 21, 2:30 p.m

Miami Beach Bowl (Marlins Park, Miami, Fla)

Western Kentucky vs. USF

ESPN

Tues., Dec. 22, 3:30 p.m

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho)

Akron vs. Utah State

ESPN

Tues., Dec. 22, 7 p.m

Marmot Boca Raton Bowl (FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla)

Temple vs. Toledo

ESPN

ESPN ABC ESPN CBSSN ESPN

Wed., Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Calif) Boise State vs. Northern Illinois

ESPN

Wed., Dec. 23, 8 p.m

GoDaddy Bowl (Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Ala)

Georgia Southern vs. Bowling Green

ESPN

Thurs., Dec. 24, 12 p.m

Popeyes Bahamas Bowl (Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas)

Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan ESPN

Thurs., Dec. 24, 8 p.m

Hawai`i Bowl (Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawai`i)

San Diego State vs. Cincinnati

ESPN

Sat., Dec. 26, 11 a.m

St. Petersburg Bowl (Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla)

Connecticut vs. Marshall

ESPN

Sat., Dec. 26, 2 p.m

Hyundai Sun Bowl (Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas)

Miami vs. Washington State

Sat., Dec. 26, 2:20 p.m

Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl (Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas)

Washington vs. Southern Miss

Sat., Dec. 26, 3:30 p.m

New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y)

Indiana vs. Duke

Sat., Dec. 26, 5:45 p.m

Camping World Independence Bowl (Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La)

Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech

ESPN

Sat., Dec. 26, 9:15 p.m

Foster Farms Bowl (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif)

UCLA vs. Nebraska

ESPN

Mon., Dec. 28, 2:30 p.m Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md)

Pittsburgh vs. Navy

ESPN

Mon., Dec. 28, 5 p.m

Quick Lane Bowl (Ford Field, Detroit, Mich)

Central Michigan vs. Minnesota

Tues., Dec. 29, 2 p.m

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas)

California vs. Air Force

ESPN

Tues., Dec. 29, 5:30 p.m

Russell Athletic Bowl (Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla)

North Carolina vs. Baylor

ESPN

Tues., Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl (Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Ariz)

Nevada vs. Colorado State

CI/ASN

Tues., Dec. 29, 9 p.m

AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl (NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas)

LSU vs. Texas Tech

ESPN

Wed., Dec. 30, 12 p.m

Birmingham Bowl (Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala)

Auburn vs. Memphis

ESPN

Wed., Dec. 30, 3:30 p.m

Belk Bowl (Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C)

N.C. State vs. Mississippi State

ESPN

Wed., Dec. 30, 7 p.m

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (LP Field, Nashville, Tenn)

Texas A&M vs. Louisville

ESPN

Wed., Dec. 30, 10:30 p.m

Holiday Bowl (Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Calif)

USC vs. Wisconsin

ESPN

Thurs., Dec. 31, 12 p.m

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga)

CBS ESPN ABC

ESPN2

Houston vs. Florida State

ESPN

Thurs., Dec. 31, 4 p.m College Football Playoff at Capital One Orange Bowl (Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla)

Oklahoma vs. Clemson

ESPN

Thurs., Dec. 31, 8 p.m College Football Playoff at Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas)

Michigan State vs. Alabama

ESPN ESPN2

Fri., Jan. 1, 12 p.m

Outback Bowl (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla)

Northwestern vs. Tennessee

Fri., Jan. 1, 1 p.m

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla)

Michigan vs. Florida

Fri., Jan. 1, 1 p.m

BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz)

Notre Dame vs. Ohio State

ESPN

Fri., Jan. 1, 5 p.m

Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif)

Stanford vs. Iowa

ESPN

Fri., Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m

Allstate Sugar Bowl (Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La)

Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss

ESPN

Sat., Jan. 2, 12 p.m

TaxSlayer Bowl (EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla)

Penn State vs. Georgia

ESPN

Sat., Jan. 2, 3:20 p.m

AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tenn)

Kansas State vs. Arkansas

ESPN

Sat., Jan. 2, 6:45 p.m

Valero Alamo Bowl (Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas)

Oregon vs. TCU

ESPN

Sat., Jan. 2, 10:15 p.m

Cactus Bowl (Chase Field, Phoenix, Ariz)

West Virginia vs. Arizona State

ESPN

National Championship

ESPN

Mon., Jan. 11, 8:30 p.m College Football Playoff National Championship (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz)

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KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN

THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES

OPENING KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN

FOUR-PLUS TOUCHDOWN PASSES

STANDARD PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN

TEN-PLUS RECEPTIONS

By UConn: Robbie Frey (95), vs. Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011

By Opp.: Brandon Wilson (94), Houston, Nov. 21, 2015

By UConn: Larry Taylor (97), vs. Temple, Oct. 23, 2004

By Opp.: Adrian Bushell (100), Louisville, Nov. 19, 2011

By UConn: Deshon Foxx (72), vs. Stony Brook, Sept. 6, 2014

By Opp.: Doug Beaumont (74), Louisville, Oct. 23, 2010

BLOCKED PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN

By UConn: Max DeLorenzo (0), vs. Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012

By Opp.: Charles Gaines (7), Louisville, Nov. 8, 2013

INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN

By UConn: Jamar Summers (67), at Tulane, Nov. 7, 2015

By Opp.: DaShawn Benton (32), vs. ECU, Oct. 30, 2015

FUMBLE RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN

By UConn: Marquise Vann (40), at Cincinnati, Oct. 19, 2013

By Opp.: Praise Martin-Oguike (11), Temple, Sept. 27, 2014

30-PLUS CARRIES

By UConn: Arkeel Newsome (32), vs. Houston, Nov. 21, 2015

By Opp.: Marlon Mack (31), USF, Sept. 19, 2014

100 YARDS RUSHING

By UConn: Arkeel Newsome (114), vs. Houston, Nov. 21, 2015

By Opp.: Jahad Thomas (119), Temple, Nov. 28, 2015

150 YARDS RUSHING

By UConn: Arkeel Newsome (179), vs. ECU, Oct. 30, 2015

By Opp.: Terrance West (156), Towson, Aug. 29, 2013

200 YARDS RUSHING

By UConn: Jordan Todman (222), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2010

By Opp.: Ray Rice (217), Rutgers, Oct. 22, 2005

THREE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS

By UConn: Lyle McCombs (4), vs. Fordham, Sept. 3, 2011

By Opp.: Keenan Reynolds (3), Navy, Sept. 26, 2015

FOUR-PLUS RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS

By UConn: Lyle McCombs (4), vs. Fordham, Sept, 3, 2011

By Opp.: Tony Hollings (4), Georgia Tech, Sept. 7, 2002

RUSHING TOUCHDOWN AND A RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN

By UConn: Casey Cochran (4), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Paxton Lynch (4), Memphis, Nov. 29, 2014

By UConn: Casey Cochran (4), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Paxton Lynch (4), Memphis, Nov. 29, 2014

By UConn: Geremy Davis (15), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

Deshon Foxx (11), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Mitch Juergens (10), BYU, Oct. 2, 2015

100 YARDS RECEIVING

By UConn: Noel Thomas (108), vs. Houston, Nov. 21, 2015

By Opp.: Chance Allen (105), Houston, Nov. 21, 2015

150 YARDS RECEIVING

By UConn: Geremy Davis (207), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: J.J. Worton (178), UCF, Nov. 1, 2014

200 YARDS RECEIVING

By UConn: Geremy Davis (207), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Brandon Coleman (223), Rutgers, Nov. 26, 2011

TWO RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS

By UConn: Noel Thomas (2), vs. Houston, Nov. 21, 2015

By Opp.: Rodney Adams (3), USF, Oct. 17, 2015

THREE-PLUS RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS

By UConn: Dak Newton (3), vs. Villanova, Oct. 5, 1996

By Opp.: Rodney Adams (3), USF, Oct. 17, 2015

70-YARD PUNT

By UConn: Chris Pavasaris (74), at Louisville, Dec. 2, 2006

By Opp.: Tyson Beattie (71), Indiana, Sept. 23, 2006

MADE A 50-PLUS YARD FIELD GOAL

By UConn: Chad Christen (50), at USF, Nov. 3, 2012

By Opp.: Shawn Moffit (50), UCF, Oct. 26, 2013

THREE FIELD GOALS

By UConn: Bobby Puyol (3), vs. Army, Sept. 12, 2015

By Opp.: Andrew Gantz (4), Cincinnati, Oct. 24, 2015

FOUR FIELD GOALS

By UConn: Dave Teggart (4), at Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011

By Opp.: Andrew Gantz (4), Cincinnati, Oct. 24, 2015

TWO SACKS

By UConn: Lyle McCombs, vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Storm Johnson, UCF, Oct. 26, 2013

By UConn: Luke Carrezola (2.0), vs. Houston, Nov. 21, 2015

By Opp.: Jamie Byrd (2.0), USF, Oct. 17, 2015

5­0-PLUS PASSING ATTEMPTS

THREE-PLUS SACKS

By UConn: Casey Cochran (54), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Justin Holman (50), UCF, Oct. 10, 2015

By UConn: Trevardo Williams (3.0), at Louisville, Nov. 24, 2012

By Opp.: Marcus Whitfield (3.0), Maryland, Sept. 14, 2013

300 YARDS PASSING

TWO INTERCEPTIONS

By UConn: Bryant Shirreffs (365), vs. USF, Oct. 17, 2015

By Opp.: Gunner Kiel (327), Cincinnati, Oct. 24, 2015

By UConn: Jamar Summers (2), vs. ECU, Oct. 30, 2015

By Opp.: Chris Carnegie (2), vs. Army, Nov. 8, 2014

400 YARDS PASSING

THREE-PLUS INTERCEPTIONS

By UConn: Casey Cochran (461), vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Shane Carden (445), at East Carolina, Oct. 23, 2014

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By UConn: Andrew Adams (3), vs. UCF, Nov. 1, 2014

By Opp.: Derek Carter (3), Maine, Oct. 14, 1995

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BLOCKED PUNT

90-PLUS OFFENSIVE PLAYS

BLOCKED FIELD GOAL

500 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE

100-YARD RUSHER AND A 300-YARD PASSER

600 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE

By UConn: vs. Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012 (Taylor Mack block of Jeff Strait)

By Opp.: Missouri, Sept. 19, 2015 (Clarence Green block of Justin Wain)

By UConn: at BYU, Oct. 2, 2015 (Team block of Trevor Samson)

By Opp.: Tulane, Nov. 7, 2015 (Parry Nickerson block of Bobby Puyol)

By UConn: vs. USF, Oct. 17, 2015 (Bryant Shirreffs, both)

By Opp.: Cincinnati, Oct. 24, 2015

(Hosey Williams, Mike Boone and Gunner Kiel)

100-YARD RECEIVER AND A 300-YARD PASSER

By UConn: at East Carolina, Oct. 23, 2014

(Deshon Foxx and Chandler Whitmer)

By Opp.: East Carolina, Oct. 23, 2014

(Justin Hardy, Cam Worthy and Shane Carden)

100-YARD RUSHER, 100-YARD RECEIVER AND A 300-YARD PASSER

By UConn: at W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012

(Lyle McCombs, Geremy Davis and Chandler Whitmer)

By Opp.: Notre Dame, Nov. 21, 2009 (Armando Allen, Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, and Jimmy Clausen)

TWO 100-YARD RUSHERS

By UConn: vs. Texas Southern, Sept. 11, 2010

(Jordan Todman and Robbie Frey)

By Opp.: Cincinnati, Oct. 24, 2015 (Mike Boone and Hosey Williams)

TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS

By UConn: vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013 (Geremy Davis and Deshon Foxx)

By Opp.: East Carolina, Oct. 23, 2014 (Justin Hardy and Cam Worthy)

TWO QBS THROW OVER 100 YARDS

By UConn: vs. BYU, Aug. 29, 2014 (Casey Cochran and Chandler Whitmer)

By Opp.: Rutgers, Nov. 26, 2011 (Chas Dodd and Gary Nova)

30-PLUS FIRST DOWNS

By UConn: 31, vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: 31, BYU, Oct. 2, 2015

FEWER THAN 10 FIRST DOWNS

By UConn: 9, at Temple, Nov. 28, 2015

By Opp.: 9, Tulane, Nov. 7, 2015

LESS THAN 50 YARDS RUSHING

By UConn: 9, at Temple, Nov. 28, 2015

By Opp.: 34, at Tulane, Nov. 7, 2015

ATTEMPTED 50-PLUS PASSES

By UConn: 55, vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: 50, UCF, Oct. 10, 2015

By UConn: 91, vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006

By Opp.: 95, BYU, Oct. 2, 2015

By UConn: 528, vs. USF, Oct. 17, 2015

By Opp.: 612, Cincinnati, Oct. 24, 2015

By UConn: 600, vs. Liberty, Sept. 10, 2005

By Opp.: 612, Cincinnati, Oct. 24, 2015

TEN-PLUS PUNTS

By UConn: 11, at Tulane, Nov. 7, 2015

By Opp.: 11, Tulane, Nov. 7, 2015

ZERO PUNTS

By UConn: at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004

By Opp.: unknown (records available since 1961)

SUCCESSFUL ONSIDE KICK

By UConn: vs. Army, Nov. 8, 2014

By Opp.: Buffalo, Sep. 29, 2012

RECORDED A SAFETY

By UConn: vs. UCF, Oct. 10, 2015

(UCF stepped out and then back into end zone on kickoff)

By Opp.: Missouri, Sept. 19, 2015

(Missouri recovered the ball off a blocked punt)

MADE TWO-POINT CONVERSION

By UConn: vs. Navy, Sept. 26, 2015 (Bryant Shirreffs pass to Noel Thomas)

By Opp.: Pittsburgh, Oct. 10, 2009 (Bill Stull pass to Cedric McGee)

SCORED 50 POINTS

By UConn: UConn 62, Texas Southern 3, Sept. 11, 2010

By Opp.: UCF 62, UConn 17, Oct. 26, 2013

RECORDED A SHUTOUT

By UConn: UConn 37, Massachusetts 0, Aug. 30, 2012

By Opp.: Cincinnati 41, UConn 0, Nov. 22, 2014

RECORDED A SHUTOUT AT UCONN

By UConn: UConn 37, Massachusetts 0, Aug. 30, 2012

By Opp.: Cincinnati 41, UConn 0, Nov. 22, 2014

WON BY 30 OR MORE POINTS

By UConn: UConn 45, Memphis 10, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: Memphis 41, UConn 10, Nov. 29, 2014

CAME FROM AT LEAST 10 POINTS BEHIND TO WIN

By UConn: UConn 28, Temple 21 (trailed 21-0), Nov. 23, 2013

By Opp.: Michigan 24, UConn 21 (trailed 21-7), Sept. 21, 2013

SCORED ON FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE

300 YARDS RUSHING

By UConn: 358, vs. Buffalo, Jan. 3, 2009

By Opp.: 303, Navy, Sept. 26, 2015

By UConn: at Wake Forest, Nov. 15, 2003

(O’Neil Wilson 55 pass from Dan Orlovsky)

By Opp.: USF, Oct. 7, 2006 (Matt Grothe 16 run)

400 YARDS PASSING

WON ON THE FINAL SNAP OF REGULATION (NOT OT)

By UConn: 463, vs. Memphis, Dec. 7, 2013

By Opp.: 439, Rutgers, Nov. 29, 2011

LESS THAN 100 YARDS PASSING

By UConn: 81, at Tulane, Nov. 7, 2015

By Opp.: 40, Navy, Sept. 26, 2015

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By UConn: UConn 29, South Florida 27, Dec. 5, 2009

(Dave Teggart Field Goal)

By Opp.: Pittsburgh 24, UConn 21, Oct. 10, 2009

(Dan Hutchins field goal)

OVERTIME WIN

By UConn: UConn 23, Louisville 20, Nov. 24, 2012

By Opp.: Temple 17, UConn 14, Oct. 13, 2012

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GARRETT ANDERSON • JR • RB • #24

BRIAN LEMELLE • JR • WR • #18

ALEC BLOOM • SO • TE • #86

THOMAS LUCAS • SO • WR • #8

TYRAIQ BEALS • FR • WR • #2

JOSHUA MARRINER • SO • RB • #26

Longest Pass:.......................................................45, vs. Houston 11/21/15 Most Rec.:............................................................1, vs. Houston 11/21/15 Most Rec. Yards:................................................12, vs. Houston 11/21/15 Longest Reception:............................................12, vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Most Receptions:.........................................................5, vs. USF 10/17/15 Most Rec. Yards........................................................97, vs. USF 10/17/15 Longest Reception:....................................................38, vs. USF 10/17/15 Most Receptions:.........................................................6, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Longest Reception:................................................... 39, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Rec. Yards:...................................................... 63, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Carries:...............................................................1, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Rushing Yards:................................................ 15, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Longest Run:............................................................ 15, vs. Navy, 9/26/15

TIM BOYLE • JR • QB • #14

Most Passing Yards: ...................................... 310, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13 Most Passing Attempts:............................................43, vs. USF, 10/12/13 Most Completions:.......................................... 22, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13 Longest Pass:......................................................39, at Memphis, 11/29/14 Most Rushing Yards:.................................................12,vs. USF, 10/12/13 Longest Run:............................................................19, vs. USF, 10/12/13

DHAMEER BRADLEY • JR • WR • #1

Most Rec.:....................................................4 (2x), last at ECU, 10/23/14 Most Rec. Yards:.................................................41, vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13 Longest Reception:..............................................19, vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13

JAZZMAR CLAX • JR • FB • #34

Most Carries:........................................................7, vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 Most Rushing Yards:..........................................11, vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 Longest Run:........................................................5, vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 Most Receptions:.....................................................................1, four times Longest Reception:.........................................15, vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14 Most Rec. Yards:............................................15, vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14

MAX DeLORENZO • SR • RB • #44

Most Carries:.......................................................23, vs. Temple, 10/13/12 Most Rush Yards:................................................91, vs. Temple, 10/13/12 Longest Run:....................................... 26 (2x), last at Memphis, 11/29/14 Most TDs:.............................................................2, vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13 Longest Reception:..............................................17, vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13 Most Receptions:........................................................ 3, at BYU, 10/10/15 Most Rec. Yards:...................................................... 24, at BYU, 10/10/15

JOHN GREEN • JR • WR • #7

Most Receptions:...................................................2, vs. Maryland 9/14/13 Most Rec. Yards:................................................ 22, vs. Maryland 9/14/13 Long Reception:................................................. 19, vs. Maryland 9/14/13

RON JOHNSON • SO • RB • #3

Most Carries:.......................................... 23 (2x), last vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most Rush Yards:...................................................101, vs. SMU, 12/6/14 Longest Run:.........................................................23, at Tulane, 10/11/14 Most Rush TDs:..........................................................2, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most Receptions:........................................................2, at UCF, 10/10/15 Longest Reception:....................................................22, vs. USF 10/17/15 Most Rec. Yards:.......................................................22, vs. USF 10/17/15

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Most Receptions:.................................... 5 (2x), last vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 Most Rec. Yards:......................................................81, at UCF, 10/26/13 Long Reception:.......................................................46, at UCF, 10/26/13 Longest Kick Return:...............................................28, at ECU, 10/23/14 Most Receptions:................................................5, vs. Boise State, 9/13/14 Most Rec. Yards:......................................................80, at ECU, 10/23/14 Long Reception:.......................................................43, at ECU, 10/23/14 Most Carries:............................................................... 9, vs. BYU, 8/29/14 Most Rush Yds:................................ 27 (2x), last vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14 Longest Run:..................................................16, vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14 Most TDs:................................................................... 1, vs. BYU, 8/29/14 Most Receptions:........................................................3, at ECU, 10/23/14 Longest Reception:...............................................25, at Temple, 11/28/15 Most Rec. Yards:..................................................36, at Temple, 11/28/15

AARON MCLEAN • FR • WR • #85

Most Receptions:.........................................1 (2x), last vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Most Rec. Yards:.....................................................11, vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Longest Reception:..................................................11, vs. ECU, 10/30/15

TOMMY MYERS • SO • TE • #80

Most Receptions:.........................................3 (2x), last vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Most Rec. Yards:..................................................83, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Longest Reception:...............................................69, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most TDs:........................................................... 1 (2x), vs. Navy, 9/26/15

ARKEEL NEWSOME • SO • RB • #22

Most Carries:.....................................................32, vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Most Rushing Yards:............................................ 179, vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Longest Run:...........................................................90, vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Most TDs:.................................................................2, vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Most Receptions:................................. 8 (2x), last vs. Cincinnati 10/24/15 Longest Reception:.............................................. 74t, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Most Rec. Yards:...................................................77, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Longest Kick Return:...............................................71, at UCF, 10/10/15

BRYANT SHIRREFFS • SO • QB • #4

Most Passing Yards: ................................................365, vs. USF 10/17/15 Most Passing Attempts:.............................................41, vs. USF 10/17/15 Most Completions:....................................................28, vs. USF 10/17/15 Longest Pass:.........................................................69, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most Carries:.............................................................19, vs. USF 10/17/15 Most Rushing Yards:...............................................100, vs. USF 10/17/15 Longest Run:............................................................36, at UCF, 10/10/15

NOEL THOMAS • JR • WR • #5

Most Rec.:.............................................. 7 (3x), last vs. Houston 11/21/15 Most Rec. Yards:..............................................108, vs. Houston 11/21/15 Most Rec. TDs:..................................... 2 (2x), last vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Longest Reception:............................................45, vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Most Carries:................................................ 1 (2x), last at UCF, 10/10/15 Most Rushing Yards:..................................................8, at UCF, 10/10/15 Longest Run:..............................................................8, at UCF, 10/10/15

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ANDREW ADAMS • SR • S • #22

Most Tackles:........................................................... 17, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Interceptions:.....................................................3, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most PBU:........................................................ 2, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13 Longest Int. Return:..................................................43, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most TFL:............................................. 1.0 (3x), last at Temple, 11/28/15

KENTON ADEYEMI • SR • DE • #95

Most Tackles:.............................................................9, at ECU, 10/23/14 Most TFL:................................................. 1.0 (4x), last at BYU, 10/10/15 Most Sacks:................................................ 1.0 (2x), last at BYU, 10/10/15

JULIAN CAMPENNI • SR • DT • #90

Most Tackles:...................................... 6 (3x), last at Cincinnati, 10/24/15 Most TFL:....................................... 1.5, (2x), last vs. Stony Brook, 9/6/14 Most Sacks:..............................................1.0(2x), last vs. Temple, 9/27/14

LUKE CARREZOLA • SO • LB • #15

Most Tackles:..............................................6 (3x), last vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Most TFL:...........................................2.0 (2x), last vs. Houston 11/21/15 Most Sacks:........................................................2.0, vs. Houston 11/21/15 Most FR:................................................................1, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most PBU:.................................................................1, vs. Army, 9/12/15

FOLORUNSO FATUKASI • SO • DL • #93

Most Tackles:............................................................. 7, at BYU, 10/10/15 Most TFL:...........................................................2.0, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most Sacks:..........................................................2.0, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most FF:................................................... 1 (3x), last at Temple, 11/28/15

ELLIS MARDER • JR • S • #19

Most Tackles:............................................... 2 (3x), last at UCF, 10/10/15 Most PBU:............................................................... 1, at Mizzou, 9/19/15 Most FR:....................................................................1, at UCF, 10/10/15

BRICE McALLISTER • SO • CB • #16

Most Tackles:...................................................2, vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14 Most FF:......................................................................1, vs. Navy, 9/26/15

OBI MELIFONWU • JR • S • #20

Most Tackles:.................................................. 13, at Cincinnati, 10/24/15 Most TFL:........................................................... 1.5, vs. Towson, 8/29/13 Most PBU:............................................................2, vs. Maryland 9/14/13 Most Interceptions:.....................................1 (2x), last vs. ECU, 10/30/15 Longest Int. Return:.................................................16, at UCF, 10/10/15

MIKAL MYERS • JR • DL • #92

Most Tackles:............................................................6, vs. Army, 11/8/14 Most TFL:......................................................2.0, vs. Stony Brook, 9/6/14 Most Sacks:.....................................................1.0, vs. Stony Brook, 9/6/14

COLE ORMSBY • SO • LB • #57

Most Tackles:..............................................................4, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most TFL:........................................................ 1.0 (5x), vs. USF 10/17/15 Most Sacks:................................................ 1.0 (4x), last at UCF, 10/10/15

CAMERON STAPLETON • SO • LB • #10

Most Tackles:.............................................................2, vs. Army, 9/12/15

Most Tackles:..............................................................3, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most TFL:............................................................. 2.0, at Mizzou, 9/19/15 Most Sacks:............................................ 1.0 (2x), last at Temple, 11/28/15 Most PBU:................................................... 1 (3x), last at UCF, 10/10/15 Most FR:..............................................................1, vs. Houston 11/21/15

JOHN GREEN • JR • DB • #7

OMAINE STEPHENS • JR • LB • #54

JORDAN FLOYD • JR • S • #28

Most Tackles:.............................................................6, at ECU, 10/23/14 Most PBU:.......................................................2, vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14

JAVON HADLEY • JR • DB • #4

Most Tackles:........................................... 3 (2x), last vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most Sacks:..........................................................1.0, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most PBU:.................................................................1, at UCF, 10/10/15

JON HICKS • JR • LB • #55

Most Tackles:.............................................. 4, (2x), last vs. SMU, 12/6/14

JUNIOR JOSEPH • SO • LB • #11

Most Tackles:.................................................. 16, at Cincinnati, 10/24/15 Most TFL:..................................................................2.0, at USF, 9/19/14 Most Interceptions......................................................1, vs. USF 10/17/15 Most FF:...................................................................... 1, vs. BYU, 8/29/14 Most FR:................................................ 1 (2x), last vs. Houston 11/21/15

JUNIOR LEE • SR • S • #23

Most Tackles:............................................................. 5, at BYU, 10/10/15 Longest Int. Return:........................................ 20, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13 Most PBU:............................................... 1 (3x), last at Temple, 11/28/15

Most Tackles:...................................................... 1 (2x), vs. USF 10/17/15

GRAHAM STEWART • SR • LB • #2

Most Tackles:............................................................12, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most TFL:.......................................... 2.0 (2x), last at Memphis, 11/29/14 Most Sacks:...............................................1.0 (4x), last vs. ECU, 10/30/15

JAMAR SUMMERS • SO • CB • #21

Most Tackles:........................................................... 8, at Mizzou, 9/19/15 Most Sacks:..........................................................0.5, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most Interceptions:...................................................2, vs. ECU, 10/30/15 most PBU: ...........................................................2, vs. Houston 11/21/15

MARQUISE VANN • SR • LB • #46

Most Tackles:..............................................................14, at USF, 9/19/14 Most TFL:..................................................................2.5, at USF, 9/19/14 Longest FR:....................................................40t, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13 Most Interceptions: ..................................................1, vs. ECU, 10/30/15

MATT WALSH • JR • LB • #36

Most Tackles:................................................8 (2x), last vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most TFL:............................................................. 1.5, at Mizzou, 9/19/15

JHAVON WILLIAMS • JR • CB • #6

Most Tackles:........................................................... 10, at BYU, 10/10/15 Most Interceptions:...................................... 1 (3x), last at UCF, 10/10/15 Most TFL:...............................................................2.0, vs. USF, 10/17/15 Most PBU: ..........................................................1, vs. Houston 11/21/15

BOBBY PUYOL • JR • K • #17

SPECIAL TEAMS CAREER HIGHS

Most FGM:................................................................3, vs. Army, 9/12/15 Most FGA:.................................................................3, vs. Army, 9/12/15 Longest FG Made:.................................. 45 (3x), last at Temple, 11/28/15 Most Punts:.............................................................6, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Highest AVG (min. 3).......................................35.0, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Longest Punt:........................................................41, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Most Inside 20:.......................................................2, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Most PATs:................................................................3, at ECU, 10/23/14 WWW.UCONNHUSKIES.COM

JUSTIN WAIN • JR • P • #42

Most Punts:...................................................... 11, at Stony Brook, 9/6/14 Highest AVG (min. 3):............................................44.5, at USF, 9/19/14 Longest Punt:....................................................59, at Memphis, 11/29/14 Most Inside 20:.................................................6, vs. Stony Brook, 9/6/14

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VILLANOVA

PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD• EAST HARTFORD, CONN. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

VU UCONN 18 19 7 8 10 9 1 2 114 105 36 39 3.2 2.7 1 1 146 132 32 27 189 202 18-33-1 12-20-1 5.7 10.1 10.5 16.8 1 2 303 307 69 59 4.4 5.2 2-1 0-0 5-45 4-30 3-148 4-176 49.3 44.0 49.3 34.0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 3-190 5-297 63.3 59.4 42.7 36.0 2 1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0.0 0.0 4-92-0 1-12-0 23.0 12.0 1-0-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 31:49 28:11 6:19 8:41 11:25 3:35 5:36 9:24 8:29 6:31 9 of 17 6 of 13 1 of 3 1 of 1 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 0-3 0-3 1-7 4-19 1-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0

Villanova (0-1) UConn (1-0)

0 6

9 0

0 7

6 7

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15 20

FIRST QUARTER UConn – T. Myers 14 yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick blocked) 6:55 (13-79,7:05) SECOND QUARTER Villanova – Team Safety 7:57 Villanova – Gudzak 13 yd pass from Robertson (Weyler kick) 1:36 (14-67, 6:21) THIRD QUARTER UConn – Johnson 1 yd run (Puyol kick) 12:57 (4-75, 2:03) Fourth Quarter UConn – Newsome 27 yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick), 4:53 (7-64, 3:52) Villanova – Robertson 3 yd run (Robertson pass failed) 1:45 (11-54, 3:08)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – University of Connecticut redshirt sophomore Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns in his first collegiate start and first game for the Huskies as the UConn football team defeated Villanova by a 20-15 score on Thursday night. The game was the season opener for both team and was played before a Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field crowd of 26,113.

The Huskies opened the scoring with a 14-yard TD reception by redshirt sophomore Tommy Myers (Coventry, Conn.) from Shirreffs that completed a 13 play, 79 yard drive that made it 6-0 Huskies with 6:55 to go in the first quarter.

The Wildcats led 9-6 at the half, but the Shirreffs to Myers duo was back at work on the second play from scrimmage of the second half for a 69-yard completion that put the ball at the Wildcat one-yard line. Two plays later, sophomore running back Ron Johnson (Naples, Fla.) ran the ball in for the score and give UConn the lead for good at 13-9.

The Huskies made it 20-9 on a 27-yard reception by sophomore Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) with 4:53 to go in the game. Villanova quarterback John Robertson scored on a three-yard run with 1:45 to go.

UConn had a key defensive stop early in the fourth quarter as Villanova had moved the ball to the Husky 36, but stopped the Wildcats on fourth and one.

Johnson was UConn’s leading rusher with 65 yards while junior Noel Thomas (Norwalk, Conn.) and Newsome each had three receptions.

Redshirt sophomore Junior Joseph (Sinking Springs, Pa.) led the Huskies with nine tackles while sophomore linebacker Luke Carrezola (Langhorne, Pa.) had six tackles with a sack and redshirt sophomore Folorunso Fatukasi (Far Rockaway, N.Y.) had six tackles with two sacks.

Robertson passed for 153 yards and one TD while rushing 66 yards for the Wildcats, who are ranked fourth preseason in the NCAA FCS.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Johson 22 76 11 65 1 10 Shirreffs 10 40 7 33 0 12 Thomas 1 8 0 8 0 8 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 12-20-1 202 2 69 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Myers 2 83 1 69 Thomas 3 39 0 14 Newsome 3 36 1 27 Bloom 1 16 0 16 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 4 176 44.0 48 1 Field Goal Attempts N/A Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Joseph 3-6-9 Fatukasi 4-2-6 2.0 2.0 Carrezola 2-4-6 2.0 1.0 Stewart 5-0-5 1.0 1.0 Adams 2-3-5

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Robertson 18 85 19 66 1 28 White 8 26 1 25 0 12 Underwood 5 19 6 13 0 8 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Robertson 17-32-1 153 1 18 Underwood 1-1-0 36 0 36 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Gulyas 4 64 0 36 Underwood 4 39 0 15 Phillips 4 34 0 14 Wells 1 18 0 18 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Hinchen 3 148 49.3 52 1 Field Goal Attempts Weyler 2Q 10:03 24 yds Miss Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int McCurry 3-7-10 2.0 Smith 5-3-8 Cherry 3-4-7 1.0 McCann 2-5-7 1.0 0.5 Calitro 5-1-6 Majors 1-5-6 0.5

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas WR 8 Lucas LT 71 Levy LG 62 Hopkins C 72 Vechery RG 60 Samra RT 53 Knappe QB 4 Shirreffs TE 86 Bloom TE 80 T. Myers TB 3 Johnson

DEFENSE STARTERS DE 95 Adeyemi DT 93 Fatukasi NG 90 Campenni DE 15 Carrezola LB 2 Stewart LB 11 Joseph LB 46 Vann CB 6 J. Williams S 22 Adams S 19 Marder CB 21 Summers

Total Participants (50): 2 Beals, 4 Hadley, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs, 14 Boyle, 17 Puyol, 18 Lemelle, 20 Melifonwu, 22 Newsome, 23 J. Lee, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 28 Floyd, 34 Clax, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 40 Tarbutt, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 57 Ormsby, 66 Manco, 75 Rugg, 77 Rutherford, 78 Gifford, 92 M. Myers, 99 Marinan

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ARMY

PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD• EAST HARTFORD, CONN. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

ARMY UCONN 9 23 6 11 1 10 2 2 180 145 33 46 5.5 3.2 1 2 191 184 11 39 85 270 3-8-1 19-25-0 10.6 10.8 28.3 14.2 1 0 265 415 41 71 6.5 5.8 1-0 1-1 6-60 7-50 4-174 3-121 43.5 40.3 43.5 40.3 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 4-255 6-332 63.8 55.3 42.0 38.8 3 1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0.0 0.0 5-74-0 1-12-0 14.8 12.0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 21:00 39:00 6:57 8:03 4:11 10:49 5:29 9:31 4:23 10:37 2 of 8 7 of 15 0 of 1 0 of 0 0-0 5-5 0-0 2-5 0-0 3-5 3-16 0-0 2-2 1-2 1-1 3-3 3 0

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FIRST QUARTER Army – Grochowski 41 yd field goal 8:18 (8-29, 4:52) UConn – Puyol 23 yd field goal 2:13 (11-69, 6:05) SECOND QUARTER Army – Bradshaw 56 yd run (Grochowski kick) 8:48 (5-90, 1:50) UConn – Newsome 10 yd run (Puyol kick blocked) 5:07 (7-75, 3:41) UConn – Puyol 25 yd field goal 0:42 (6-67, 2:46) THIRD QUARTER UConn – Johnson 2 yd run (Puyol kick) 7:10 (8-62, 4:44) FOURTH QUARTER UConn – Puyol 39 yd field goal, 5:33 (10-34, 5:04) Army – Walker 71 yd pass from Schurr (Grochowski kick) 4:51 (3-75, 0:42)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – University of Connecticut redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jeffeson, Ga.) threw for 270 yards (19 of 25) and the Huskies got touchdown runs from sophomore running backs Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) and Ron Johnson (Naples, Fla.) as the Husky football team defeated Army 22-17 on Saturday afternoon. The game was played before a crowd of 28,260 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

UConn led 12-10 at the half, sandwiching a 10-yard touchdown run from sophomore Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) around two field goals from redshirt sophomore Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla.). Puyol’s 23-yard with 2:13 to go in the first quarter tied the game at 3-3 while his second, a 25-yader with 42 seconds left in the half, gave UConn the intermission lead.

Newsome had a 10-yard TD run with 5:07 left in the half that gave UConn a 10-9 lead. Redshirt junior safety Obi Melifonwu (South Grafton, Mass.) sniffed out a misdirection pitch to Army’s DeAndre Bell on a fourth down and made an open-field tackle to set up a UConn 62-yard touchdown drive early in the second half. Johnson completed that drive with a two-yard run to make it 19-10 Huskies with 7:10 left. Shirreffs’ 32-yard throw to freshman Tyraiq Beals (East Orange, N.J.) set up the drive. Puyol hit a valuable 39-yard field goal with 5:33 left in the game that made it 22-10 Huskies.

Army quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 129 yards, including a 56-yard first-half touchdown that made it 10-3 Black Knights with 8:48 to go in the second quarter. His backup, senior A.J. Schurr, threw a 71-yard touchdown to Joe Walker in the fourth quarter to close the UConn lead to 22-17 with 4:51 left. Husky senior safety Andrew Adams (Fayetteville, Ga.) intercepted a pass with 2:21 left in the game to seal the win for UConn.

UConn junior wide receiver Noel Thomas (Norwalk, Conn.) caught four balls for 83 yards.

Twenty-one of the 22 defensive players on UConn’s depth chart played in that game. They held the Black Knights to 180 rushing yards on – as opposed to 325 yards last year in a 35-21 loss at Yankee Stadium. The Huskies outgained Army 415 yards to 265 and held onto the ball for 39 minutes.

Schurr came into the game after the Huskies made it 22-10. Army had just five yards passing on two attempts before he went long to junior Joe Walker, who outjumped Melifonwu and raced down the left sideline with just under five minutes left to cut lead to 22-17. Army could not get the ball back after Shurr’s pass into coverage ended up with Adams.

Newsome rushed 13 times for 73 yards for UConn, while Johnson added 39 yards on 18 carries, and Shirreffs had 31 yards on the ground.

With the game tied at 3-3 after the teams traded first quarter field goals, Army took the lead back in the second quarter. After a penalty gave the Black Knights first down at their 44, Bradshaw kept the ball, ran through the middle of the Husky defense, then cut right and outran the secondary for his touchdown.

Newsome’s touchdown run capped a 75-yard Husky drive. But for the second consecutive week, UConn had an extra point blocked, and trailed 10-9. On the final drive of the half, Thomas followed up a diving 33-yard catch, with a 26-yarder after a screen play to set up Puyol’s 25-yard kick. Army’s Andrew King had three sacks and 4 1/2 tackles for loss.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Newsome 13 74 1 73 1 13 Johnson 18 50 11 39 1 10 Shirreffs 12 56 25 31 0 15 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 19-25-0 270 0 34 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Thomas 4 83 0 33 Beals 3 45 0 32 Bloom 3 42 0 23 Lucas 2 42 0 34 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 3 121 40.3 50 3 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 1Q 2:13 23 yds Good Puyol 2Q 0:42 25 yds Good Puyol 4Q 5:33 39 yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Adams 4-2-6 1 Joseph 3-2-5 Stewart 3-1-4 Melifonwu 3-1-4 1.0 Vann 1-3-4 Walsh 1-3-4 1.0

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Bradshaw 16 134 5 129 1 56 Walker 4 24 0 24 0 10 Kemper 4 11 0 11 0 4 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Schurr 2-5-1 80 1 71 Bradshaw 1-3-0 5 0 5 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Walker 1 71 1 71 White 1 9 0 9 Giachinta 1 5 0 5 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Tardieu 4 174 43.5 56 1 Field Goal Attempts Grochowski 1Q 8:18 41 yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int England 7-6-13 2.0 King 6-3-9 4.5 3.0 Timpf 5-4-9 Smith 1-7-8 1 Moss 4-3-7

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas WR 8 Lucas LT 71 Levy LG 62 Hopkins C 72 Vechery RG 60 Samra RT 53 Knappe QB 4 Shirreffs TE 86 Bloom TB 22 Newsome TB 3 Johnson

DEFENSE STARTERS DE 95 Adeyemi DT 92 M. Myers NG 90 Campenni DE 15 Carrezola LB 2 Stewart LB 11 Joseph LB 36 Walsh CB 6 J. Williams S 22 Adams S 20 Melifonwu CB 21 Summers

Total Participants (55): 2 Beals, 4 Hadley, 7 Green, 10 Stapleton, 13, Tully,14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol, 18 Lemelle, 23 J. Lee, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 28 Floyd, 37 Claflin, 40 Tarbutt, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 46 Vann, 49 Parker, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 57 Ormsby, 66 Manco, 70 Bockeloh, 73 Hashemi, 77 Rutherford, 78 Gifford, 80 T. Myers, 85 McLean, 88 Mayala, 89 C. Lee, 93 Fatukasi, 99 Marinan

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MEMORIAL STADIUM AT FAUROT FIELD• COLUMBIA, MO. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

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UCONN MIZ 11 16 4 7 7 7 0 2 77 85 33 34 2.3 2.5 1 1 108 106 31 21 156 185 17-28-1 20-31-1 5.6 6.0 9.2 9.2 0 0 233 270 61 65 3.8 4.2 3-1 2-1 8-85 3-30 7-192 6-235 27.4 39.2 27.0 32.5 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 3-183 2-130 61.0 65.0 46.3 40.0 0 2 0-0-0 3-3-0 0.0 1.0 0-0-0 3-44-0 0.0 14.7 1-17-0 1-50-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 30:18 29:42 7:02 7:58 8:35 6:25 6:30 8:30 8:11 6:49 2 of 13 5 of 15 1 of 3 1 of 3 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-2 3-11 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 12 0

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FIRST QUARTER MIZ – Green safety 7:44 UConn – Johnson 6 yd run (Puyol kick blocked) 4:14 (5-35, 2:38) THIRD QUARTER MIZ – Mauk 2 yd run (Baggett kick) 5:03 (15-68, 6:34)

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Connecticut football team came up just a few points short on Saturday from beating No. 22 Missouri. The Tigers hung on for a 9-6 lead over UConn before a crowd of 70,079 at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The Huskies drop to 2-1 on the season while the Tigers improve to 3-0.

UConn was driving in the final moments of the game going for the victory. The Huskies faced a fourth-and-four with 45 seconds left and, in field goal formation, passed the ball which resulted the first career interception for safety Anthony Sherrils.

“Anthony made a great play,’’ Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. ‘’He has been doig really well. He is an extraordinary athlete that has great speed and acceleration.’’

Sherrils said the Missouri defense sensed that a fake was a possibility. ‘’We were anticipating it,’’ Sherrils said. ‘’We backed up off the line to get a good look at it.

The tight end released, and I knew it was a fake.’’

Sherrils returned the interception 50 yards to the UConn 22 to seal the Tiger victory He also had a fumble recovery in the second quarter.

“Credit to Missouri and their staff and their players for fighting hard for four quarters,’’ UConn coach Bob Diaco said. ‘’A game like that, it is one play. One play and it’s in overtime. One play and it’s a win.’’

UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) was 17 of 26 for 156 yards and ran 14 times for 29 yards. The Huskies were 1 of 3 on fourth-down plays, converting on a 13-yard run by redshirt junior Justin Wain (Wilmington, N.C.) off a fake punt. Missouri took a 2-0 lead in first-quarter on a safety after Clarence Greene blocked a punt that went out of the end zone.

UConn scored its only point on the day when sophomore Ron Johnson (Naples, Fla.) scored on a six-yard run with 4:14 left in the first quarter to make it 6-2 Huskies. The big play of that five-play-35 yard drive was a 29-yard pass from Shirreffs to junior Noel Thomas (Norwalk, Conn.) that put the ball at the Missouri six.The drive was set up by a nifty interception by redshirt junior cornerback Jhavon Williams (Delray Beach, Fla.).

The 6-2 Husky lead held up through halftime and into the third quarter, but Mizzou scored a touchdown on a fourth and goal two-yard run by quarterback Maty Mauk that completed a 15 play-68 yard drive with 5:03 left in the third quarter. The Tigers converted three third down plays in that drive and the fourth down scoring play. Thomas had seven receptions for the Huskies for 86 yards while Shirreffs led UConn in rushing with 29 yards.Redshirt sophomore Junior Joseph (Sinking Springs, Pa.) led UConn in tackles with nine as ten different Husky player registered tackles for a loss.

Mauk completed 14 of 22 passes for 145 yards and an interception for the Tigers. Running back Ish Witter made his first career start for Missouri and carried the 17 times for 54 yards.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Shirreffs 14 43 14 29 0 8 Johnson 14 39 16 23 1 14 Wain 1 13 0 13 0 13 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 17-26-0 156 0 29 Boyle 0-2-1 0 0 0 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Thomas 7 86 0 29 Lucas 3 24 0 11 Beals 3 15 0 9 Lemelle 1 17 0 17 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 6 192 32.0 40 0 Field Goal Attempts Tarbutt 3Q 11:37 49yds Miss Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Joseph 5-4-9 0.5 1 Summers 6-2-8 Walsh 2-6-8 1.5 Adams 3-3-6 Stewart 1-4-5 0.5 Melifonwu 3-1-4 Carrezola 2-2-4 1.0 Fatukasi 0-4-4 1.0 0.5

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Witter 17 64 10 54 0 13 Abbington 2 14 0 14 0 12 Mauk 9 20 7 13 1 9 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Mauk 14-22-1 145 0 51 Lock 6-9-0 40 0 11 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Moore 6 39 0 11 Witter 3 31 0 20 Culkin 3 22 0 11 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Fatony 6 235 39.2 51 2 Field Goal Attempts Baggett 2Q 9:58 40 yds Miss Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Brothers 6-4-10 Dennis 5-0-5 Penton 3-2-5 Sherrils 3-0-3 1 Harris 3-0-3 2.0 1.0 Simon 2-1-3 Hatley 1-2-3

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi WR 8 Lucas DT 93 Fatukasi LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins CB 7 Green C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 36 Walsh QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams WR 18 Lemelle S 22 Adams WR 2 Beals S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (47): 3, Johnson, 4 Hadley, 10 Stapleton, 13, Diggs,14 Boyle, 15 Carrezola, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol, 19 Marder, 23 J. Lee, 26 Marriner, 28 Floyd, 40 Tarbutt, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 57 Ormsby, 66 Manco, 73 Hashemi, 78 Gifford, 80 T. Myers, 85 McLean, 86 Bloom, 92 M. Myers, 99 Marinan

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PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD• EAST HARTFORD, CONN. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

NAVY UCONN 21 20 17 8 3 10 1 2 303 106 61 31 5.0 3.4 3 0 309 133 6 27 40 219 3-5-0 19-32-0 8.0 6.8 13.3 11.5 1 2 343 325 66 63 5.2 5.2 2-0 1-1 3-37 3-22 3-116 2-82 38.7 41.0 38.7 43.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5-285 3-181 57.0 60.3 39.8 36.3 1 1 1--5-0 0-0-0 -5.0 0.0 2-47-0 4-61-0 23.5 15.2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 32:44 27:16 6:36 8:24 8:57 6:03 11:04 3:56 6:07 8:53 8 of 12 4 of 12 0 of 1 1 of 5 4-5 1-2 4-5 1-2 0-5 0-2 5-24 0-0 4-4 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0

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FIRST QUARTER UConn – Puyol 38 yd field goal 11:09 (8-45, 3:51) Navy – Reynolds 10 yd run (Grebe kick) 4:33 (12-62, 6:36) SECOND QUARTER Navy – Tillman 19 yd pass from Reynolds (Grebe kick) 7:02 (10-85, 5:30) UConn – Beals 39 yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick) 3:29 (8-75, 3:33) Navy – Reynolds 4 yd run (Grebe kick) 0:02 (14-77, 3:27) FOURTH QUARTER Navy – Reynolds 10 yd run (Grebe kick) 14:56 (10-69, 5:28) UConn – T. Myers 6 yd pass from Shirreffs (Thomas pass from Shirreffs) 7:20 (10-68, 3:42)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds ran 28 times for 142 yards and three touchdowns and threw for another score as Navy beat the UConn football team by a 28-18 on Saturday before a crowd of 33,204 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field. UConn falls to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in American Athletic Conference while Navy is 3-0 for the first time 2006 and 2-0.

Reynolds had touchdown runs of 10, 4 and 10 yards to give him 73 for his career, second in NCAA history behind former Wisconsin star Monte Ball, who ran for 77. The senior threw the ball just four times, but completed three of those, including a 19-yard touchdown to Jamir Tillman that gave Navy a 14-3 lead in the second quarter.

Navy had 343 yards of offense, 303 of them on the ground, but the Huskies held with them on that category with 325. Navy fullback Chris Swain ran 10 times for 58 yards.

UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Sherriffs (Jefferson, Ga.) threw for 219 yards on a 19 of 32 performance with a pair of TD passes. Freshman wide receiver Tyraiq Beals (East Orange, N.J.) caught six passes for 63 yards and a score for the Huskies.

The Mids scored touchdowns on four of their first five possessions, but the Husky defense dug in and forced Navy to punt twice and be out on fourth down the rest of the game.

The Huskies went out to a 3-0 lead on a 38-yasd field goal by redshirt junior Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla), but Navy scored TDs on a 10-yard rush

by Reynolds and a 19-yard pass from Reynolds to Jamir Tillman that made it 14-3 Navy with 7:02 to play in the first half.

Shirreffs hit Beals for a 39-yard TD pass with 3:29 left in the half that closed the gap to 14-10 Mids. Navy took advantage of the time left in the half to move the ball 77 yards on 14 plays as Reynolds scored on a four-yard run for a 21-10 halftime score.Reynolds capped a 10 play-69 yard drive four seconds into the fourth quarter on a 10-yard TD run that made it 28-10 Navy.

The Huskies made a late run at the game as redshirt sophomore tight end Tommy Myers (Coventry, Conn.) had a six-yard TD reception and Shirreffs hit junior wide receiver Noel Thomas (Norwalk, Conn.) for a two-point conversion to close to within ten.

UConn recovered the onside kick but could not gain a first down on four tries.

The Huskies then held the Mids on their next two defensive possessions but could not take advantage on offense. Sophomore Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) got the start at tailback for the Huskies and had 14 carries on 69 yards. He also had five receptions for 51 yards while Thomas had five receptions for 78 yards.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Newsome 14 72 3 69 0 19 Shirreffs 16 46 24 22 0 8 Beals 1 15 0 15 0 15 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 19-32-0 219 2 39 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Beals 6 63 0 39 Thomas 5 78 0 26 Newsome 5 51 0 14 Bloom 1 11 0 11 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 2 82 41.0 42 0 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 1Q 11:09 38yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Adams 9-8-17 Melifonwu 8-4-12 Walsh 2-6-8 Stewart 3-3-6 Joseph 2-3-5 Adeyemi 2-2-4 Ormsby 2-2-4 M. Myers 2-2-4 1.0 Carrezola 1-3-4

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Reynolds 28 146 4 142 3 17 Swain 10 58 0 58 0 19 Sanders 7 35 0 35 0 12 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Reynolds 3-4-0 40 1 19 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Tillman 1 19 1 19 Romine 1 11 0 11 Cass 1 10 0 10 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Jernigan 1 32 32.0 32 0 Barta 2 84 42.0 43 2 Field Goal Attempts N/A Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Thomas 3-7-10 2.0 1.0 Adams 5-2-7 Gonzales 5-1-6 Barbour 3-3-6 Mason 2-4-6 Clements 4-1-5 1.0 0.5 Anthony 2-3-3 0.5 0.5

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi FB 44 DeLorenzo DT 92 M. Myers LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 36 Walsh QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams TE 80 T. Myers S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (55): 2, Beals, 3, Johnson, 4 Hadley, 7 Green, 8 Lucas, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs, 14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol, 18, Lemelle, 19 Marder, 23 J. Lee, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 28 Floyd, 29 Watkins, 34 Clax, 37 Claflin, 40 Tarbutt, 42 Wain, 46 Vann, 55 Hicks, 57 Ormsby, 66 Manco, 70 Bockeloh, 77 Rutherford, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 88 Mayala, 89 C. Lee, 93 Fatukasi, 99 Marinan

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BYU

LAVELL EDWARDS STADIUM PROVO, UTAH TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

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UCONN BYU 14 31 3 9 9 20 2 2 62 174 27 41 2.3 4.2 0 1 87 185 25 11 168 365 14-28-2 35-54-2 6.0 6.8 12.0 10.4 1 2 230 539 55 95 4.2 5.7 0-0 1-1 5-43 7-70 6-247 1-36 41.2 36.0 38.7 36.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-205 7-444 51.2 63.4 32.2 46.4 1 3 0-0-0 5-15-0 0.0 3.0 3-44-0 3-51-0 14.7 17.0 2-26-0 2-14-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1 0 24:48 35:12 6:44 8:16 5:15 9:45 5:27 9:33 7:22 7:38 3 of 14 9 of 16 1 of 2 0 of 1 0-0 5-6 0-0 2-6 0-0 3-6 2-7 4-20 1-1 3-3 2-2 3-5 10 10

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FIRST QUARTER BYU – Bernard 1 yd run (Samson kick) 2:44 (12-87, 5:18) SECOND QUARTER UConn – Newsome 30 yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick) 1:42 (6-80, 2:12) THIRD QUARTER UConn – Puyol 37 yd field goal 7:11 (8-16, 4:16) BYU – Samson 26 yd field goal 3:02 (11-63, 4:01) FOURTH QUARTER BYU – Samson 25 yd field goal 13:24 (11-34, 3:27) BYU – Mathews 21 yd pass from Mangum (Samson Kick) 12:03 (1-21, 0:08) UConn – Puyol 42 yd field goal 8:59 (9-55, 2:55) BYU – Mathews 6 yd pass from Mangum (Samson kick) 7:26 (6-41, 1:31) BYU – Samson 32 yd field goal 0:26 (9-51, 4:21)

PROVO, Utah – The University of Connecticut football team and BYU were tied 10-10 after three quarters on Friday night, but the Cougars outscored the Huskies 20-3 in the fourth en route to a 30-13 win. The game was played before 56,393 at LaVell Edwards Stadium as the Huskies fell to 2-3 on the season while BYU is 3-2.

The teams were tied at 7-7 at halftime as redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) hooked up with sophomore Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) for a 30-yard touchdown pass with 1:42 left in the second quarter. That pass completed a six-play, 80-yard drive. BYU had scored the only points of the first quarter on a one-yard TD run by Francis Bernard with 2:44 left.

The teams traded third quarter field goals as redshirt junior Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla.) kicked a 37-yarder with 7:11 left in the period for a 13-10 UConn lead.

BYU then took control of the game with a dominant fourth quarter. UConn’s only points of the fourth came on a 42-yard field goal with 8:59 in the game. The 42-yarder was the long of the season for Puyol, who is now six-for-six in field goals this season.

Newsome had 68 yards of rushing to lead UConn on 13 carries while he also had four receptions for 63 yards. Shirreffs was 14 of 28 in the air for 168 yards.

Defensively, the Huskies were led by redshirt junior cornerback Jhavon Williams (Delray Beach, Fla.), who had 10 tackles and an interception.

BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum threw for 365 yards and two touchdowns while Algernon Brown rushed for 95 yards. Mitch Juergens had ten receptions for 74 yards.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Newsome 13 69 1 68 0 26 DeLorenzo 1 2 0 2 0 2 Johnson 1 0 3 -3 0 0 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 14-28-2 168 1 30 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Newsome 4 63 1 30 Beals 3 33 0 21 DeLorenzo 3 24 0 11 T. Myers 2 35 0 25 Thomas 2 13 0 9 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 6 247 41.2 48 2 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 3Q 7:11 37yds Good Puyol 4Q 8:59 42yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Williams 9-1-10 1 Adams 7-1-8 1.0 Joseph 7-1-8 Vann 7-0-7 Fatukasi 6-1-7 1.0 1.0

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Brown 18 95 0 95 0 34 Bernard 11 71 2 69 1 19 Carter 8 14 0 14 0 3 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Mangum 35-53-2 365 2 34 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Juergens 10 74 0 21 Mathews 8 78 2 21 Houk 6 129 0 34 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Linehan 1 36 36.0 36 0 Field Goal Attempts Samson 2Q 10:55 48yds Missed Samson 2Q 0:02 38yds Blocked Samson 3Q 3:02 26yds Good Samson 4Q 13:24 25yds Good Samson 4Q 0:26 32yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Tautu 6-0-6 3.0 1.0 Kautai 5-0-5 Shelton 3-1-4 1 Warner 3-0-3 Hannemann 3-0-3 Kaufusi 3-0-3 2.0 1.0 1

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi RB 26 Marriner DT 93 Fatukasi LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams TE 80 T. Myers S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 4 Hadley Total Participants (51): 2, Beals, 3, Johnson, 7 Green, 8 Lucas, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs, 14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol, 18, Lemelle, 19 Marder, 21 Summers, 27 Vitale, 28 Floyd, 34 Clax, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 40 Tarbutt, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 49 Parker, 55 Hicks, 57 Ormsby, 66 Manco, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 88 Mayala, 92 Myers, 99 Marinan UCONN FOOTBALL 2015 ST. PETERSBURG BOWL MEDIA GUIDE

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UCF

BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS STADIUM ORLANDO, FLA. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

UCONN UCF 20 21 10 4 10 16 0 1 170 60 45 14 3.8 4.3 4 0 205 73 35 13 263 255 18-24-0 27-50-3 11.0 5.1 14.6 9.4 1 1 433 315 69 64 6.3 4.9 0-0 1-1 11-69 5-52 7-271 6-268 38.7 44.7 36.4 42.8 1 4 0 1 1 0 5 3 7-410 5-269 58.6 53.8 41.3 29.4 1 0 2-11-0 1--4-0 5.5 -4.0 5-122-0 6-96-0 24.4 16.0 3-35-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 38:04 21:56 8:49 6:11 9:40 5:20 10:14 4:46 9:21 5:39 5 of 15 2 of 12 0 of 1 0 of 0 6-7 3-4 5-7 1-4 1-7 2-4 1-11 5-22 5-5 1-1 1-1 2-2 42 0

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FIRST QUARTER UCF – Wright 19 yd field goal 10:06 (13-73, 4:54) UConn – Newsome 5 yd run (Puyol kick) 6:02 (8-77, 3:59) UConn – Team safety 6:01 SECOND QUARTER UConn – Shirreffs 1 yd run (Puyol kick) 1:22 (2-9, 0:56) UConn – Thomas 16 yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick) 0:49 (2-34, 0:17) THIRD QUARTER UConn – Puyol 21 yd field goal 11:50 (8-25, 3:01) UConn – Johnson 12 yd run (Puyol kick) 9:12 (3-81, 1:14) UConn – Newsome 8 yd run (Puyol kick) 1:53 (2-16, 1:06) FOURTH QUARTER UCF – Wright 45 yd field goal 9:22 (8-25, 2:19) UCF – Patti 11 yd pass from Holman (Wright kick) 1:38 (6-65, 1:57)

ORLANDO, Fla. – Redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryan Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) threw for 256 yards and a touchdown and ran for another while sophomore running back Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) rushed for two more scores as the UConn football team defeated UCF by a 40-13 score before a crowd of 26,669 at Bright House Networks Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Huskies improve to 3-3 on the season and 1-1 in American Athletic Conference while the Knights fall of 0-6 and 0-2.

Shirreffs posted his fourth 200-yard passing game in his first six career starts despite being sacked five times. He also took advantage of the short field set up by UCF turnovers – three Huskies scoring drives started within the UCF 35.

Shirreffs generated two scores in the final 57 seconds of the first half that helped the Huskies turn a 9-3 lead into a 22-3 advantage. Shirreffs plowed in on a one-yard keeper two plays after redshirt junior cornerback Jhavon Williams’ (Delray Beach, Fla.) 19-yard interception put the ball on the UCF 9.

Redshirt junior safety Obi Melifonwu (South Grafton, Mass.) then had an interception and Shirreffs connected with junior wide receiver Noel Thomas (Norwalk, Conn.) for a 16-yard touchdown with 49 seconds left in the half.

Sophomore Ron Johnson (Naples, Fla.) and Newsome scored in the third quarter as the Huskies, who had only averaged 15.8 points per game coming into Saturday, extended their lead to 40-3. Newsome’s touchdown was set up when redshirt senior Ellis Marder (Windermere, Fla.) recovered a fumbled punt return on the UCF 16.

Newsome led the Huskies in rushing with 84 yards on 13 carries with the two TDs while Shirreffs rushed for 42 yards and a TD, in addition to his passing performance. Thomas led the Huskies in receiving with five grabs for 62 yards and the TD. Sophomore tight end Alec Bloom (Ligonier, Pa.) had four receptions for 67 yards.

The Huskies had three interceptions on the day from Melifonwu, Williams and sophomore cornerback Jamar Summers (East Orange, N.J.).

The Knights took a 3-0 lead on Matthew Wright’s 19-yard field goal on the game’s first possession, but managed just 56 total yards of offense the rest of the first half.

UCF’s struggles were best summarized after Newsome’s 5-yard touchdown gave UConn a 7-3 lead with 6:02 remaining. On the ensuing kickoff, UCF returner Hayden Jones ran one yard out of the end zone, then stepped back into the end zone and took a knee, resulting in a safety.

Holman finished 27 of 50 for 255 yards with an 11-yard touchdown to Nick Patti with 1:38 remaining.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Newsome 13 84 0 84 2 17 Shirreffs 13 64 22 42 1 21 Johnson 8 25 4 21 1 12 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 16-22-0 256 1 58 Boyle 2-2-0 7 0 9 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Thomas 5 62 1 23 Bloom 4 67 0 20 Newsome 2 67 0 58 Johnson 2 9 0 5 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 7 271 38.7 48 1 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 3Q 11:50 21yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Diggs 4-1-5 Vann 2-3-5 Melifonwu 2-3-5 1 Joseph 1-4-5 1.0 Adams 1-3-4

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Jones 7 45 1 44 0 15 Holman 5 25 11 14 0 10 Willett 1 3 0 3 0 3 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Holman 27-50-3 255 1 27 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Patti 6 58 1 13 Willett 5 65 0 27 Stewart 3 28 0 23 Oldham 3 22 0 13 Jones 3 10 0 7 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Houston 6 268 44.7 50 4 Field Goal Attempts Wright 1Q 10:06 19yds Good Wright 4Q 9:22 45yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Hampton 2-8-10 Spencer 7-2-9 Burkett 3-4-7 1.5 1.0 Boykins 1-6-7 Guerad 4-2-6 1.5 1.0 Gibson 3-3-6 1.0

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi WR 88 Mayala DT 93 Fatukasi LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams TE 80 T. Myers S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (61): 2, Beals, 3, Johnson, 4, Hadley, 7 Green, 8 Lucas, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs,13 Tully, 14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol, 18, Lemelle, 19 Marder, 23 Lee, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 28 Floyd, 29 Watkins, 30 Stevens, 34 Clax, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 40 Tarbutt, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 49 Parker, 50 Lawley, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 57 Ormsby, 66 Manco, 73 Hashemi, 75 Oak, 77, Rutherford, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 92 Myers, 96, Atkins, 99 Marinan

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PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD• EAST HARTFORD, CONN. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

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USF UCONN 17 26 11 9 6 16 0 1 275 163 44 38 6.2 4.3 1 1 290 201 15 38 186 365 12-16-2 28-42-1 11.6 8.7 15.5 13.0 3 1 461 528 60 80 7.7 6.6 0-0 3-0 3-30 4-39 4-175 4-131 43.8 32.8 42.2 27.8 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 5-264 4-260 52.8 65.0 30.0 37.2 1 2 0-0-0 1-6-0 0.0 6.0 2-61-0 4-89-0 30.5 22.2 1-0-0 2-15-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 25:09 34:51 4:39 10:21 7:30 7:30 5:48 9:12 7:12 7:48 4 of 12 7 of 17 0 of 1 1 of 3 1-2 2-4 1-2 0-4 0-2 2-4 5-29 1-1 4-4 2-2 0-1 2-3 14 14

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SECOND QUARTER USF – Adams 44 yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick) 11:08 (5-59, 2:06) UConn – Puyol 19 yd field goal 7:50 (7-50, 3:18) THIRD QUARTER UConn – Shirreffs 36 yd run (Puyol kick) 9:17 (1-36, 0:10) USF – Adams 29 yd pass from Johnson (Nadelman kick) 7:59 (4-73, 1:18) UConn – Puyol 27 yd field goal 1:59 (14-66, 6:00) USF – Flowers 15 yd run (Nadelman kick) 0:37 (3-75, 1:22) FOURTH QUARTER USF – Adams 44 yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman Kick) 4:23 (3-57, 1:01) UConn – Beals 27 ys pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick) 2:12 (9-91, 2:11)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – The University of Connecticut football team had 528 yards of total offense on Saturday, but those yards only yielded 20 points as USF defeated thet Huskies by a 28-20 score before a Homecoming crowd of 31,719 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

The Huskies drop to 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in the American Athletic Conference while USF improves to 3-3 and 1-1.

UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jeffesron, Ga.) passed for 365 yards and rushed for 100 more – just missing the school single-game record for total offense by a single yard.

Sophomore Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) had a career-high eight receptions for 74 yards with 58 yards of rushing on 13 carries. With his 89 kickoff return yards, he had a total of 221 all-purpose yards on the day.

Scoring was sparse in the first half as the Bulls had a 7-3 lead at the half. USF’s Rodney Adams scored the game’s first points on a 44-yard TD pass from Quinto Flowors with 11:08 left in the second quarter. UConn redshirt junior kicker Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla.) kicked a 19-yard field goal with 7:50 left in the half for the Huskies’ only points of the first half.

UConn took a 10-7 early in the third quarter on a 36-yard TD run, but the Bulls came right back with a four-play, 73-yard drive that ended in a tricky 29-yard TD pass to Adams from running back D’Ernie Johnson to make it 14-10.

Another Puyol field goal, this time a 27-yarder, cut the lead to one at 14-13 with 1:59 left in the third quarter, but Flowers rushed for a 15-yard TD late in the third quarter and again connected with Adams for a 44-yard TD pass with 4:23 left to play to take a 28-13 lead.

The Huskies made it 28-20 on a 27-yard TD pass from Shirreffs to freshman Tyraiq Beals (East Orange, N.J.) with 2:12 to play, but UConn failed on the onside kick attempt and USF ran the clock out.

Flowers threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 98 yards with one TD. Adams caught five balls for a career-high 118 yards and three touchdowns.

USF running back Marlon Mack rushed for 113 yards, all but nine of those coming in the second half. His 59-yard run down the left sideline in the third quarter set up the 15-yard touchdown scramble by Flowers that gave the Bulls a 21-13.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Shirreffs 19 127 27 100 1 36 Newsome 13 65 7 58 0 34 Johnson 6 9 4 5 0 6 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 28-41-1 365 1 38 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Newsome 8 74 0 24 Thomas 7 94 0 33 Bloom 5 97 0 38 T. Myers 3 33 0 16 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 4 131 32.8 47 3 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 2Q 7:50 19yds Good Puyol 3Q 1:59 27yds Good Puyol 4Q 12:27 44yds Missed Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Stewart 6-2-8 1.5 Williams 6-1-7 2.0 Melifonwu 5-1-6 Adams 3-3-6 1.0 Joseph 2-4-6 1

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Mack 13 117 4 113 0 59 Flowers 15 99 1 98 1 33 Johnson 9 50 0 50 0 12 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Flowers 11-15-2 157 2 44 Johnson 1-1-0 29 1 29 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Adams 5 118 3 44 Barr 2 13 0 8 Mack 2 4 0 4 Pope 1 30 0 30 Bronson 1 27 0 27 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Ciabatti 4 175 43.8 68 1 Field Goal Attempts Nadelman 4Q 8:28 48yds Missed Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Byrd 7-5-12 3.5 2.0 Sanchez 5-5-10 0.5 Godwin 6-2-8 1.5 1.0 Lee 5-1-6 1.0 Abraham 5-1-6 1.0 1.0

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi WR 88 Mayala DT 57 Ormsby LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams TE 80 T. Myers S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (53): 2, Beals, 3, Johnson, 4, Hadley, 7 Green, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs,14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol, 18, Lemelle, 19 Marder, 23 Lee, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 28 Floyd, 34 Clax, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 49 Parker, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 66 Manco, 70 Bockeloh, 73 Hashemi, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 90 C. Lee, 92 Myers, 99 Marinan

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NIPPERT STADIUM CINCINNATI, OHIO TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

UCONN CIN 19 28 8 14 6 14 5 0 136 285 30 49 4.5 5.8 1 2 145 347 9 62 130 327 17-41-1 26-35-0 3.2 9.3 7.6 12.6 0 2 266 612 71 84 3.7 7.3 3-1 3-1 3-25 10-105 5-181 2-63 36.2 31.5 36.2 31.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4-173 8-513 43.2 64.1 30.2 40.8 1 5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0.0 0.0 3-62-0 2-27-0 20.7 13.5 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 27:22 32:38 8:10 6:50 7:05 7:55 1:58 13:02 10:09 4:51 2 of 11 4 of 14 0 of 2 3 of 4 3-4 5-8 1-4 2-8 2-4 3-8 1-4 2-6 1-1 4-4 2-2 3-4 0 6

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FIRST QUARTER UConn – Newsome 4 yd run (Puyol kick) 9:23 (9-58, 4:25) Cincinnati – Holton 29 yd pass from Kiel (Gantz kick) 6:53 (8-81, 2:24) Cincinnati – Dowdy 26 yd pass from Kiel (Gantz kick) 4:27 (4-75, 1:11) SECOND QUARTER UConn – Puyol 27 yd field goal 13:07 (4-0, 2:13) Cincinnati – Kiel 1 yd run (Gantz kick) 10:36 (9-66, 2:31) Cincinnati – Gantz 23 yd field goal 5:21 (9-67, 2:55) THIRD QUARTER Cincinnati – Gantz 38 yd field goal 6:53 (12-72, 5:08) FOURTH QUARTER UConn – Puyol 30 yd field goal 8:48 (16-67, 6:08) Cincinnati – Gantz 26 yd field goal 6:08 (5-30, 2:38) Cincinnati – Williams 1 yd run (Gantz kick) 0:53 (6-92, 1:46)

CINCINNATI – University of Connecticut redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) ran for 90 yards and threw for another 80 other, but the Huskies fell to Cincinnati by a 37-13 score. The game was played before a record sellout crowd of 40,124 as rain-soaked Nippert Stadium.

With the loss, the Huskies fall to 3-5 on the season and 1-3 in the American Athletic Conference while the Bearcats are 4-3 and 1-3.

UConn sophomore tailback Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) led UConn with eight receptions for 37 yards and also rushed for 45 with a touchdown.

Newsome also had 44 kickoff return yards for 126 all-purpose yards.

Cincinnati quarterback Gunner Kiel was 26 of 35 in the air for 327 yards while running back Hosey Williams rushed for 140 yards and Mike Boone added 117.

The Bearcats had 612 yards of total offense while the Huskies could only muster 266.

UConn took an early 7-0 lead with 9:23 left in the first quarter as Shirreffs engineered a nine-play, 58-yard drive that ended with a Newsome four-yard rush.

Shirreffs carried the ball six times for 50 yards on that drive.

The Huskies only scored six more points in the rest of the game on a pair of field goals by redshirt junior Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla.) – a 27-yarder with 13:07 left in the second quarter and a 30-yarder midway through the fourth.

The Bearcats led 24-10 at the half and had a 27-10 lead after three quarters.

UConn redshirt sophomore linebacker Junior Joseph (Sinking Springs, Pa.) had 16 tackles while redshirt senior safety Andrew Adams (Fayetteville, Ga.) and redshirt junior safety Obi Melifonwu (South Grafton, Mass.) had 13 tackles apiece.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Shirreffs 17 97 7 90 0 19 Newsome 11 47 2 45 1 10 Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 12-27-1 87 0 16 Boyle 5-14-0 43 0 16 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Newsome 8 37 0 10 Thomas 4 38 0 11 Beals 3 48 0 16 McLean 1 6 0 6 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 5 181 36.2 46 0 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 2Q 13:07 27yds Good Puyol 4Q 8:48 30yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Joseph 3-13-16 Adams 7-6-13 0.5 Melifonwu 6-7-13 J. Williams 6-2-8 Walsh 1-6-7

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Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Williams 13 140 0 140 1 84 Boone 13 119 2 117 0 34 Green 14 74 3 71 0 17 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Kiel 26-35-0 327 2 33 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Washington 8 78 0 25 Moore 3 31 0 19 Boone 3 74 0 10 Holton 2 62 1 33 Dowdy 2 55 1 29 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Geraci 2 63 31.5 32 1 Field Goal Attempts Gantz 2Q 5:21 23yds Good Gantz 3Q 6:53 38yds Good Gantz 4Q 14:56 27yds Missed Gantz 4Q 6:08 26yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Wilson 2-9-11 1.5 Edwards 3-5-8 0.5 Jenkinson 3-5-8 1.0 1.0 Payne 2-2-4 Brown 0-4-4

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 5 Thomas DT 93 Fatukasi WR 88 Mayala DE 57 Ormsby LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams WR 2 Beals S 22 Adams TE 80 T. Myers S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (51): 3, Johnson, 4, Hadley, 7 Green, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs,14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol,19 Marder, 23 Lee, 27 Vitale, 29 Watkins, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 49 Parker, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 66 Manco, 70 Bockeloh, 73 Hashemi, 77 Rutherford, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 86 Bloom, 90 C. Lee, 92 Myers, 99 Marinan

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EAST CAROLINA

PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD• EAST HARTFORD, CONN. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

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ECU UCONN 16 17 9 7 7 7 0 3 203 220 36 44 5.6 5.0 1 3 220 230 17 10 137 184 19-33-4 12-21-1 4.2 8.8 7.2 15.3 0 1 340 404 69 65 4.9 6.2 3-0 2-1 7-64 5-34 5-223 6-240 44.6 40.0 47.6 34.8 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 3-179 6-375 59.7 62.5 43.3 38.3 1 2 3-11-0 1--15-0 3.7 -15.0 4-95-0 1-24-0 23.8 24.0 1-32-1 4-18-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 25:32 34:28 7:18 7:42 6:26 8:34 5:52 9:08 5:56 9:04 5 of 15 7 of 14 1 of 3 0 of 0 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 0-1 0-2 2-10 3-13 1-2 4-4 0-0 1-1 13 0

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FIRST QUARTER ECU – Benton 32 yd interception return (Plowman kick blocked) 5:15 UConn – Puyol 45 yd field goal 0:22 (10-37, 4:53) SECOND QUARTER UConn – Newsome 2 yd run (Puyol kick) 7:44 (12-94, 5:52) THIRD QUARTER UConn – Bloom 23 yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick) 3:38 (8-66, 3:53) UConn – Newsome 90 yd run (Puyol kick) 1:51 (1-90, 0:15) FOURTH QUARTER ECU – Kemp 2 yd run (Plowman kick) 9:25 (4-49, 1:25) UConn – Shirreffs 3 yd run (Puyol kick) 4:29 (8-66, 4:56)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – University of Connecticut sophomore tailback Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) rushed for 179yards with 244 all-purpose yards to lead the Husky football team to a 31-13 win over East Carolina on Friday night before a crowd of 23,168 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

The Huskies improve to 4-5 on the season and are 2-3 in American Athletic Conference play while the Pirates are also and identical 4-5 and 2-3.

Late in the third quarter, Newsome appeared hemmed in at his team’s 10-yard line, but found a seam on the right side of the line and broke free for a 90-yard third-quarter touchdown run that gave UConn a 24-6 lead and control of the game. The rush was the fourth-longest in school history.

“It was almost an arm tackle, but I was like, ‘I gotta go, I gotta go,” he said. “All I saw was green. My eyes got really big.”

The Huskies have now doubled their win total from a year ago and need just two more to become bowl eligible. Newsome also had a two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that gave UConn a 10-6 lead – which was the halftime score.

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jeffreson, Ga.) completed 12 of 21 passes for 184 yards with one passing touchdown and a three-yard dive into the end zone in the fourth quarter that gave the Huskies their final points.

Marquez Grayson ran for a career-high 87 yards on nine carries for East Carolina, which has lost three of its last four.

Pirate quarterback James Summers, who has been sharing duties with Blake Kemp, started for the third time in his career and played into the fourth quarter.

He was 12 of 27 for 87 yards and an interception before giving way to Kemp. Kemp ran for a two-yard touchdown after DeShaun Amos recovered a fumble to pull the Pirates to within 11 points, but he also threw three of East Carolina’s four picks.

“We needed some offense and wanted to give James a little bit longer look and some longer reps, and then went with Blake” said East Carolina head coach Ruffin McNeil. “Blake came up short.”

The Huskies, who gave up 612 yards in a loss to Cincinnati a week ago, held the Pirates to 340 yards and just 137 through the air. East Carolina’s DeShawn Benton opened the scoring with 5:15 left to go in the first quarter on 32-yard interception return, but the extra-point attempt was blocked.

UConn responded by scoring the next 24 points – starting with their longest drive of the season, 94-yards, to take 10-6 lead into halftime. They were helped by two ECU penalties. A targeting call after a 29-yard catch by freshman Hergy Mayala (Montreal, Que.) led to safety Travon Simmons’ ejection and set the Huskies up on the Pirate’s 11 yard line. Corner Josh Hawkins was later called for interference in the end zone, setting up set up Newsome’s 2-yard touchdown run.

Shirreffs engineered an eight-play 66-yard drive in the third quarter, hitting sophomore tight end Alec Bloom (Ligonier, Pa.) over the middle for a 23-yard touchdown pass that put the Huskies up 17-6.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Newsome 25 179 0 179 2 90 Johnson 7 18 0 18 0 7 Marriner 5 16 0 16 0 5 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 12-21-1 184 1 41 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Thomas 5 55 0 16 T. Myers 3 25 0 15 Newsome 1 41 0 41 Mayala 1 29 0 29 Bloom 1 23 1 23 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 6 240 40.0 48 0 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 1Q 0:22 45yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Stewart 7-2-9 1.0 1.0 Melifonwu 5-3-8 1 Adams 4-4-8 Fatukasi 5-1-6 Carrezola 3-3-6 1.0 1.0

EAST CAROLINA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Grayson 9 87 0 87 0 44 Hairston 12 67 1 66 0 16 Furlow 2 30 0 30 0 27 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Summers 12-21-1 87 0 18 Kemp 7-11-3 50 0 19 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Jones 9 85 0 19 Brown 4 22 0 8 Williams 3 17 0 7 Grayson 1 7 0 7 Barnes 1 4 0 4 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Gregory 5 223 44.6 69 4 Field Goal Attempts N/A Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Lennon 5-4-9 Benton 6-1-7 1 Williams 3-3-6 Stanley 3-2-5 1.0 1.0 Richardson 4-0-4

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 2 Beals DT 93 Fatukasi WR 88 Mayala DE 95 Adeyemi LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams TE 80 T. Myers S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (50): 3, Johnson, 5 Thomas, 7 Anderson, 7 Green, 8 Lucas, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs,14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol,19 Marder, 23 Lee, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 29 Watkins, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 66 Manco, 70 Bockeloh, 77 Rutherford, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 92 Myers, 99 Marinan

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TULANE

YULMAN STADIUM NEW ORLEANS, LA. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

UCONN TLN 9 9 7 3 2 6 0 0 146 34 42 25 3.5 1.4 0 0 176 76 30 42 81 106 8-19-1 13-40-1 4.3 2.7 10.1 8.2 0 0 227 140 61 65 3.7 2.2 1-0 2-0 4-45 2-10 11-403 11-427 36.6 38.8 32.5 37.0 3 0 0 1 1 1 5 6 2-130 2-130 65.0 65.0 40.0 40.0 1 2 1-0-0 2-25-0 0.0 12.5 0-0-0 1-25-0 0.0 25.0 1-67-1 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 1 32:58 27:02 7:28 7:32 7:03 7:57 10:13 4:47 8:14 6:46 3 of 17 5 of 20 1 of 1 2 of 2 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-25 2-11 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 7 0

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FIRST QUARTER UConn – Summers 67 yd interception return 2:28 (Puyol kick) SECOND QUARTER Tulane – DiRocco 37 yd field goal 8:28 (11-41, 5:40)

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Sophomore cornerback Jamar Summers (Orange, N.J.) had a 67-yard interception return for the only touchdown of the game as the University of Connecticut football team posted a 7-3 win over Tulane on Saturday afternoon before an announced crowd of 26,775 at rain-soaked Yulman Stadium.

With the win, the Huskies improve to 5-5 on the season and need to win one of its last two games to gain bowl eligibility. UConn is 3-3 in the American Athletic Conference while Tulane is 2-7 overall and 1-5 in the league.

The win was the least number of points UConn scored in a victory since a 3-0 win to end the 1967 season against Holy Cross on Nov. 25. UConn also scored seven points in a win over New Hampshire in 1973 (7-3 on Oct. 6, 1973). The last time the Huskies won a game with single-digit scoring was a 9-7 win over New Hampshire in 1983.

UConn limited Tulane to just 140 yards of total offense, although the Huskies only gained 227 themselves.

The Huskies forced 11 punts by Tulane and the UConn defense had seven three-and-outs.

Summers’ pick six was the first for the Huskies since Byron Jones had a 70-yarder last year at USF. The interception was the 15th of the year for the Huskies and Summers has a team-leading six. He entered the game 15th in the country in interceptions.

Sophomore running back Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) had 79 yards of rushing on 16 carries and also caught two passes for 31 yards. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) was eight-of-19 for 81 yards.

Senior linebacker Graham Stewart (Durham, Conn.) led the way for the Husky defense with six tackles and 3.5 tackles for a loss. Sophomore Luke Carrezola (Ligonier, Pa.) had two-and-a-half tackles for a loss.

Tulane’s only first half points were a 37-yard field goal by sophomore Andrew DiRocco with 8:28 left in the second quarter. The Husky defense gave up 41 yards on that drive but held the Green Wave when they reached the UConn 15.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Shirreffs 16 94 15 79 0 13 Newsome 21 66 12 54 0 10 DeLorenzo 2 12 0 12 0 12 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Shirreffs 8-19-1 81 0 33 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Newsome 2 31 0 33 T. Myers 2 24 0 15 Marriner 2 9 0 8 Bloom 1 10 0 10 Mayala 1 7 0 7 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 11 403 36.6 48 3 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 3Q 5:33 34yds Blocked Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Stewart 3-3-6 3.5 Summers 3-2-5 1 Melifonwu 2-3-5 Joseph 2-3-5 1.0 Walsh 1-3-4 1.0

TULANE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Hilliard 8 37 2 35 0 11 Badie 11 34 10 24 0 10 Kelley 2 4 0 4 0 2 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Lee 13-40-1 106 0 22 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Dace 3 24 0 15 Breaux 3 23 0 13 Badie 3 9 0 6 Scott 2 38 0 22 Ardoin 1 7 0 7 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Block 11 427 38.8 53 0 Field Goal Attempts DiRocco 2Q 8:28 37yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Monroe 8-3-11 1 Marley 7-3-10 2.0 Smart 4-2-6 2.0 Marbley 4-2-6 Nickerson 5-0-5 1.0

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 88 Mayala DT 93 Fatukasi WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams TE 77 Rutherford S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (47): 2 Beals, 7 Green, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs,14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol,19 Marder, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 29 Watkins, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 49 Parker, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 66 Manco, 70 Bockeloh, 73 Hashemi, 78 Gifford, 80 T. Myers, 92 M. Myers, 99 Marinan

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HOUSTON

PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD• EAST HARTFORD, CONN. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

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HOU UCONN 13 13 4 6 8 6 1 1 110 156 33 43 3.3 3.6 0 0 121 176 11 20 208 159 17-31-2 14-24-0 6.7 6.6 12.2 11.4 1 2 318 315 64 67 5.0 4.7 2-2 0-0 7-69 10-63 5-209 9-336 41.8 37.3 41.8 37.3 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 6 4-257 5-314 64.2 62.8 43.0 24.8 2 3 1-0-0 0-0-0 0.0 0.0 2-115-1 2-35-0 57.5 17.5 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 25:01 34:59 5:51 9:09 5:30 9:30 7:59 7:01 5:41 9:19 6 of 15 5 of 16 0 of 2 0 of 0 1-1 2-2 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 0-0 3-8 2-2 2-2 1-1 2-2 0 6

Houston (10-1) UConn (6-5)

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FIRST QUARTER UConn – Thomas 4 yd pass from Shireffs (Puyol kick) 11:40 (6-72, 3:20) SECOND QUARTER Houston – Cummings 29 yd field goal 12:36 (12-72, 5:32) UConn – Puyol 25 yd field goal 4:59 (6-14, 2:56) THIRD QUARTER UConn – Puyol 39 yd field goal 1:17 (7-23, 3:35) FOURTH QUARTER Houston – Allen 38 yd pass from Potsma (Cummings kick) 13:55 (6-74, 2:22) UConn – Thomas 45 yd pass from Anderson (Puyol kick) 9:48 (7-75, 4:07) Houston – Wilson 94 yd kickoff return (Cummings kick) 9:36

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – University of Connecticut senior wide receiver Noel Thomas (Norwalk, Conn.) had a pair of touchdowns receptions as the Husky football team topped previously undefeated and No. 13 ranked Houston by a 20-17 score before a crowd of 26,879 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

UConn’s record improves to 6-5 on the season as the Huskies gain bowl eligibility for the first time since the 2010 season. UConn is 4-3 in the American Athletic Conference while Houston falls to 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the league.

The win is UConn’s third over a team ranked in the Associated Press poll at the time of the game. The Huskies beat No. 19 Louisville on the road in 2012 and topped No. 11 USF at home in 2007.

The key turning play of the game was a 45-yard touchdown pass in the fourth from junior Garrett Anderson (Walnut Creek, Calif.) on a trick play to Thomas.

Anderson came to the UConn program as a quarterback, but has recently been playing out of the running back spot. He took a pitch from junior quarterback Tim Boyle (Brookfield, Conn.) and launched the TD pass that made it 20-10 with 9:48 to go.

Houston came right back and made it 20-17 as Brandon Wilson returned the ensuing kickoff 94-yard to make it 20-17. The Husky defense held tight the rest of the game and as they stopped the Cougars on a fourth-and-nine from midfield with two minutes to go and sophomore cornerbackJamar Summers (East Orange, N.J.) clinched the win with an interception with 55 seconds left.

Boyle took over QB duties for the Huskies when a hard hit sent redshirt sophomore starter Bryant Shirreffs (Jefferson, Ga.) to the sidelines for the rest of the game. Boyle, who saw QB time in just one other game this year, was 12 of 22 in the air of 110 yards while sophomore running back Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia, Conn.) had 32 carries for 114 yards.

The Huskies opened the scoring on their first drive with a six-play, 72-yard drive that ended with a four-yard TD pass from Shirreffs to Thomas. Newsome had a 42-yard run in that drive.

The two teams traded second-quarter field goals as redshirt junior Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla.) had a 25-yarder for the Huskies with 4:59 left in the half as the Huskies led 10-3. The only scoring of the third quarter came on a 39-yard FG from Puyol that made it 13-3.

Houston scored a touchdown on a 38-yard pass from Kyle Postma to Chance Allen to make it 13-10 Huskies with 13:55 to play.

Postma, playing in place of Heisman hopeful Greg Ward Jr., was 16 of 27 in the air for 190 yards with one TD and one interception and was sacked three times.

Ward, who rolled his left ankle a week ago against Memphis, came in during Houston’s last drive. Postma, who engineered Houston’s come-from-behind win over Memphis last week, could not do it again against UConn. The Cougars’ next drive ended when his fourth-down pass from to a diving Demarcus Ayers was ruled out of bounds on a replay.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Newsome 32 125 11 114 0 42 Johnson 7 45 4 41 0 29 Shirreffs 1 6 0 6 0 6 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Boyle 12-22-0 110 0 18 Anderson 1-1-0 45 1 45 Shirreffs 1-1-0 4 1 4 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Thomas 7 108 2 45 Newsome 2 9 0 7 Beals 1 14 0 14 Anderson 1 12 0 12 Marriner 1 8 0 8 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 9 336 37.3 44 6 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 2Q 4:59 25yds Good Puyol 3Q 1:17 39yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Adams 4-3-7 1 Joseph 3-3-6 Melifonwu 3-3-6 Fatukasi 5-0-5 1.0 1.0 Stewart 2-2-4 1.0

HOUSTON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Postma 13 60 8 52 0 20 Farrow 14 49 3 46 0 13 Webb 4 10 0 10 0 6 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Postma 16-27-1 190 1 38 Ward Jr. 1-4-1 18 0 18 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Ayers 7 83 0 23 Allen 6 105 1 38 Daniels 2 12 0 7 Bonner 1 10 0 10 Farrow 1 (-2) 0 0 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Piper 5 209 41.8 52 1 Field Goal Attempts Cummings 2Q 12:36 29yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Taylor 6-6-12 2.0 Adams 3-7-10 Hines 3-4-7 Wilson 5-1-6 Mark 3-1-4 1.0

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 2 Beals DT 93 Fatukasi WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 4 Shirreffs CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams TE 80 T. Myers S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (51): 3 Johnson, 7 Green, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs,14 Boyle, 16 McAllister, 17 Puyol,19 Marder, 23 J. Lee, 24 Anderson, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 28 Floyd, 29 Watkins, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 66 Manco, 73 Hashemi, 77 Rutherford, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 88 Mayala, 89 C. Lee, 92 M. Myers, 99 Marinan

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GAME #12 • NOVEMBER 28, 2015

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TEMPLE

LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD PHILADELPHIA, PA. TEAM STATISTICS

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: #-Lost Penalties: #-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: #-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

UCONN TEM 9 18 2 6 7 9 0 3 9 161 26 39 0.3 4.1 0 2 50 182 41 21 129 160 13-21-1 19-29-0 6.1 5.5 9.9 8.4 0 1 138 321 47 68 2.9 4.7 1-1 1-0 7-65 3-15 7-271 5-208 38.7 41.6 38.7 41.6 1 3 0 1 0 0 5 3 1-65 6-360 65.0 60.0 65.0 45.0 1 1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0.0 0.0 5-90-0 0-0-0 18.0 0.0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-7-0 0 0 23:11 36:49 8:52 6:08 4:48 10:12 3:44 11:16 5:47 9:13 3 of 12 7 of 17 0 of 1 1 of 1 1-1 4-5 0-1 2-5 1-1 2-5 2-9 3-19 0-0 3-3 1-1 2-2 0 0

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FIRST QUARTER Temple – Thomas 9 yd run (Jones kick) 7:59 (4-49, 1:48) SECOND QUARTER Temple – Jones 20 yd field goal 6:18 (11-56, 5:42) THIRD QUARTER Temple – Jones 37 yd field goal 6:21 (13-51, 6:59) Temple – Deloatch 6 yd pass from Walker (Jones kick) 0:41 (9-63, 4:17) FOURTH QUARTER Temple – Thomas 60 yd run (Jones kick) 8:40 (3-61, 0:58) UConn – Puyol 45 yd field goal 5:51 (8-47, 2:49)

PHILADELPHIA – Temple quarterback P.J. Walker passed for 160 yards and Jahed Thomas rushed for another 119 as the Owls defeated the UConn football team by a 27-3 score Saturday night before a Lincoln Financial Field crowd of 28,236.

The Huskies finish the regular season with a bowl-eligible record of 6-6 and had a final record of 4-4 in the American Athletic Conference. UConn now awaits a bowl invitation, which will come next Sunday, December 6. Temple improves to 9-2 overall and wins the American Eastern Division title at 7-1. Temple plays at Houston next Saturday in the first-ever American championship game.

The Temple defense held the Huskies in check all night long as UConn could only manage 138 yards of total offense and just nine yards on the ground.

The UConn defense was also effective most of the night as Temple only had 231 total yards through three quarters.

Temple led 10-0 at the half as it scored a touchdown on a nine-yard run by Thomas with 7:59 left in the first quarter. That run capped a four play-49 yard drive that saw Thomas carry the ball three times to go with a 16-yard pass completion from Walker to Romond Deloatch.

The Owls added a 20-yard field goal by Austin Jones with 6:18 left in the half for the 10-0 halftime lead. The UConn defense held Temple on first-and-ten from the Husky 11 to force the field goal that ended an 11 play-59 yard drive.

The Huskies were limited to 61 yards of total offense in the first half, but the UConn defense was tough as well as the Owls could only manage 132.

Temple took control of the game with ten points in the third quarter – a 37-yard field goal by Jones and a six-yard pass play from Walker to Deloatch. Thomas capped off the Temple scoring with a 60-yard fourth quarter TD run.

UConn redshirt junior Bobby Puyol (North Palm Beach, Fla.) had the only Husky score of the game – a 45-yard field goal with 5:51 to go.

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Johnson 3 7 0 7 0 6 Anderson 3 12 6 6 0 6 Thomas 3 7 2 5 0 7 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Boyle 12-20-1 121 0 25 Anderson 1-1-0 8 0 8 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Thomas 5 63 2 17 Marriner 2 36 0 25 Bloom 2 11 0 6 Newsome 2 6 0 5 Beals 1 9 0 9 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Wain 7 271 38.7 46 1 Field Goal Attempts Puyol 4Q 5:51 45yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Adams 7-1-8 1.0 Melifonwu 7-1-8 Vann 7-0-7 1.0 Joseph 4-3-7 Fatukasi 5-0-5 1.0 1.0

TEMPLE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Thomas 20 129 10 119 2 60 Hood 5 27 0 27 0 17 Gardner 6 19 0 19 0 13 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Walker 19-29-0 160 1 16 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Anderson 6 42 0 16 Shippen 4 45 0 15 Deloatch 3 26 1 16 Hood 1 12 0 12 Thompson 1 11 0 11 Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Starzyk 5 208 41.6 51 3 Field Goal Attempts Jones 2Q 6:18 20yds Good Jones 3Q 6:21 37yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Matakevich 6-5-11 1.5 0.5 Alwan 3-2-5 2.0 0.5 Williams 3-2-5 1.5 Chandler 4-0-4 1.0 1 Martin-Oguike 3-1-4 2.5 1.0

UCONN STARTERS & PARTICIPANTS OFFENSE STARTERS DEFENSE STARTERS WR 2 Beals DT 93 Fatukasi WR 5 Thomas DE 95 Adeyemi LT 71 Levy NG 90 Campenni LG 62 Hopkins DE 15 Carrezola C 72 Vechery LB 2 Stewart RG 60 Samra LB 11 Joseph RT 53 Knappe LB 46 Vann QB 14 Boyle CB 6 J. Williams TE 86 Bloom S 22 Adams FB 77 Rutherford S 20 Melifonwu TB 22 Newsome CB 21 Summers Total Participants (47): 3 Johnson, 7 Green, 10 Stapleton, 13 Diggs,16 McAllister, 17 Puyol,19 Marder, 23 J. Lee, 24 Anderson, 26 Marriner, 27 Vitale, 29 Watkins, 36 Walsh, 37 Claflin, 42 Wain, 44 DeLorenzo, 54 Stephens, 55 Hicks, 66 Manco, 73 Hashemi, 78 Gifford, 85 McLean, 88 Mayala, 89 C. Lee, 99 Marinan

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Date Sept 3, 2015 Sep 12, 2015 Sep 19, 2015 Sep 26, 2015 Oct 02, 2015 Oct 10, 2015 Oct 17, 2015 Oct 24, 2015 Oct 30, 2015 Nov 07, 2015 Nov 21, 2015 Nov 28, 2015

Opponent VILLANOVA ARMY at #20 MIZZOU NAVY at BYU at UCF USF at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA at Tulane HOUSTON at Temple

Rushing

NEWSOME, Arkeel SHIRREFFS, Byr. JOHNSON, Ron DeLORENZO, Max THOMAS, Noel MARRINER, Josh BEALS, Tyraiq WAIN, Justin ANDERSON, Garr.

Total Opponents Passing

gp

12 11 11 12 12 11 12 12 2 12 12

gp

SHIRREFFS, Byr. BOYLE, Tim ANDERSON, Garr.

TEAM Total Opponents

11 11 2 7 12 12

Receiving

gp

THOMAS, Noel NEWSOME, Arkeel BEALS, Tyraiq BLOOM, Alec MYERS, Tommy MARRINER, Josh LUCAS, Thomas MAYALA, Hergy DeLORENZO, Max McLEAN, Aaron JOHNSON, Ron LEMELLE, Brian ANDERSON, Garr.

CARREZOLA, Luke Total Opponents Field Goals

PUYOL, Bobby TARBUTT, Mich.

Scoring

PUYOL, Bobby NEWSOME, Arkeel JOHNSON, Ron THOMAS, Noel SHIRREFFS, Byr. BEALS, Tyraiq MYERS, Tommy BLOOM, Alec SUMMERS, Jamar TEAM TARBUTT, Mich.

Total Opponents Score by Quarters UConn Opponents

36 ## Defensive Leaders 1H ADAMS, Andrew 11 JOSEPH, Junior

att

gain loss

avg

td

effic comp-att-int

pct

yds

no.

yds

avg

13.3 10.8 11.8 14.5 14.5 8.9 11.9 10.8 7.0 14.0 7.2 13.5 12.0 4.0 12.2 10.6

pct. 01-19

fg

- 15-17 8 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 - 0-1 24 15-18 28 13-19 1st

51 49

lg avg/g

td

lg avg/g

6-6 0-0

gp

12 12

5-6 0-0

-

3rd

61 37

ua

52 38

Interceptions

40-49

3-4 0-1

lg blk

0-0 0-0

45 0

OT

48 95

0 0

a

37 48

-

pts

- 65 - 48 - 24 - 20 - 18 - 12 - 12 6 6 1 2 0 1 213 2 237

Total 213 237

Tackles tot

89 86

1 0

yds

Punt Returns

no.

Kick Returns

no.

4 2 6 16

NEWSOME, Arkeel MARRINER, Josh LEMELLE, Brian BEALS, Tyraiq LEE, Junior CLAX, Jazzmar Total Opponents All Purpose

NEWSOME, Ark THOMAS, Noel SHIRREFFS, Byr BEALS, Tyraiq BLOOM, Alec Total Opponents

avg

102 14.6 7 2.3 36 12.0 16 8.0 6 6.0 18 18.0 avg

lg

70 2651 37.9 50 1 0 0.0 0

VITALE, Nick LEMELLE, Brian Total Opponents

- - - 1 - 1-1 - - - - - - 1 1-1 - 0-1

4th

no.

WAIN, Justin TEAM

Away 2-4 2-2 0-2

UCONN 200 83 99 18 1495 444 3.4 124.6 13 2326 191-325-9 7.2 12.2 193.8 10 3821 5.0 318.4 29-551 6-2 17-185 15-6 71-570 71-37.3 31:17 54/169 6/19 yds

7 3 3 2 1 1

Punting

50-99

Home 4-2 2-2 2-0

no.

SUMMERS, Jamar ADAMS, Andrew WILLIAMS, Jhav.

MELIFONWU, Obi JOSEPH, Junior VANN, Marquise

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

20-23 20-23 26-27 53 56

69 181.1 25 25.5 45 26.5 0 0.0 69 193.8 71 186.9

45 59.9 58 36.0 39 22.6 38 24.2 69 21.1 25 6.5 34 11.9 29 6.5 11 2.9 29 5.6 22 2.6 17 3.9 12 6.0 4 0.3 69 193.8 71 186.9

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Overall 6-6 4-4 2-2

Team Statistics FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards PUNTS-AVG TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 4TH-DOWN Conversions

lg avg/g

3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 13

20-29

kick

2nd

td

Record: All games Conference Non-Conference

90 63.3 36 38.9 29 19.6 12 3.0 8 1.8 5 1.7 15 1.2 13 1.1 6 3.0 90 124.6 84 165.3

130.16 158-262-7 60.3 1992 9 84.34 31-60-2 51.7 281 0 487.60 2-2-0 100.0 53 1 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 123.50 191-325-9 58.8 2326 10 112.14 212-365-17 58.1 2243 13

15-17 88.2 1-1 0-1 0.0 0-0 td

net

Att. 26113 28260 70079 33204 56393 26669 31719 40124 23168 26775 26879 28236

174 817 57 760 4.4 6 135 600 172 428 3.2 3 87 269 53 216 2.5 4 13 44 8 36 2.8 0 5 24 2 22 4.4 0 13 26 7 19 1.5 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 3 12 6 6 2.0 0 444 1827 332 1495 3.4 13 445 2246 262 1984 4.5 13

12 54 719 12 40 432 12 23 271 12 20 290 11 16 232 11 8 71 7 7 83 10 6 65 12 5 35 10 4 56 11 4 29 7 2 27 2 1 12 12 1 4 12 191 2326 12 212 2243 fg

Score 20-15 22-17 6-9 18-28 13-30 40-13 20-28 13-37 31-13 7-3 20-17 3-27

W W L L L W L L W W W L

19 4 2 2 1 1 29 34

g

rush

yds

yds

rcv

12 760 432 12 22 719 11 428 0 12 15 271 12 0 290 12 1495 2326 12 1984 2243

Total Offense

g plays

SHIRREFFS, Byr. NEWSOME, Arkeel BOYLE, Tim JOHNSON, Ron ANDERSON, Garr.

Total Opponents

11 12 11 11 2 12 12

OPP 217 97 107 13 1984 445 4.5 165.3 13 2243 212-365-17 6.1 10.6 186.9 13 4227 5.2 352.2 34-727 16-45 9-98 20-7 61-587 55-41.5 28:43 66/173 9/22 lg

1 0 0 0 0 0

67 6 19 16 6 18

tb

fc i20 50+ blk

6 36 20 0 0 0

avg

td

avg

td

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

71 16 12 23 0 0 71 94

pr

kr

ir

-13 -3.2 15 7.5 2 0.3 45 2.8

429 57 24 41 0 0 551 727

td

22.6 14.2 12.0 20.5 0.0 0.0 19.0 21.4

Neutral 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0

1 0

1 0

lg

2 9 9 14

lg

total avg/g

0 429 0 1621 135.1 0 0 0 741 61.8 0 0 0 428 38.9 0 41 0 327 27.2 0 0 0 290 24.2 2 551 185 4559 379.9 45 727 98 5097 424.8 rush

pass

total avg/g

397 428 1992 2420 220.0 174 760 0 760 63.3 66 -7 281 274 24.9 87 216 0 216 19.6 5 6 53 59 29.5 769 1495 2326 3821 318.4 810 1984 2243 4227 352.2

Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd UCONN FOOTBALL 2015 ST. PETERSBURG BOWL MEDIA GUIDE tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

3.5-6 3.5-4

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3-7 1-6

3 .

.

2

.

1-0

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All games

Team Statistics

UCONN

SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Pe n a l t y RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE C o m p - At t - I n t Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters UConn Opponents

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1st

51 49

2nd

53 56

213 17.8 57 200 83 99 18 1495 1827 332 444 3.4 124.6 13 2326 191-325-9 7.2 12.2 193.8 10 3821 769 5.0 318.4 29-551 6-2 17-185 19.0 0.3 10.9 15-6 71-570 47.5 71-2651 37.3 35.0 50-2925 58.5 36.5 31:17 54/169 32% 6/19 32% 20-99 1 24 15-18 1-3 (25-32) 78% (15-32) 47% (20-23) 87% 169343 6/28224 3rd

61 37

4th

48 95

OT

0 0

OPP

237 19.8 36 217 97 107 13 1984 2246 262 445 4.5 165.3 13 2243 212-365-17 6.1 10.6 186.9 13 4227 810 5.2 352.2 34-727 16-45 9-98 21.4 2.8 10.9 20-7 61-587 48.9 55-2282 41.5 40.4 54-3276 60.7 39.8 28:43 66/173 38% 9/22 41% 35-175 1 28 13-19 0-0 (28-38) 74% (16-38) 42% (26-27) 96% 248276 6/41379 0/0

Total 213 237

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

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RUSHING

GP

ATT GAIN LOSS NET

NEWSOME, Arkeel SHIRREFFS, Byr. JOHNSON, Ron DeLORENZO, Max THOMAS, Noel MARRINER, Josh BEALS, Tyraiq WAIN, Justin ANDERSON, Garr.

BOYLE, Tim TEAM Total Opponents

12 11 11 12 12 11 12 12 2 11 7 12 12

174 817 57 760 4.4 6 90 63.3 135 600 172 428 3.2 3 36 38.9 87 269 53 216 2.5 4 29 19.6 13 44 8 36 2.8 0 12 3.0 5 24 2 22 4.4 0 8 1.8 13 26 7 19 1.5 0 5 1.7 1 15 0 15 15.0 0 15 1.2 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 13 1.1 3 12 6 6 2.0 0 6 3.0 6 7 14 -7 -1.2 0 4 -0.6 6 0 13 -13 -2.2 0 0 -1.9 444 1827 332 1495 3.4 13 90 124.6 445 2246 262 1984 4.5 13 84 165.3

PASSING

GP

EFFIC ATT-CMP-INT PCT

SHIRREFFS, BYR. BOYLE, TIM ANDERSON, GARR. TEAM TOTAL OPPONENTS

11 11 2 7 12 12

130.16 158-262-7 84.34 31-60-2 487.60 2-2-0 0.00 0-1-0 123.50 191-325-9 112.14 212-365-17

RECEIVING THOMAS, NOEL NEWSOME, ARKEEL BEALS, TYRAIQ BLOOM, ALEC MYERS, TOMMY MARRINER, JOSH LUCAS, THOMAS MAYALA, HERGY DELORENZO, MAX MCLEAN, AARON JOHNSON, RON LEMELLE, BRIAN ANDERSON, GARR. CARREZOLA, LUKE TOTAL OPPONENTS

GP 12 12 12 12 11 11 7 10 12 10 11 7 2 12 12 12

FIELD GOALS

PUYOL, Bobby TARBUTT, Mich.

PUNTING

WAIN, Justin TEAM Total Opponents KICKOFFS

TARBUTT, Mich.

PUYOL, Bobby WAIN, Justin Total Opponents

Avg 13.3 10.8 11.8 14.5 14.5 8.9 11.9 10.8 7.0 14.0 7.2 13.5 12.0 4.0 12.2 10.6

PUNT RETURNS

YDS TD LNG AVG/G

60.3 1992 9 69 181.1 51.7 281 0 25 25.5 100.0 53 1 45 26.5 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 58.8 2326 10 69 193.8 58.1 2243 13 71 186.9

TD Long 3 45 2 58 2 39 1 38 2 69 0 25 0 34 0 29 0 11 0 29 0 22 0 17 0 12 0 4 10 69 13 71

Avg/G 59.9 36.0 22.6 24.2 21.1 6.5 11.9 6.5 2.9 5.6 2.6 3.9 6.0 0.3 193.8 186.9

01-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-99

LG

BLK

1-1 0-0

6-6 0-0

5-6 0-0

3-4 0-1

0-0 0-0

45 0

1 0

YDS

AVG

LG

TB

FC

I20 50+ BLK

70 2651 37.9 50 1 0 0.0 0 71 2651 37.3 50 55 2282 41.5 69 NO.

26 22 2 50 54

G

SHIRREFFS, Byr. NEWSOME, Arkeel BOYLE, Tim JOHNSON, Ron ANDERSON, Garr.

DeLORENZO, Max THOMAS, Noel MARRINER, Josh BEALS, Tyraiq WAIN, Justin TEAM Total Opponents

11 12 11 11 2 12 12 11 12 12 7 12 12

YDS

AVG

1500 57.7 1317 59.9 108 54.0 2925 58.5 3276 60.7

PLAYS RUSH

TB

5 10 0 15 23

TD

LG

-3.2 0 2 7.5 0 9 0.3 0 9 2.8 0 14

NO. YDS AVG TD LG

7 102 14.6 1 67 3 7 2.3 0 6 3 36 12.0 0 19 2 16 8.0 0 16 1 6 6.0 0 6 1 18 18.0 0 18 17 185 10.9 1 67 9 98 10.9 1 50

KICK RETURNS

NO.

NEWSOME, Arkeel MARRINER, Josh LEMELLE, Brian BEALS, Tyraiq LEE, Junior CLAX, Jazzmar Total Opponents

FG SEQUENCE

88.2 0.0

AVG

SUMMERS, Jamar ADAMS, Andrew WILLIAMS, Jhav.

MELIFONWU, Obi JOSEPH, Junior VANN, Marquise Total Opponents

Total Opponents

PCT.

YDS

4 -13 2 15 6 2 16 45

INTERCEPTIONS

FUMBLE RETURNS

FG

NO.

NO.

VITALE, Nick LEMELLE, Brian Total Opponents

15-17 0-1

TOTAL OFFENSE

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No. Yds 54 719 40 432 23 271 20 290 16 232 8 71 7 83 6 65 5 35 4 56 4 29 2 27 1 12 1 4 191 2326 212 2243

AVG TD LONG AVG/G

YDS

AVG

TD

19 429 22.6 4 57 14.2 2 24 12.0 2 41 20.5 1 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 29 551 19.0 34 727 21.4 NO.

YDS

AVG

LG

0 71 0 16 0 12 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 71 1 94

TD

LG

0 0 0.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 7 UCONN

OPPONENTS

Villanova - 24 Army (23),(25),(39) (41) MIZZOU 49 40 Navy (38) BYU (37),(42) 48,38,(26),(25),(32) UCF (21) (19),(45) USF (19),(27),44 48 Cincinnati (27),(30) (23),(38),27,(26) East Carolina (45) Tulane 34 (37) Houston (25),(39) (29) Temple (45) (20),(37) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

6 36 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 36 20 1 1 3 25 20 11 0 OB

0 0 0 0 2

PASS TOTAL AVG/G

397 428 1992 2420 220.0 174 760 0 760 63.3 66 -7 281 274 24.9 87 216 0 216 19.6 5 6 53 59 29.5 13 36 0 36 3.0 5 22 0 22 1.8 13 19 0 19 1.7 1 15 0 15 1.2 1 13 0 13 1.1 7 -13 0 -13 -1.9 769 1495 2326 3821 318.4 810 1984 2243 4227 352.2

RETN NET YDLN

21.4 36.5 28 19.0 39.8 25

PAT SCORING TD FG KICK RUSH RCV PASS

DXP

SAF

PTS

PUYOL, Bobby – 15–17 20–23 – – – – – 65 NEWSOME, Arkeel 8 – – – – – – – 48 JOHNSON, Ron 4 – – – – – – – 24 THOMAS, Noel 3 – – – 1 – – – 20 SHIRREFFS, Byr. 3 – – – – 1–1 – – 18 BEALS, Tyraiq 2 – – – – – – – 12 MYERS, Tommy 2 – – – – – – – 12 BLOOM, Alec 1 – – – – – – – 6 SUMMERS, Jamar 1 – – – – – – – 6 TEAM – – – – – – – 1 2 TARBUTT, Mich.

– 0–1 – – – – – – 0 Total 24 15–18 20–23 – 1 1–1 – 1 213 Opponents 28 13–19 26–27 – – 0–1 – 2 237 UCONN FOOTBALL 2015 ST. PETERSBURG BOWL MEDIA GUIDE

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G

RUSH

RCV

NEWSOME, Ark 12 760 432 THOMAS, Noel 12 22 719 SHIRREFFS, By 11 428 0 BEALS, Tyraiq 12 15 271 BLOOM, Alec 12 0 290 JOHNSON, Ron 11 216 29 MYERS, Tommy 11 0 232 MARRINER, Jos 11 19 71 SUMMERS, Jam 12 0 0 LUCAS, Thomas 7 0 83 DeLORENZO, M 12 36 35 LEMELLE, Brian 7 0 27 MAYALA, Hergy 10 0 65

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DEFENSIVE LEADERS

1H ADAMS, Andrew 11 JOSEPH, Junior 20 MELIFONWU, Obi 2 STEWART, Graham 6 WILLIAMS, Jhav.

36 WALSH, Matt 15 CARREZOLA, Luke 93 FATUKASI, Foley 21 SUMMERS, Jamar 46 VANN, Marquise 90 CAMPENNI, Jul. 95 ADEYEMI, Kenton 92 MYERS, Mikal 23 LEE, Junior 10 STAPLETON, Cam. 57 ORMSBY, Cole 13 DIGGS, Vontae 19 MARDER, Ellis 55 HICKS, Jon 7 GREEN, John 99 MARINAN, Sean 16 McALLISTER, Br. 1B HADLEY, Javon 5 THOMAS, Noel 28 FLOYD, Jordan 44 DeLORENZO, Max 54 STEPHENS, Om. 18 LEMELLE, Brian 26 MARRINER, Josh 14 BOYLE, Tim 27 VITALE, Nick 29 WATKINS, Anth.

22 NEWSOME, Arkeel 4 SHIRREFFS, Byr. 40 TARBUTT, Mich.

72 VECHERY, Brend.

TM TEAM Total Opponents

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PR

KR

IR TOTAL AVG/G

0 429 0 1621 135.1 0 0 0 741 61.8 0 0 0 428 38.9 0 41 0 327 27.2 0 0 0 290 24.2 0 0 0 245 22.3 0 0 0 232 21.1 0 57 0 147 13.4 0 0 102 102 8.5 0 0 0 83 11.9 0 0 0 71 5.9 15 24 0 66 9.4 0 0 0 65 6.5

ALL PURPOSE

G

RUSH

RCV

PR

KR

IR TOTAL AVG/G

McLEAN, Aaron 10 0 56 0 0 0 56 5.6 WILLIAMS, Jhav 12 0 0 0 0 36 36 3.0 ANDERSON, Ga 2 6 12 0 0 0 18 9.0 VANN, Marquise 11 0 0 0 0 18 18 1.6 MELIFONWU, O 12 0 0 0 0 16 16 1.3 WAIN, Justin 12 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.1 ADAMS, Andrew 12 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.6 JOSEPH, Junior 12 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5 CARREZOLA, L 12 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.3 BOYLE, Tim 11 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -0.6 TEAM 7 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -1.9 VITALE, Nick 11 0 0 -13 0 0 -13 -1.2 Total 12 1495 2326 2 551 185 4559 379.9 Opponents 12 1984 2243 45 727 98 5097 424.8

TACKLES A TOT TFL/YDS

GP

UA

12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 12 11 11 11 12 8 11 11 11 11 11 12 8 12 8 12 10 7 11 11 11 7 12 11 6 12 7 12 12

52 37 89 3.5-6 38 48 86 3.5-4 50 29 79 2.0-7 40 20 60 9.5-28 40 11 51 2.0-6 17 29 46 4.0-10 24 21 45 11.5-41 29 15 44 7.0-26 23 14 37 0.5-2 23 14 37 2.0-7 12 15 27 5.0-10 14 12 26 3.5-14 12 10 22 4.0-4 13 5 18 – 11 4 15 4.0-26 6 6 12 2.5-13 9 3 12 – 11 – 11 – 6 4 10 – 6 2 8 – 2 5 7 0.5-1 6 1 7 – 7 – 7 1.0-3 4 – 4 – 3 1 4 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – – 2 2 – 1 1 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 1 – – 1 1 – – 1 1 – – 1 1 – 1 – 1 – – – – – 471 312 783 66-208 426 368 794 91-313

SACKS NO-YDS

PASS DEFENSE INT-YDS BRUP QBH

FUMBLES RCV-YDS FF

BLKD KICK SAF

– – – 2.0-6 – – 6.0-29 6.5-25 – – – 2.0-12 – – 2.0-15 1.5-12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20-99 35-175

3-7 3 1-6 – 2-16 5 – 1 3-36 6 – – – 1 – – 7-102 3 1-18 – – – – – – – – 3 – 2 – – – – – 3 – – – 2 – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17-185 30 9-98 35

– 1-0 – – – – 2-0 – – – – – 1-0 – 1-0 – – 1-0 – – – 1-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7-0 6-7

– – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 1 2 1 5 2

– 2 – 1 – – 2 4 – 1 2 3 – – 2 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20 18

– – – 1 – – 2 4 – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 11

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HEAD COACH BOB DIACO

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Conn head coach Bob Diaco has led the Huskies to the St. Petersburg Bowl in his second year in charge of the Husky program.

He coached the Huskies to wins in three of their last four games of the 2015 season, including a win over Houston, who was ranked No. 13 in the Associated Press Poll at the time of the game. Diaco is the first head coach in UConn history to take the Huskies to post-season play just two years into their tenure.

Since being named the 30th head football coach at UConn on December 12, 2013, Diaco has touched every facet of the program and has built a strong foundation for a championship future at UConn – starting with this year’s appearance in the St. Petersburg Bowl.

Under Diaco’s watch this year, UConn is ranked 33rd in the country in total defense entering bowl season and is second in the American. UConn is also 17th nationally in scoring defense and tenth in interceptions.

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl will be the ninth post-season game he has coached in, including the BCS title game with Notre Dame in 2012 and the Sugar Bowl with Cincinnati in 2010. He played in three bowl games as a student-athlete at Iowa. He was a two-time All-Big Ten selection at Iowa as a linebacker under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry and was named the team’s co-MVP in 1995, starting in all 23 games over his junior and senior seasons.

Diaco served on the Notre Dame coaching staff as the defensive coordinator from 2010-13 and the assistant head coach in 2012-13.

He was the 2012 winner of the Frank Broyles Award, given to the top assistant college football coach in the country and was a semifinalist for the award in 2011. Diaco joined the Notre Dame staff in 2010 as defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach, took responsibility for the entire linebacker position in 2011 and added responsibilities as associate head coach in 2012.

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His 2012 Irish defense ranked among the top 10 in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 12 different categories as the school played in the BCS National Championship Game and posted an overall record of 12-1. Diaco developed a national reputation as one of the top defensive coaches in the game. Notre Dame allowed an average of 19.08 points/game from 2010-13, which ranked as the ninth-best average over that time of any team in the FBS. Diaco also served at Virginia (2006-08) as the linebackers and special teams coordinator and Cincinnati (2009) as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach before joining the Notre Dame staff.

A native of Cedar Grove, N.J., Diaco began his coaching career in 1996-97 as a graduate assistant at his alma mater. He then served on the staffs of Western Illinois (1999-2000) as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach, Eastern Michigan (20012003) working with the same positions and Central Michigan (2005) as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

His 2012 Irish defense ranked second in the FBS in scoring defense - allowing just 12.77 points per game. Notre Dame only allowed 15 offensive touchdowns - four fewer than any other FBS school. The Irish held six opponents without an offensive touchdown and nine foes to one or fewer offensive touchdowns.

Diaco’s 2011 defense ranked in the top 50 in scoring defense (24th, 20.7), total defense (30th, 344.7), rushing defense (47th, 138.9) and passing defense (38th, 205.8). It was only the second time since 2003 and fourth time in the last 15 seasons a Notre Dame defense ranked in the top 50 in all four categories. The Irish played in the Champs Sports Bowl following that season.

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In his first season at Notre Dame in 2010, Diaco switched defensive schemes from a blitzing 4-3 defense the Irish utilized in 2009 and installed a 3-4 no-crease defense. Diaco’s defense became immediately better as the Irish allowed 5.69 fewer points per game, 40.5 fewer yards per game, averaged one half sacks more per game and forced more turnovers in 2010 than 2009. The Irish played in the Sun Bowl that season.

In his only season at Cincinnati (2009), he was charged with replacing 10 starters on the Bearcats’ defense, including every player on the front seven for 2009. The Bearcats recorded 110 tackles for loss in 2009 (8.46 per game) to rank third in the nation. They totaled 37 sacks and tied for 10th in the country averaging 2.85 sacks per contest. Cincinnati’s defense allowed 3.6 rushing yards per carry.

Prior to Cincinnati, Diaco spent three years as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator on Al Groh’s coaching staff at the University of Virginia from 2006-08. At the conclusion of the 2008 season, he was promoted to the Cavaliers’ defensive coordinator position, but he left two months later to take the same position at Cincinnati. Virginia played in the Gator Bowl following ‘07.

In his only season at Central Michigan (2005), Diaco turned around CMU’s rushing defense that just two years earlier had ranked last in the Mid-American Conference. Under Diaco’s watch, Central Michigan led the MAC, allowing only 113.7 rushing yards per game.

He coached the special teams and linebackers at Western Michigan in 2004. The punting, punt return and kickoff return units all finished in the top three of the MAC. Diaco’s first full-time position was at Western Illinois where he was the running backs coach and special teams coordinator in 1999 and 2000. The Leathernecks won the Gateway Conference crown in 2000 and made an appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.

Diaco and his wife Julia have two sons - Angelo and Michael and a daughter Josephine.

YEAR-BY-YEAR WITH BOB DIACO Year School Position 1996 Iowa Graduate Assistant 1997 Iowa Graduate Assistant 1999 Western Illinois Running Backs/Special Teams 2000 Western Illinois Running Backs/Special Teams

2001 Eastern Michigan Running Backs/Special Teams 2002 Eastern Michigan Linebackers/Special Teams 2003 Eastern Michigan Outside Linebackers/Special Teams 2004 Western Michigan Linebackers/Special Teams 2005 Central Michigan Co-Defensive Coord/Linebackers 2006 Virginia Linebackers/Special Teams 2007 Virginia Linebackers/Special Teams 2008 Virginia Linebackers/Special Teams 2009 Cincinnati Defensive Coord/Inside Linebackers 2010 Notre Dame Defensive Coord/Inside Linebackers 2011 Notre Dame Defensive Coord/Linebackers 2012 Notre Dame Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coord/LBs

2013 Notre Dame Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coord/LBs 2014 UConn Head Coach 2015 UConn Head Coach WWW.UCONNHUSKIES.COM

Postseason Alamo Bowl Alamo Bowl NCAA I-AA First Round

Gator Bowl Sugar Bowl Sun Bowl Champs Sports Bowl BCS National Championship Pinstripe Bowl St. Petersburg Bowl

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Poindexter was selected by the Ravens in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He spent two seasons with the Ravens before ending his pro career with the Cleveland Browns. To honor his legacy at UVa, Poindexter’s No. 3 jersey was retired on Oct. 10, 2009 at Scott Stadium.

Assistant Head Coach, Quarterbacks 16th Bowl As A Coach Don Patterson, who has enjoyed a long and successful college football career as both a head coach and an assistant, is in his second year as Assistant Head Football Coach at UConn and has position responsibilities with the tight ends in 2015.

He and UConn head coach Bob Diaco have strong ties – Patterson was a member of the Iowa coaching staff when Diaco played for the Hawkeyes from 1992-95 and then was a graduate assistant coach from 1996-97. While the head coach at Western Illinois, Patterson hired Diaco to his first full-time coaching position in 1999.

Patterson was the head coach at Western Illinois from 1999-2009 and had a 62-45 career record in 11 seasons. He led the Leathernecks to three NCAA playoff berths, a pair of Gateway Football Conference titles and a No. 1 national ranking in 2003.

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl is his 21st postseason game as a college head or assistant coach.

FRANK VERDUCCI Offensive Coordinator, Running Backs 12th Bowl As A Coach Frank Verducci, a 31-year veteran of the coaching profession with experience in both college football and the NFL, is in his first season as the offensive coordinator at UConn and has position responsibility with the Husky running backs.

Verducci was the run game coordinator and offensive line coach in 2011 at Florida and helped lead the Gators to a 24-17 win over Ohio State in the Gator Bowl. From 1999-2008, he spent ten years coaching in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals (1999-2001), Dallas Cowboys (2002), Buffalo Bills (2004-05) and the Cleveland Browns (2007-08).

He worked with future NFL Hall of Famers Smith and Larry Allen during his time with the Cowboys. Verducci helped produce 1,000 yard rushers at each stop in Cincinnati (Corey Dillon), Buffalo (Willis McGahee) and Cleveland (Jamaal Lewis).

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl is the 15th postseason game Verducci has coached in with 11 college bowls, the 2013 CFL playoffs with Montreal and two games in the FCS playoffs with Northern Iowa in 2014.

ANTHONY POINDEXTER Defensive Coordinator, Safeties Fifth Bowl As A Coach Anthony Poindexter, who enjoyed an outstanding collegiate career at Virginia and played for two seasons in the NFL, is in his second year as the Defensive Coordinator at UConn. He has position responsibility with the safeties.

Postseason play is nothing new for Poindexter as he played in four bowl games with the Cavaliers as a student-athlete, was a member of the Baltimore Ravens when they won Super Bowl XXXV for the 2000 season and coached at Virginia in five bowl games.

Poindexter earned first-team All-America honors at Virginia as a safety his junior and senior seasons. He also was chosen the 1998 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and is one of only three players in school history to earn first-team All-ACC recognition three times.

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WAYNE LINEBURG Quarterbacks Fourth Bowl As A Coach Wayne Lineburg is in his second year as a member of the UConn coaching staff and this year works with the quarterbacks. Lineburg and UConn head coach Bob Diaco were on the same coaching staff together at Virginia in 2007 and ‘08.

Lineburg is a 1996 graduate of Virginia.

As a player at Virginia, he played in three bowl games, including wins in the 1994 Independence and 1995 Peach Bowls. He also coached in the 2007 Gator Bowl as a member of the Virginia staff. Lineburg coached in the 1996 and 2001 FCS playoffs with William & Mary and the 2005 FCS playoff with Richmond.

Lineburg was the associate head coach, running backs coach and recruiting coordinator in 2012 and ’13 at Richmond. He originally came to the school in 2010 as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach and was the interim head coach in 2011.

Lineburg was on the offensive staff at Virginia from 2007-09, working with the wide receivers in 2007-08 and the running backs in 2009. He was also a graduate assistant at Virginia from 1998-99. UVa played in the 1998 Peach Bowl, the 1999 MicronPC.com Bowl and the 2008 Gator Bowl with Lineburg on staff.

MIKE CUMMINGS Offensive Line, Co-Offensive Coordinator Fourth Bowl As A Coach Mike Cummings is in his second year on the UConn staff and works with the offensive line and serves as the Co-Offensive Coordinator. Cummings and UConn head coach Bob Diaco were on the same coaching staff together at Eastern Michigan in 2000 and ‘01.

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl is the fourth of his coaching career with two at Central Michigan and another at Marshall.

Prior to joining the UConn staff, Cummings was the offensive coordinator at Central Michigan from 2010-13. During Cummings’ tenure at CMU, the school boasted one of the Mid-American Conference’s top offenses.

Cummings had position responsibility for the offensive line at Central Michigan and coached offensive tackle Eric Fisher, who was the first pick in the 2013 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Cummings served as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Marshall from 2005-09. At least one Marshall offensive lineman earned AllConference USA honors in each of his five seasons.

VINCENT BROWN Co-Defensive Coordinator, Linebacker Third Bowl As a Coach Former New England Patriots All-Pro linebacker Vincent Brown is in his second year as the Co-Defensive Coordinator and has position responsibility with the

linebackers.

Brown played for the New England Patriots for eight seasons before retiring in 1995. He earned NFL All-Pro honors in 1991, 1992 and 1993. During his professional career he recorded 16.5 sacks, had 10 interceptions and

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COACHES DURING THE GAME Upstairs: Lineburg, Reardon, Verducci, Wolthausen, DeBerry, Lezynski Downstairs: Diaco, Brown, Corley, Cummings, Patterson, Poindexter, Deboer, Stockton scored one touchdown. After being selected in the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft, Brown went on to start 103 of 123 career games for the Patriots, logging 811 tackles, 16.5 sacks and 10 interceptions.

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl is the seventh career postseason game for Brown as he played in the 1994 playoff for the Patriots, coached in the 2006 NFL Playoffs with the Dallas Cowboys as the inside linebackers coach, coached in a pair of bowl games at Virginia and the NCAA FCS playoffs with Richmond in 2008 and 2009, as the Spiders won the national championship in 2008.

Brown played at Mississippi Valley State where he earned Kodak All-America honors as a senior in 1987. He was a second team AP All-American as a junior.

A three-time all-conference pick, he broke the school’s record for career tackles with 570 stops while leading the team in tackles his last three seasons.

DAVID CORLEY Wide Receivers, Special Teams Coordinator, Director Of Player Engagement First Bowl As A Coach David Corley is in his second year as an assistant coach with UConn in 2015. Prior to being named at UConn, he spent six seasons (2008-2013) on the staff at William & Mary. Corley will have position responsibility with the wide receivers and is the Special Teams Coordinator. He also serves as the Director of Player Engagement for the Husky program.

A 2002 graduate of William & Mary, Corley played professionally in the Canadian Football League with the Hamilton Tiger Cats (2003) and Calgary Stampeders (2006). He also was a member of the Arena Football League’s New York Dragons (2005).

Corley wrote his name in nearly every significant passing record for William & Mary, including graduating as the Tribe’s all-time leader in passing yards (9,805), total offense (10,948) and touchdown passes (73).

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl will be his fifth postseason game as a coach joining the FCS playoffs with William & Mary in 2009 (semifinals) and 2010.

He also has playoff experience as a player in the AFL and CFL and the 2001 FCS playoffs at William & Mary.

JOSH REARDON Cornerbacks, Co-Special Teams Coordinator Fifth Bowl As A Coach Josh Reardon is in his second year as an assistant coach in 2015 and has position responsibility with the cornerbacks. He also serves as the Co-Special Teams Coordinator. Reardon has strong Northeast ties as he coached at Holy Cross in 2011 and Sacred Heart from 2008-10.

Prior to coming to UConn, Reardon was a graduate assistant coach at Notre Dame from 2012-13. At Notre Dame, Reardon assisted UConn head coach Bob Diaco and worked with the Irish inside and outside linebackers. In 2011, Reardon was outside linebackers coach at Holy Cross and was part of a defensive coaching staff that helped hold opponents to only 3.9 yards per carry.

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl will be Reardon’s fifth as a coach, including the BCS National Championship game for the 2012 season at Notre Dame.

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Reardon’s first job was as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan from 200607. He assisted with coaching the defensive line and inside linebackers. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly was the Chippewas head coach in 2006 A 2006 graduate of Central Michigan, Reardon was on the Chippewas football team from 2001-04.

KEVIN WOLTHAUSEN Defensive Line, Recruiting Coordinator 19th Bowl As a Coach Kevin Wolthausen, who has enjoyed a long and successful career in college football coaching, is in his second year as an assistant coach at UConn and is the Recruiting Coordinator in 2015. He has position responsibility with the defensive line.

In 30 seasons coaching in college, Wolthausen has been a part of 18 postseason bowl teams, including seven New Year’s bowl games. In total, he has been part of 21 postseason appearances during his 34-year coaching career. Wolthausen and UConn head coach Bob Diaco were on the same staff at Eastern Michigan in 2002.

Prior to coming to UConn, he served as the special teams coordinator at Florida International in 2013 and in 2012 was the defensive line coach at Purdue as the Boilermakers played in the 2012 Heart of Dallas Bowl. Wolthausen has been a part of many successful teams at all levels of the game. Prior to Purdue, he was the defensive line coach for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League as the team won the first two UFL championships.

He was the defensive line coach of the Atlanta Falcons in 2007

ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL Graduate Assistant-Offense: David Deboer (Hope ’10) Graduate Assistant-Offense: Nick Lezynski (Notre Dame ’11) Graduate Assistant-Defense: Tyler Stockton (Notre Dame ’14) Graduate Assistant-Defense: Chris DeBerry (UConn ’15) Strength and Conditioning Coordinator: Matt Balis (Northern Illinois ’96) Director of Football Operations: Sarah Lawless (Notre Dame ’08) Director of External Football Relations: Andru Creighton (Notre Dame ’13) Dir. of Alumni and Community Affairs: Andy Baylock (Central Connecticut ’60) Director of Player Personnel: Michael Painter (Bowling Green ’06) Coord. of Football Internal Affairs: Adam Hannon (Bowling Green ‘12) Director of Football Administration: Rebecca Dunstan (Eastern Connecticut ’99) Head Athletic Trainer: Bob Howard, MA, ATC (Connecticut ’88)

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6-0, 198 Safety Redshirt Senior Fayetteville, Ga./ Woodward Academy

Named Second Team All-American Athletic Conference…veteran performer who has started 32 games over his career, including all 12 in 2014 and ’15… served as one of four captains during the 2015 season…leads the Huskies in tackles with 89 and also had 3.5 tackles for a loss with three pass break-ups… made a career-high 17 tackles vs. Navy (Sept. 26) and also had 13 against Cincinnati (Oct. 24)…had three interceptions on the season with all three of them coming in wins – Villanova (Sept. 3), Army (Sept. 12) and Houston (Nov. 21)…an economics major.

G UA A TOTAL TFL Yds P DEF FR INT 2012 10 12 11 23 1 12 4 1 0 2013 8 28 14 42 0.5 1 4 1 2 2014 12 65 31 96 0.5 0 4 1 4 2015 12 52 37 89 3.5 6 3 0 3 TOTAL 40 157 93 250 5.5 19 15 3 9

ANDREW ADAMS’ CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 17, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Interceptions: 3, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most PBU: 3, vs. SMU, 12/6/14 Longest Int. Return: 43, vs. UCF, 11/1/14

KENTON ADEYEMI

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6-4, 291 Defensive Lineman Redshirt Senior Wethersfield, Conn./ Kingswood-Oxford/Fork Union (Va.)

GARRETT ANDERSON 6-1, 236 Quarterback Junior Walnut, Calif.

Berean Christian/Laney JC (Calif.)

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Started working as a running back toward the end of the season…had 45-yard touchdown pass out of the running back spot in win against nationally-ranked Houston (Nov. 21)…also had a 12-yard reception vs. Houston…rushed for six yards vs. Temple (Nov. 28) and had a six-yard completion out of the QB position…an exploratory major.

TYRAIQ BEALS 6-0, 178 Wide Receiver Freshman East Orange, N.J. East Orange

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True freshman who played in all 12 games and started five…was third on the team in receptions with 23 for 271 yards and two touchdowns…had a careerhigh six receptions for 63 yards and a TD vs. Navy (Sept. 26)…also had a receiving TD vs. USF (Oct. 17)…had two kickoff returns for 41 yards…an exploratory major.

G REC YARDS YDS/R LONG TD YDS/G 2015 12 23 271 11.8 39 2 22.6

TYRAIQ BEALS’ CAREER HIGHS Most Rec.: 6, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Rec. Yards: 62, vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most Rec. TDs: 1 (2x), last vs. USF, 10/17/15 Longest Reception: 39, vs. Navy, 9/26/15

Has played in 29 games over the past three season…has started 22 games over the past two seasons…had a season-high four tackles in five different games… had a sack against BYU (Oct. 2) and in win vs. Tulane (Nov. 7)…an economics and political science major.

G 2012 1 2013 5 2014 12 2015 11 TOTAL 29

UA A TOTAL Sacks 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 9 22 31 1 14 12 26 2 23 38 61 3

TFL Yds FF FR 0 0 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 5.0 18 0 0 3.5 14 0 0 9.0 33 0 0

KENTON ADEYEMI’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 9, at ECU, 10/23/14 Most TFL: 1.0 (6x), last vs. Tulane, 11/7/15 Most Sacks: 1.0 (3x), last vs. Tulane, 11/7/15

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ALEC BLOOM 6-6, 257 Tight End Sophomore Ligonier, Pa./ Ligonier Valley Senior High

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Started ten games for the Huskies this season – only two games without a start were when the Huskies came out in multiple WR formations…had 29 receptions for 290 yards with a touchdown…had five receptions for 97 yards against USF (Oct. 17) and had four receptions for 67 in win vs. UCF (Oct. 10)…also had three receptions for 42 yards in win vs. Army (Sept. 12)…had a 23-yard TD reception in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team in 2014….an exploratory major.

JULIAN CAMPENNI

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6-0, 306 Defensive Lineman Redshirt Senior West Pittson, Pa./ Wyoming Area

Named Second Team All-American Athletic Conference…veteran performer who has played in 46 games over the past four seasons with 37 starts, including all 12 this year…one of four team captains for the Huskies…has 27 tackles on the season and is fourth on the team with five tackles for a loss…had six tackles vs. Cincinnati (Oct. 24) and forced a fumble in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…a human development and family studies major.

G REC YARDS YDS/R LONG TD YDS/G 2014 11 3 40 13.3 16 1 3.6 2015 12 20 290 14.5 38 1 24.2 TOTAL 23 23 330 14.3 38 2 14.3

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TFL Yds FF FR 2.5 16 0 0 2.5 6 0 0 5.5 13 0 0 5.0 10 1 0 15.5 45 1 0

Most Tackles: 6 (3x), last at Cincinnati, 10/24/15 Most TFL: 1.5, (2x), last vs. Stony Brook, 9/6/14 Most Sacks: 1.0(2x), last vs. Temple, 9/27/14

Most Receptions: 5, vs. USF, 10/17/15 Longest Reception: 38, vs. USF, 10/17/15 Most Rec. Yards: 97, vs. USF, 10/17/15

LUKE CARREZOLA

TIM BOYLE 6-4, 225 Quarterback Junior Middlefield, Conn./ Xavier

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Started the final game of the season vs. Temple (Nov. 28) when Byrant Shirreffs went down with an injury in Houston game (Nov. 21)…was 12 for 20 vs. the Owls with an interception for 121 yards…played from the mid-first quarter on in the win over nationally-ranked Houston with a 12-for-22 performance with 110 yards of passing…also saw duty at end of UCF game (Oct. 10) and was two-of-two for seven yards…has made eight career starts at QB over the past three seasons…is also UConn’s holder…a pre-sport management major.

G ATT COMP 2013 5 133 59 2014 9 82 43 2015 12 60 31 TOTAL 26 275 133

UA A TOTAL Sacks 5 5 10 1 10 19 29 1 18 17 35 2 12 15 27 0 45 56 101 4

PCT YDS LONG PASS EFFIC. TD 0.444 621 36 71.6 0 0.524 335 39 83.5 1 0.517 281 25 84.3 0 0.494 1237 39 77.89 1

TIM BOYLE’S CAREER HIGHS Most Passing Yards: 310, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13 Most Passing Attempts: 43, vs. USF, 10/12/13 Most Completions: 22, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13 Longest Pass: 39, at Memphis, 11/29/14 Most Rushing Yards: 12,vs. USF, 10/12/13 Longest Run: 19, vs. USF, 10/12/13

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6-3, 255 Defensive End Sophomore Langhorne, Pa./ Neshaminy

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Was a mainstay in the Husky lineup this season with 11 starts…had 45 tackles on the season with six in three different games, including the win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…led the team in tackles for a loss with 11.5…was second on the team in sacks with six, including two in win over nationally-ranked Houston (Nov. 21)…had 2.5 tackles for a loss at Tulane (Nov. 7)…also played on the offense side of the ball in regular-season finale vs. Temple (Nov. 28) and had one reception for four yards.,,a pre-sport management major.

G 2014 6 2015 12 TOTAL 18

UA A TOTAL Sacks TFL Yds FF FR 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 24 21 45 6.0 11.5 41 2 2 27 26 53 6.0 11.5 41 2 2

LUKE CARREZOLA’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 6 (3x), last vs. East Carolina, 10/30/15 Most TFL: 2.5, vs. Tulane, 11/7/15 Sacks: 2, vs. Houston, 11/21/15

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JEREMY CLAFLIN 6-1, 212 Safety Redshirt Senior West Hartford, Conn./ Conard

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VONTAE DIGGS 6-2, 225 Linebacker Sophomore Downers Grove, Ill./ Downers Grove North

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Senior who was awarded a scholarship during 2015 summer camp after originally joining the team as a walk-on…sees most of his duties on special teams…an accounting major.

Has played in 23 games over the past two seasons, both as linebacker and on special teams…made 12 tackles this season, including a career-high five vs. UCF (Oct. 10)…also had a pair of tackles in season-opening win vs. Villanova (Sept.

3)…a human development and family studies major.

MAX DELORENZO

G 2014 12 2015 11 TOTAL 23

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5-11, 216 Running Back Redshirt Senior Berlin, Conn./ Berlin

G ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD YDS/G 2012 9 36 119 3.3 20 0 13.2 2013 12 99 349 3.5 13 5 29.1 2014 12 77 343 4.5 46 1 28.6 2015 12 13 36 2.7 12 0 3.0 TOTAL 45 225 847 3.8 46 6 18.8 LONG TD YDS/G 14 0 1.6 17 0 5.8 17 0 3.5 11 0 2.9 17 0 3.6

MAX DELORENZO’S CAREER HIGHS Most Carries: 23, vs. Temple, 10/13/12 Most Rush Yards: 91, vs. Temple, 10/13/12 Longest Run: 46, vs. SMU, 12/6/14 Most TDs: 2, vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13 Longest Reception: 17, vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13 Most Receptions: 2 (2x), last vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13 Most Rec. Yards: 21, vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13

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FOLORUNSO FATUKASI 6-4, 304 Defensive Lineman Redshirt Sophomore Far Rockaway, N.Y./ Beach Channel

Experienced Husky senior who has played in 45 games over the past four seasons…has played at both the tailback and fullback spot during his career… was used primarily as a blocker this season and had 13 carries for 36 yards and also had five reception for 35 yards…had a season-long rush of 12 yards vs.

Tulane (Nov. 7)…a communications major.

G REC YARDS YDS/R 2012 9 1 14 14 2013 12 8 69 8.6 2014 12 5 42 8.4 2015 12 5 35 7.0 TOTAL 45 19 160 8.4

UA A TOTAL Sacks 3 7 10 0 9 3 12 0 12 10 22 0

FF FR 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Named All-American Athletic Conference honorable mention…Emerged as a standout on the Husky defensive line this year with starts in 10 of 12 games… has now played 23 games over the past two seasons with 13 starts…had 44 tackles this season, which is eighth on the team…led the team with 6.5 tackles for a loss and was third in sacks with seven…forced four fumbles…had a careerhigh seven tackles at BYU (Oct. 2)…also had six tackles in wins over Villanova (Sept. 3) and East Carolina (Oct. 30)…had a pair of sacks in Villanova game…a pre-communication sciences major.

G 2014 12 2015 11 TOTAL 23

UA A TOTAS Sacks TFL Yds FF FR 18 13 31 0 3.0 3 0 0 29 15 44 6.5 7.0 26 4 0 47 28 75 6.5 10.0 29 4 0

FOLORUNSO FATUKASI’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 7, at BYU, 10/2/15 Most TFL: 2.0, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Most Sacks: 2.0, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15

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DALTON GIFFORD 6-4, 303 Offensive Lineman Redshirt Senior Fairhaven, Mass./ Bridgton (Maine) Academy

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Played in all 12 games this season, mostly on special teams…has played in 28 career games since 2012…a communications major.

JOHN GREEN

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5-10, 187 Cornerback Redshirt Junior Miami, Fla./ Felix Varela

Joined the UConn program as a wide receiver, but was converted to the defensive side of the ball in 2014…also plays special teams…played in 11 games this season and starting in one of them…had eight tackles on the season with a season-high of three in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…also had two pass break-ups…has played in 33 games over the past three seasons…an urban studies major.

G 2013 10 2014 12 2015 11 TOTAL 33

UA 2 6 6 14

A TOTAL TFL 0 2 0 5 11 0 2 8 0 7 21 0

Yds 0 0 0 0

P DEF 0 5 2 7

Most Tackles: 6, at ECU, 10/23/14 Most PBU: 2 (2x), last vs. SMU, 12/6/14

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6-2, 246 Linebacker Redshirt Junior Palmyra, Pa./ Palmyra

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6-6, 309 Offensive Lineman Redshirt Sophomore Hawthorne, N.Y./ Westlake

Started all 12 games for the Huskies this year at left guard…was part of a UConn offensive line that saw the same starting five in all 12 games…has played in 24 games over the past two years…was named to the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…an economics major.

RON JOHNSON

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5-11, 226 Running Back Sophomore Naples, Fla./ Palmetto Ridge

Third-leading rusher on the UConn team in 2015 with 216 yards and is second with four TDs…has been part of the running back rotation all season long with starts in the first two games…had a touchdown in each of the first three games…had a season-high 65 yards of rushing in win over Villanova (Sept.

3)…also had 41 yards in win over nationally-ranked Houston (Nov. 21)…had four receptions for 29 yards, including a 22-yarder against USF (Oct. 17)…has played in 24 games in his Husky career with seven starts…led UConn in rushing as a freshman in 2014 with 429….an exploratory major.

G ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG 2014 12 114 429 3.8 23 2015 11 87 216 2.5 29 TOTAL 23 201 645 3.2 29

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JON HICKS

TOMMY HOPKINS

G REC YARDS YDS/R 2014 12 3 20 6.7 2015 11 4 29 7.2 TOTAL 23 7 49 7.0

TD 3 4 7

YDS/G 35.8 18.0 26.9

LONG TD YDS/G 11 0 1.7 22 0 2.4 22 0 2.0

RON JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS Most Carries: 23, vs. SMU, 12/6/14 Most Rush Yards: 101, vs. SMU, 12/6/14 Longest Run: 29, vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Most Rush TDs: 2, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most Receptions: 2, vs. USF, 10/17/15 Longest Reception: 22, vs. USF, 10/17/15 Most Rec. Yards: 22, vs. USF, 10/17/15

Played in all 12 games this season both on special teams and on defense…has played in 33 games over the past three seasons…made ten tackles this season with three each in wins vs. Villanova (Sept. 3) and UCF (Oct. 10)…an exercise science major.

G 2013 9 2014 12 2015 12 TOTAL 33

UA A TOTAL Sacks 0 0 0 0 10 7 17 0 6 4 10 0 16 11 27 0

TFL Yds 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0

FF FR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

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JUNIOR JOSEPH 6-1, 242 Linebacker Redshirt Sophomore Sinking Springs, Pa./ Wilson Westlawn

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Named All-American Athletic Conference honorable mention…started all 12 games for the Huskies at middle linebacker and was the team’s second-leading tackler with 86 stops…has now played in 23 games over the past two seasons with 16 starts…had a career-high 16 tackles against Cincinnati (Oct. 24)… also made nine tackles in win against Villanova (Sept. 3) and at Missouri (Sept.

19)…had a forced fumble in win over nationally-ranked Houston (Nov. 21)… had first career interception vs. USF (Oct. 17)…a sociology major.

G 2014 11 2015 12 TOTAL 23

UA A TOTAL Sacks 24 17 41 0 38 48 86 0 62 65 127 0

TFL Yds FF FR 4 9 1 2 3.5 4 0 1 7.5 13 1 3

JUNIOR LEE 6-0, 209 Safety Redshirt Senior Brooklyn, N.Y./ Boys and Girls

Played in 11 games both on defense and special teams…had 18 tackles on the season, including a career-high five at BYU (Oct. 2)…also had three vs.

Navy (Sept. 26) and in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…also registered three pass break-ups, including one in each of the last two regular season games…a communication major.

G UA A TOTAL TF Yds P DEF FR INT 2012 11 5 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 2013 11 10 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 2014 12 15 7 22 1 2 1 0 0 2015 11 13 5 18 0 0 3 0 0 TOTAL 45 43 16 59 1 2 5 0 1

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JUNIOR JOSEPH’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 16 vs. Cincinnati, 10/24/15 Most TFL: 2.0, at USF, 9/19/14

Most Tackles: 5, vs. BYU, 10/2/15 Longest Int. Return: 20, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13

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6-8, 311 Offensive Lineman Redshirt Junior Silkeborg, Denmark/ Handelsskolen Silkeborg

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Started all 12 games for UConn at right tackle…has now played in 22 games over the past two years and has 19 starts…part of a 2015 Husky offensive line that has seen the same five players start every game…named to the Preseason Watch List for the Wuerffel Trophy and a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team…named to the 2013 and 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…a communications major.

6-6, 312 Offensive Lineman Redshirt Junior Trenton, N.J./ Trenton West

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Started all 12 games for the Huskies at left tackle…has started all 24 games over the past two seasons…part of a 2015 offensive line that saw the same five players start every game at the same position…was one of three Huskies to start every game on the offensive line in 2014…a psychology major.

DOMINICK MANCO 6-3, 221 Long Snapper Redshirt Senior Lagrangeville, N.Y./ Arlington

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UConn’s long snapper in his senior season…was the long snapper for the final three games of his sophomore year of 2013…a two time Big East All-Academic Team pick and was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team last season…an economics major.

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ELLIS MARDER 6-1, 199 Safety Redshirt Junior Windermere, Fla./ Lake Highland Prep

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Has played in 11 games this season, earning his first career start in season-opener vs. Villanova (Sept. 3)…played as a reserve on defense and is also on special teams…made 11 tackles on the season with two each against BYU (Oct. 2) and in win vs. UCF (Oct. 10)…had a fumble recovery in the UCF game and had three pass break-ups on the season…was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team in 2013 and 2014 and the Big East AllAcademic team in 2012…a political science major.

G UA A TOTAL TF Yds P DEF FR 2013 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 2014 5 2 1 3 0.5 1 0 1 2015 11 11 0 11 0 0 3 0 TOTAL 22 15 3 18 0.5 1 3 1

SEAN MARINAN 6-1, 296 Defensive Lineman Redshirt Junior Higganum, Conn./ Xavier

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Played in all 12 games on special teams and as a reserve on defense…made seven tackles (first of his career) with two against Navy (Sept. 26), BYU (Oct. 2) and Cincinnati (Oct. 24)….also had half a tackle for a loss vs. Cincinnati…named to the 2013 and 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and the 2012 Big East All-Academic Team…a management information systems major.

JOSH MARRINER

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5-9, 201 Running Back Redshirt Sophomore Chesapeake, Va./ Western Branch

Played in 11 games at tailback and on kickoff return…started the game at BYU (Oct. 2)…had 13 carries for 19 yards in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…had four kickoff returns for 57 yards with a long of 16 vs. UCF (Oct. 10)…also had eight receptions for 71 yards and made two tackles….named to the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…a pre-communication sciences major.

G ATT 2014 11 36 2015 11 13 TOTAL 22 49

YARDS YDS/ATT LONG 110 3.1 16 19 1.5 5 129 2.6 16

TD 1 0 1

YDS/G 10 1.7 5.9

G REC YARDS YDS/R LONG TD YDS/G 2014 11 6 73 12.2 38 0 6.6 2015 11 8 71 8.9 25 0 6.5 TOTAL 22 14 144 10.3 38 0 6.5

JOSH MARRINER’S CAREER HIGHS Most Carries: 9, vs. BYU, 8/29/14 Most Rush Yds: 27 (2x), last vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14 Longest Run: 16, vs. Cincinnati, 11/22/14 Most TDs: 1, vs. BYU, 8/29/14 Most Receptions: 3, at ECU, 10/23/14 Longest Reception: 38, vs. SMU, 12/6/14 Most Rec. Yards: 38, vs. SMU, 12/6/14

HERGY MAYALA 6-2, 200 Wide Receiver Freshman Montreal, Que./ Trinity Pawling (N.Y.)

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Played in ten games with five starts…made six receptions for 65 yards…had two receptions for ten yards vs. USF (Oct. 17)…also had a single reception in four other games, including a 29-yarder in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…an exploratory major.

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BRICE MCALLISTER 5-11, 193 Cornerback Sophomore East Longmeadow, Mass./ Suffield Academy (Conn.)

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Played in all 12 games this season on both defense and special teams…made seven tackles (one in seven games) and also had two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery…has 12 tackles in his career with a career-high three stops vs Memphis in 2014 (Nov. 29)…an exploratory major.

AARON MCLEAN 6-5, 203 Wide Receiver Freshman Southborough, Mass. / St. Mark’s

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6-3, 216 Safety Redshirt Junior South Grafton, Mass./ Grafton

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Played in all 12 games this season and started 11 of them…has started 34 games over the past three seasons…is third on the team in tackles this season with 79 and also registered two tackles for a loss and two interceptions…had a career-high 13 tackles vs. Cincinnati (Oct. 24) and 12 vs. Navy (Sept. 26)…his interceptions came in a pair of wins – vs. UCF (Oct. 10) and East Carolina (Oct. 30)….is second on the team with five pass break-ups…named to the 2013 and 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic team…a sociology major.

G 2013 12 2014 11 2015 12 TOTAL 35

6-1, 323 Defensive Lineman Redshirt Junior Newburgh, N.Y./ Newburgh Free Academy

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Played in all 12 games this season as part of the regular rotation on the defensive line…started games vs. Army (Sept. 12) and Navy (Sept. 26)…had 22 tackles this season with four for a loss, which was tied for fourth on the team…had fumble recovery at BYU (Oct. 2)…a pre-communication sciences major.

G 2013 8 2014 12 2015 12 TOTAL 32

UA A TOTAL Sacks 2 3 5 0 18 12 30 2 12 10 22 0 32 25 57 2

TFL Yds FF FR 0 0 0 0 6.0 20 0 0 4.0 4 0 1 10.0 24 0 1

MIKAL MYERS’ CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 6, vs. Army, 11/8/14 Most TFL: 2.0, vs. Stony Brook, 9/6/14 Most Sacks: 1.0 (2x), last vs. SMU, 12/6/14

Played in ten games and made four receptions for 56 yards…had a 29-yard reception in win at UCF (Oct. 10)…also had an 11-yard catch in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)… an exploratory major.

OBI MELIFONWU

MIKAL MYERS

UA A TOTAL TFL Yds P DEF FR INT 39 31 70 3.0 5 5 1 2 52 23 75 3.5 9 3 0 0 50 29 79 2.0 7 5 0 2 141 83 224 8.5 21 13 1 4

TOMMY MYERS 6-5, 255 Tight End Redshirt Sophomore Coventry, Conn./ Coventry

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Played in 11 games with eight starts, before an injury early in the Houston (Nov. 21) game ended his season…had 16 receptions for 232 yards and two TDs on the year…his total receptions and yardage were both fifth on the team…had a career-high three receptions in win against East Carolina (Oct. 30) and vs.

USF (Oct. 17)…had two receptions vs. Villanova (Sept. 3) for a career-high 83 yards, including a 69-yard TD strike…also had a TD reception in the Navy game (Sept. 26)…father Norm played football at UConn from 1981-84 while his mother Peggy (Walsh) was a women’s basketball player from 1982-86 at UConn…a pre-communication sciences major.

G REC YARDS YDS/R LONG TD YDS/G 2014 12 2 8 4.0 5 0 0.7 2015 11 16 232 14.5 69 2 21.1 TOTAL 23 18 240 13.3 69 2 10.4

TOMMY MYERS’ CAREER HIGHS Most Receptions: 3 (2x), last vs. East Carolina, 10/30/15 Most Rec. Yards: 83, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15 Longest Reception: 69, vs. Villanova, 9/3/15

OBI MELIFONWU’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 13, at Cincinnati, 10/24/15 Most TFL: 1.5, vs. Towson, 8/29/13 Most PBU: 2 (3x), last at Tulane, 11/7/15 Longest Int. Return: 16, at UCF, 10/10/15

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ARKEEL NEWSOME

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5-7, 182 Running Back Sophomore Ansonia, Conn./ Ansonia

Is the leading rusher for the Huskies with 817 yards on 174 carries with six TDs…also is second in receiving with 40 receptions for 432 yards with two TDs…UConn’s primary kickoff returner (429 yards on 19 attempts)…led team in all-purpose yards with 1,621…enters bowl season ranked 19th in the country in all-purpose yards and first in the American with 135.08…started the final nine games of the season with 100-yards games in two of the final four contests – 114 vs. Houston (Nov. 21) and a career-high 179 vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)… against East Carolina, had a 90-yard TD run late in the third quarter, which gave UConn a commanding 24-6 lead…that run is tied as the third-longest rush in school history and the longest rush for a Husky since 2006…179 yards of rushing was the most for a Husky in a single game since 2010…had 244 allpurpose yards vs. East Carolina and was named the winner of the weekly Gold Helmet Award, given to the top player in New England by the New England Football Writers’ Association…was named to the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in win vs. UCF (Oct. 10) and had 257 yards of all-purpose yardage vs. the Knights….started two games last year as a true freshman…an urban studies major.

G ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG 2014 12 47 188 4.0 22 2015 12 174 760 4.6 90 TOTAL 24 221 948 4.3 90

TD 0 6 6

YDS/G 15.7 63.3 39.5

G REC 2014 12 11 2015 12 40 TOTAL 24 51

TD 2 2 4

YDS/G 12.9 36.0 24.5

YARDS 155 432 587

YDS/R 14.1 10.8 11.5

LONG 74 58 74

ARKEEL NEWSOME’S CAREER HIGHS Most Carries: 32, vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Most Rushing Yards: 179, vs. East Carolina, 10/30/15 Longest Run: 90, vs. East Carolina, 10/30/15 Most Receptions: 8 (2x), last vs. Cincinnati, 10/24/15 Longest Reception: 74t, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Most Rec. Yards: 77, vs. Temple, 9/27/14 Longest Kick Return: 71, vs. UCF, 10/10/15

COLE ORMSBY 6-4, 262 Defensive Lineman Redshirt Sophomore Windsor, Conn./ Windsor

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Played in the first seven games of the season as a member of the offensive line rotation, but suffered a season-ending injury vs. Cincinnati (Oct. 24)…had 12 tackles on the season with 2.5 for a loss and 1.5 sacks…tied a career-high with four tackles vs. Navy (Sept. 26)…a sociology major.

G 2014 10 2015 8 TOTALS 18

UA 7 6 13

A TOTAL Sacks TFL Yds 11 18 3.5 5.0 36 6 12 1.5 2.5 13 17 40 5.0 7.5 49

COLE ORMSBY’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 4 (2x), last vs. Navy, 9/26/15 Most TFL: 1.0 (6x), last vs. USF, 10/17/15 Most Sacks: 1.0 (4x), last at UCF, 10/10/15

BOBBY PUYOL 5-10, 178 Kicker Redshirt Junior North Palm Beach, Fla./ Dwyer

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UConn’s primary kicker for the 2015 season…has hit on 15-of-17 field goal attempts and 20-of-23 PATs…enters bowl season ranked sixth in the country in field goal percentage and leads the American…his 15 field goals is tied for the sixth-highest in school single-season history…enters bowl season making six of his last seven field goal attempts…had three field goals in win vs. Army (Sept.

12) and made two in four other games…tied his career-high with a 45-yarder against both East Carolina (Oct. 30) and Temple (Nov. 28)…was one of 20 semifinalists for the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award given by the Orange Bowl…a management major.

G FGM FGA FG% LONG PATS 2012 1 1 1 100.00% 40 2-of-2 2013 0 0 0 0 0 0-of-0 2014 12 9 14 64.30% 45 19-of-22 2015 12 15 17 88.20% 45 20-of-23 TOTAL 25 25 32 78.13% 45 41-of-47

BOBBY PUYOL’S CAREER HIGHS Most FGM: 3, vs. Army, 9/12/15 Most FGA: 3, vs. Army, 9/12/15 Longest FG Made: 45 (3x), last at Temple, 11/28/15 Most PATs: 4, vs. East Carolina, 10/30/15

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TREY RUTHERFORD 6-5, 300 Offensive Lineman/Fullback Sophomore Markham, Ontario/ Kent School (Conn.)

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CAMERON STAPLETON 6-4, 246 Linebacker Redshirt Sophomore Staten Island, N.Y./ Poly Prep County Day

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Played in nine games this season…started working as a fullback midway through the season and started two games – at Tulane (Nov. 7) and at Temple (Nov. 28)…an exploratory major.

Saw action in all 12 games as a reserve on defense and on special teams…made 15 tackles and tied a career-high with three vs. Tulane (Nov. 7)…had a key fumble recovery in win against Houston (Nov. 21)….also had two pass breakups on the year…an exploratory major.

TYLER SAMRA

G 2014 9 2015 12 TOTAL 21

6-2, 301 Offensive Lineman Senior Fairlawn, N.J./ Don Bosco

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6-2, 220 Quarterback Redshirt Sophomore Jefferson, Ga./ Jefferson/North Carolina State

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UConn’s starting quarterback for the first 11 games of the season before suffering an injury early in the game vs. Houston (Nov. 21)…had over 200 yard of passing in five of his first ten games…had only seven interceptions in 262 pass attempts…passed for 365 yards vs. USF (Oct. 17) on 28 of 41 with one TD and one interception…also rushed for 100 yards in that game…became first Husky to throw for 300 yards and rush for 100 in the same game since 2006…the game was one-yard shy of that UConn single-game total offense record…made his UConn debut vs. Villanova (Sept. 3) and was 12 for 20 in the air for 202 yards with a pair of touchdowns…for his efforts against the Wildcats, was named the winner of the weekly Gold Helmet Award by the New England Collegiate Football Writers Association…vs. Army (Sept. 12), was 19 of 25 in the air for 270 yards and named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the week…named to the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…a finance major.

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CAMERON STAPLETON’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 3 (2x), last vs. Tulane, 11/7/15 Most TFL: 2.0, vs. Missouri, 9/19/15 Most Sacks: 1.0 (2x), last at Temple, 11/28/15 Most PBU: 1 (3x), last vs. UCF, 10/10/15

Started all 12 games at right guard and has now played in 30 games over the past two seasons with 25 career starts…the only senior on an offensive line that has seen the same five starters at each position all season…a history major

BRYANT SHIRREFFS

UA A TOTAL Sacks TFL Yds FF FR 4 5 9 0.5 0.5 1 0 1 11 4 15 2.0 4.0 26 0 1 15 9 24 2.5 4.5 27 0 2

GRAHAM STEWART 6-1, 237 Linebacker Redshirt Senior Durham, Conn./ Florida/Xavier

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Started all 12 games for UConn this season and now has 26 career starts in 32 career games played…was on the Preseason Watch List for the Lombardi Award…fourth on the team this season in tackles with 60….second on the team in tackles for a loss with 9.5…also had two sacks with a forced fumble and a pass break-up…had a season-high nine tackles in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)… also had eight tackles vs. USF (Oct. 17)…had 3.5 tackles for a loss of nine yards in win at Tulane (Nov. 7)…the forced fumble came in win over Houston (Nov. 21)…a sociology major.

G UA A TOTAL Sacks TFL Yds FF FR 2013 8 5 9 14 0 0 0 1 0 2014 12 41 53 94 2.0 10.5 32 2 0 2015 12 40 20 60 2.0 9.5 28 1 0 TOTAL 32 86 82 168 4.0 20.0 60 4 0

GRAHAM STEWART’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 12, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most TFL: 3.5, vs. Tulane, 11/7/15 Most Sacks: 1.0 (4x), last vs. East Carolina, 10/31/15

G ATT COMP PCT YDS LONG PASS EFFIC. TD 11 262 158 0.603 1992 69 134.16 9

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JAMAR SUMMERS 6-0, 185 Cornerback Sophomore East Orange, N.J./ East Orange

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First Team All-American Athletic Conference and First Team All-New England by the NE Football Writers’ Association…led the American in interceptions during the regular season with seven, which placed him third nationally entering bowl season…is tied for fifth nationally in interceptions per game…had 37 tackles on the season and three pass break-ups…recorded critical interceptions in UConn’s last three wins of the season…in the win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30), had two with the first coming in the closing seconds of the first half with ECU driving…returned a pick 67-yards for a touchdown in the win vs. Tulane (Sept.

7) – UConn’s only score in a 7-3 win…had a total of five tackles in that game… in win over nationally-ranked Houston (Nov. 21), intercepted the ball in the final minute of the game at the UConn 29 as the Cougars had been driving for a potential game-winning score…had a career-high eight tackles at Missouri (Sept.

19)…a pre-communication sciences major.

G 2014 12 2015 12 TOTAL 24

UA A TOTAL TFL Yds P DEF FR INT 16 6 22 0 0 2 0 1 23 14 37 0.5 2 3 0 7 39 20 59 0.4 2 5 0 8

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6-1, 195 Wide Receiver Junior Norwalk, Conn./ St. Luke’s School

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UConn’s leading receiver with 54 receptions for 719 yards and three TDs…was named All-New England by the New England Football Writers’ Association… had a career-high seven receptions in three games this year – including UConn’s win over nationally-ranked Houston (Nov. 21)…against the Cougars, had two touchdown receptions with 108 yards of receiving…was named the American Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts…also had a TD reception in UConn’s win over UCF (Oct. 10)…a pre-communication sciences major.

G REC YARDS YDS/R LONG TD YDS/G 2013 5 3 32 10.7 20 0 6.4 2014 12 26 305 11.7 38 4 25.4 2015 12 54 719 13.3 45 3 59.9 TOTAL 29 83 1056 12.7 45 7 36.4

NOEL THOMAS’ CAREER HIGHS Most Rec.: 7 (3x), last vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Most Rec. Yards: 108, vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Most Rec. TDs: 2 (2x), last vs. Houston, 11/21/15 Longest Reception: 45, vs. Houston, 11/21/15

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6-0, 231 Linebacker Redshirt Senior Cincinnati, Ohio/ Fairfield Senior

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One of four captains for the Huskies who has played in 11 games this year and has nine starts…has started 25 games over the past three seasons…has made 37 tackles this season with two for a loss…has an interception in win vs. East Carolina (Oct. 30)…made seven tackles against both BYU (Oct. 2) and Temple (Nov. 28)… named to the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…an individualized major.

G UA A TOTAL Sacks TFL Yds FF FR 2012 10 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2013 10 7 10 17 0 0 0 1 0 2014 12 60 45 105 0.5 7.0 14 1 0 2015 11 23 14 37 0 2.0 7 0 0 TOTAL 43 93 70 163 0.5 9.0 21 2 0

MARQUISE VANN’S CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 14, at USF, 9/19/14 Most TFL: 2.5, at USF, 9/19/14 Longest FR: 40t, at Cincinnati, 10/19/13

BRENDAN VECHERY

Most Tackles: 8, at Missouri, 9/19/15 Most Interceptions: 2, vs. East Carolina, 10/30/15

NOEL THOMAS

MARQUISE VANN

6-6, 302 Offensive Lineman Redshirt Sophomore Ashburn, Va./ Broad Run

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Started all 12 games at center this season in his first year of collegiate play…was part of a Husky offensive line that saw all five players start every game at the same position…an economics major.

NICK VITALE 5-8, 176 Cornerback Redshirt Junior Higganum, Conn./ Daniel Hand/Stony Brook

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Walk-on who became UConn’s starting punt returner midway through the season…returned a total of four punts with a long of two yards twice…also saw time on special teams last season…a history major.

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6-3, 214 Punter Redshirt Junior Wilmington, N.C./ Eugene Ashley

UConn’s starting punter for the past two seasons…averaged 37.9 yards per punt this season with 20 inside the 20-yard line and 36 that were fair caught… had a season-long punt of 50 yards against Army (Sept. 12)…against Army, all three of his punt were within the 20-yard line…in win vs. Houston (Nov. 21), had nine punts and six were within the 20 and six were fair caught…also had five that were fair caught in win vs. Tulane (Nov. 7)… named to the 2013 and 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…an allied health sciences major.

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G P YDS AVG. TB FC 20 2014 11 74 2868 38.8 4 30 17 2015 12 70 2651 37.9 6 36 20 TOTAL 23 144 5519 38.3 10 66 37

50+ BLK LONG 6 0 59 1 1 50 7 1 59

JHAVON WILLIAMS 5-10, 190 Cornerback Redshirt Junior Delray Beach, Fla./ Palm Beach Central

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Started all 12 games at cornerback this season and has 29 career starts over the past three seasons…was fifth on the team in tackles with 51 and also had three interceptions and six pass break-ups…had an interception in win vs. UCF (Oct. 10) and against Missouri (Sept. 19) that eventually led to a Husky TD…also had two tackles for a loss – both in the USF game (Oct. 17)…had a career-high 10 tackles at BYU (Oct. 2)…an urban and community studies major.

G UA A TOTAL TFL Yds P DEF FR INT 2013 10 18 8 26 0 0 2 1 1 2014 12 28 10 38 0 0 7 2 0 2015 12 40 11 51 2.0 6 6 0 2 TOTAL 34 86 29 115 2.0 6 15 3 3

JHAVON WILLIAMAS’ CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 10, at BYU, 10/2/15

JUSTIN WAIN’S CAREER HIGHS Most Punts: 11, at Tulane, 11/7/15 Highest AVG (min. 3): 44.5, at USF, 9/19/14 Longest Punt: 59, at Memphis, 11/29/14 Most Inside 20: 6 (2x), last vs. Houston, 11/21/15

MATTHEW WALSH 6-1, 241 Linebacker Junior Madison, Conn./ Daniel Hand

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Played in all 12 games this season and started three…moved to linebacker this season after starting his career as a fullback…had four tackles for a loss…had eight tackles against both Missouri (Sept. 19) and Navy (Sept. 26)…was injured during the regular season finale at Temple (Nov. 28)… a pre-communication sciences major.

G 2013 11 2014 11 2015 12 TOTAL 34

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1998 NCAA DIVISION I-AA PLAYOFFS The University of Connecticut’s first postseason appearance in the sport of football came in 1998 as UConn advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-AA Championship. Here’s a summary of UConn’s first two postseason football games - a win against Hampton in the first round and a loss at eventual national runner-up Georgia Southern in the quarterfinals.

#8 seed Connecticut 42, #9 seed Hampton 34 NCAA Division I-AA Championship - First Round November 28, 1998 Memorial Stadium, Storrs, Conn.

#1 seed Georgia Southern 52, #8 seed Connecticut 30 NCAA Division I-AA Championship - Quarterfinal December 5, 1998 Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Ga.

Scoring Summary Hampton (9-3) 7 10 3 14 – 34 Connecticut (10-2) 7 14 7 14 – 42 Attendance - 6,193 FIRST QUARTER HU-Montrell Coley 40 run (Acie Wyatt kick), 11:01 UC-Tory Taylor 25 pass from Shane Stafford (Jim McManus kick), 6:27 SECOND QUARTER UC-Wendell McDuffie 12 pass from Stafford (McManus kick), 14:50 HU-Wyatt 25 field goal, 10:47 UC-Carl Bond 4 pass from Stafford (McManus kick) HU-Coley 22 run (Wyatt kick), 3:31 THIRD QUARTER HU-Wyatt 32 field goal, 9:45 UC-Barry Chandler 4 run (McManus kick), 1:42 FOURTH QUARTER HU-Mike Jones 2 run (Roy Johnson rush), 12:04 UC-Bond 4 pass from Stafford (McManus kick), 9:12 UC-Recolon Jumpp 1 run (McManus kick), 4:30 HU-Johnson 10 run (kick failed), 1:38

Scoring Summary Connecticut (10-3) 7 17 6 0 – 30 Ga. Southern (13-0) 14 7 14 17 – 52 Attendance - 9,096 FIRST QUARTER GSU-Bennie Cunningham 26 run (Chris Chambers kick), 12:30 UC-Barry Chandler 5 run (Jim McManus kick), 7:06 GSU-Adrian Peterson 3 run (Chambers kick), 1:05 SECOND QUARTER UC-McManus 20 field goal, 13:01 GSU-Greg Hill 9 run (Chambers kick), 9:49 UC-Recolon Jumpp (McManus kick), 6:22 UC-Wendell McDuffie 2 pass from Shane Stafford (McManus kick), 3:30 THIRD QUARTER GSU-Hill 5 run (Chambers kick), 9:52 GSU-Peterson 7 run (Chambers kick), 5:21 UC-Chandler 31 pass from Stafford (kick failed), 2:30 FOURTH QUARTER GSU-Chambers 26 field goal, 13:59 GSU-Peterson 2 run (Chambers kick), 7:22 GSU-Peterson 23 run (Chambers kick), 4:25

TEAM STATISTICS

HU UC First Downs 24 24 Rushes-Yds. 46-227 42-132 Att.-Cmp.-Int. 29-15-1 30-21-0 Passing Yards 186 294 Total Offense 75-413 72-426 Time of Poss.

29:53 30:07 Penalties 6-34 2-10 LEADING RUSHERS: HU: Coley, 13 att., 87 yds., 2 TD UC: Tory Taylor, 9 att., 43 yds., 0 TD LEADING PASSERS: HU: Johnson, 14-28, 175 yds., 0 TD, 1 INT UC: Shane Stafford, 21-30, 294 yds., 4 TD, 0 INT LEADING RECEIVERS: HU: Beasley, 5 rec., 57 yds., 0 TD UC: Carl Bond, 7 rec., 70 yds., 1 TD LEADING TACKLERS: HU: Hunt, 10-4-14 UC: Percy Price, 7-3-10, 1 TFL

TEAM STATISTICS

UC GSU First Downs 25 30 Rushes-Yds. 33-137 73-530 Att.-Cmp.-Int. 45-20-0 8-5-0 Passing Yards 313 81 Total Offense 78-450 81-611 Time of Poss.

27:25 32:35 Penalties 7-73 7-66 LEADING RUSHERS: UC: Recolon Jumpp, 10 att., 62 yds., 1 TD GSU: Peterson, 33 att., 232 yds., 4 TD LEADING PASSERS: UC: Shane Stafford, 20-45, 313 yds., 2 TD, 0 INT GSU: Hill, 5-8, 81 yds., 0 TD, 0 INT LEADING RECEIVERS: UC: Carl Bond, 5 rec., 84 yds., 0 TD GSU: Parham, 3 rec., 72 yds., 0 TD LEADING TACKLERS: UC: Laban Marsh, 8-1-9 GSU: Thompson, 6-1-7

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2004 MOTOR CITY BOWL Connecticut 39, Toledo 10

December 27, 2004 • Ford Field • Detroit, Mich. • Attendance: 52,552 UConn (8-4) 17 13 3 6 — 39 Toledo (9-4) 0 7 3 0 — 10 First Quarter: UC-Matt Nuzie 35 field goal 12:05 (8 plays, 41 yards, 2:55); UC-Jason Williams 32 pass from Dan Orlovsky (Nuzie kick) 4:41 (4 plays, 36 yards, 1:43); UC-Larry Taylor 68 punt return (Nuzie kick) 2:31.

Second Quarter: UT-Bruce Gradkowski 1 run (Jason Robbins kick) 10:53 (13 plays, 63 yards, 6:27); UC-Brian Sparks 7 pass from Orlovsky (Nuzie kick) 7:42 (8 plays, 41 yards, 3:11); UC-Nuzie 37 field goal 1:24 (11 plays, 55 yards, 3:23); UC-Nuzie 25 field goal 0:00 (6 plays, 53 yards, 0:55).

Third Quarter: UT-Robbins 27 field goal 11:47 (9 plays, 56 yards, 3:13); UC-Nuzie 36 field goal 1:53 (13 plays, 56 yards, 5:58).

Fourth Quarter: UC-Matt Lawrence 11 run (Nuzie kick blocked) 0:25 (5 plays, 45 yards, 2:52).

TEAM STATISTICS

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First Downs 20 20 Rushing 31-159 39-78 Passing Yards 239 203 Att-Comp-Int 41-20-1 40-22-2 Total Offense 72-398 79-281 Average 5.5 3.6 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-44 4-35 Punts-Average 3-30.3 6-32.3 Punt Returns 2-69 1-7 Kickoff Returns 3-101 5-83 INT Ret.-Yards 2-0 1-0 Possession 28:18 31:42 3rd Down Conv. 8 of 17 8 of 18

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): UC- Brockington 15-72-0, Bellamy 9-55-0, Williams, Ja. 1-14-0, Lawrence 1-11-1, Anderson 4-10-0, Orlovsky 1-(-3)-0. UT- Dawson 19-78-0, Council 10-10-0, Parmele 4-4-0, Gradkowski 4-(-1)-1, Higgins 1-(-4)-0, Body 1-(-9)-0 .

Passing (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD): UC- Orlovsky 41-20-1-239-2. UTCouncil 28-16-2-160-0, Gradkowski 12-6-0-43-0.

Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD): UC- Henry 9-109-0, Williams, Ja. 3-43-1, Cutaia 2-47-0, McLean 2-13-0, Anderson 1-10-0, Sparks 1-7-1, Murray 1-6-0, Bellamy 1-4-0. UT- Moore 5-48-0, Odom 5-27-0, Holmes 4-47-0, Higgins 2-35-0, Broussard 2-13-0, Dawson 2-7-0, Parmele 1-15-0, Hudson 1-11-0.

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an Orlovsky earned Most Valuable Player honors after going 20 of 41 in the air for 239 yards and two touchdowns as UConn defeated MAC Champion Toledo by a 39-10 score in the 2004 Motor City Bowl, UConn’s first ever bowl appearance.

In addition to O­rlovsky’s honor, Tyler King was named the United Auto Workers Lineman of the Game.

The Huskies were led in rushing by Cornell Brockington, who had 15 carries for 72 yards. The leading receiver on the day for UConn was Keron Henry with nine catches for 239 yards.

UConn got out of the gates early, and set a Motor City Bowl record, by scoring 17 points in the first quarter while shutting the Rockets out. The Huskies took the opening drive 41 yards on eight plays to set up a 35-yard field goal by Matt Nuzie.

Nuzie went on to kick three more field goals, for a total of four, to set a new Motor City Bowl record and tie a UConn single-game record.

The Huskies scored the first touchdown of the contest as Orlovsky, after eluding a blitzing Rocket, hit Jason Williams in the corner of the end zone for a dazzling 32-yard TD pass on a fourth and six play.

The final points of the first quarter came as Larry Taylor returned a punt 68 yards for a score.

Toledo scored its first points of the game as it grinded out a 13-play, 63-yard drive that ended with a one-yard touchdown run by quarterback Bruce Gradowski.

The Huskies scored 13 more points in the second quarter to take a 30-7 lead at the half. Orlovsky threw a seven-yard TD pass to Brian Sparks, whose sliding catch with 7:42 left in the half capped an eight-play, 41-yard drive. That touchdown was set up by a 54-yard kickoff return by Taylor.

Nuzie kicked a pair of field goals in the final 1:24 of the half – a 37-yarder and a 25-yarder on the final play of the half.

The teams traded a pair of field goals for the only scoring of the third quarter as Jason Robbins hit a 27-yard field goal for Toledo 3:13 into the half while Nuzie hit a 36-yarder with 1:53 left to play in the quarter.

The only scoring of the fourth quarter came with 25 seconds remaining as sophomore Matt Lawrence scored a touchdown on an 11-yard run.

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2007 MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL Wake Forest 24, Connecticut 10

December 29, 2007 • Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, N.C. • Attendance: 53,126 UConn (9-4) 7 3 0 0 — 10 Wake Forest (9-4) 0 0 14 10 — 24

First Quarter: UC-Larry Taylor 68 punt return (Tony Ciaravino kick ) 2:38.

Second Quarter: UC-Ciaravino 29 field goal 5:00 (8 plays, 80 yards, 2:21).

Third Quarter: WF-Josh Adams 38 run (Sam Swank kick) 12:44 (6 plays, 66 yards 2:08); WF-John Tereshinski 20 pass from Riley Skinner (Swank kick) 3:27 (6 plays, 29 yards, 2:31).

Fourth Quarter: WF-Swank 43 field goal 11:53 (7 plays, 33 yards, 3:01); WF-Micah Andrews 9 run (Swank kick) 0:29 (8 plays, 62 yards, 3:36).

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): UC-Brown, Do. 13-72-0, Lorenzen 10-24-0, Dixon 7-19-0. WF- Adams 19-66-1, Andrews 8-64-1, Skinner 6-160, Moore 3-(-2)-0.

Passing (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD): UC-Lorenzen 26-13-1-98-0, Brown, De. 3-0-0-0-0. WF- Skinner 38-29-1-268-1.

Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD): UC-Kanuch 3-36-0, Brouse 2-250, Gaulden 2-16-0, Jeffers 2-11-0, Taylor 2-8-0, Bedard 1-9-0, Brown, Do. 1-(-7)-0. WF-Moore 11-112-0, Brinkman 3-30-0, Smith 3-13-0, Adams 3-2-0, Boldin 2-47-0, Tereshinski 2-30-1, Marion 2-6-0, Selmon 1-19-0, Williams 1-7-0, Bryant 1-2-0.

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TEAM STATISTICS ake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner was 29-of-38 in the air for 268

CONN WF yards and a touchdown to lead the Demon Deacons to a 24-10 victory over First Downs 9 23 UConn in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl before a crowd of 53,126 at Bank of America Stadium.

Rushing 30-115 36-144 Passing Yards 98 268 The two halves were mirror images of each other as UConn shutout Wake Att-Comp-Int 29-13-1 38-29-1 Forest in the first half and the Demon Deacons held the Huskies scoreless in Total Offense 59-213 74-412 the second.

Average 3.6 5.6 The contest was the second bowl game in the last four years for UConn – who Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 has been playing as a member of the BIG EAST for only four years. The Huskies Penalties-Yards 2-30 1-6 defeated Toledo in the 2004 Motor City Bowl. This year, UConn sold its entire Punts-Average 7-43.7 6-38.0 allotment of 12,500 tickets for the bowl game in Charlotte – the second BIG Punt Returns 3-75 4-26 EAST school to Kickoff Returns 5-156 2-33 ever do that.

INT Ret.-Yards 1-(-2) 1-6 UConn led Possession 25:09 34:51 10-0 at the half, but Wake Forest scored two third 3rd Down Conv.

5 of 17 8 of 16 quarter touchdowns to take a 14-10 lead after three quarters.

Wake Forest took the opening possession of the second half and marched for a touchdown on a six-play, 66-yard drive. Josh Adams scored the touchdown on a 38-yard run 2:16 into the half.

The Demon Deacons took the lead for good on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Skinner to John Tereshinski on a third-and-14 play. Wake Forest made it 17-10 on a 43-yard field goal 3:07 into the final quarter by Sam Swank. The Demon Deacons sealed the win with a TD run

by Micah Andrews in the final minute.

UConn was severely limited in the second half on offense as the Huskies had just 73 total yards of offense while the Deacons had 275.

UConn’s Tyler Lorenzen was 13-of-26 in the air for 98 yards. Donald Brown led UConn in rushing with 13 carries for 72 yards. Brad Kanuch was the leading Husky receiver with three receptions for 36 yards.

Wake Forest senior wide receiver Kenny Moore was named the game’s MVP as he made 11 receptions for 112 yards.

UConn scored all 10 of its points in the first half. Larry Taylor scored the only touchdown of the first half when he returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown with 2:38 left in the first quarter. Ironically, Taylor had a 68-yard punt return for a TD in UConn’s only other bowl game – a win over Toledo in the 2004 Motor City Bowl – which came with 2:31 left in the first quarter down the near (UConn) sideline running to the camera’s right.

The only other first half points came with 5:00 left in the second quarter as Tony Ciaravino connected on a 29-yard field goal that finished an eight-play, 80-yard drive. That drive was highlighted by a 58-yard run by Brown on the first play of the drive.

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2009 INTERNATIONAL BOWL Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20

January 3, 2009 • Rogers Centre • Toronto, Ontario • Attendance: 42,422 UConn (8-5) 7 10 7 14 — 38 Buffalo (8-6) 3 17 0 0 — 20 First Quarter: UB- AJ Principle 38 field goal 4:26 (4 plays, 3 yards, 1:36); UC- Donald Brown 45 run (Dave Teggart kick) 4:07 (1 play, 45 yards, 0:09).

Second Quarter: UC- Teggart 32 field goal 14:11 (8 plays, 26 yards, 3:13); UB- Ray Long 0 fumble recovery (Principle kick) 11:36; UB- Principle 29 field goal 8:22 (5 plays, 17 yards, 2:53)l UB- James Starks 4 run (Principle kick) 7:55 (1 play, 4 yards, 0:13); UC- Tyler Lorenzen 13 run (Teggart kick) 4:01 (2 plays, 88 yards, 0:36).

Third Quarter: UC- Steve Brouse 4 pass from Lorenzen (Teggart kick) 5:22 (7 plays, 56 yards, 3:25).

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): UC- D. Brown 29-261-1, Todman 7-62-0, Lorenzen 12-32-2, Sherman 1-3-0. UB-Starks 13-25-1, Thermilus 3-5-0, Wily 3- -6-0.

Passing (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD): UC-Lorenzen 6-4-0-49-1. UB-Wily 43-29-1-213-0.

Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD): UC Moore 1-18-0, Butler 1-16-0, Sherman 1-11-0, Brouse 1-4-1. UB-Starks 11-21-0, Roosevelt 8-90-0, Hamlin 4-54-0, Rack 3-22-0, Jackson 2-17-0, Rice 1-9-0.

Fourth Quarter: UC- Lorenzen 15 run (Teggart kick) 4:44 (9 plays, 68 yards, 4:48); UC- Dahna Deleston 100 interception return (Teggart kick) 2:15.

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onald Brown rushed for 261 yards on 29 carries and one TD to lead the University of Connecticut to a 38-20 victory over Buffalo in the 2009 International Bowl. The game was played before a crowd of 40,184 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The crowd First Downs 19 10 was the highest in the three-year old history of the event.

Rushing 49-358 19-24 Passing Yards 49 213 Brown was named the Most Valuable Player of the Game. UConn tailback Jordan Att-Comp-Int 6-4-0 43-29-1 Todman also enjoyed a fine day with seven carries for 62 yards.

Total Offense 407 237 The Husky defense was outstanding as it limited the Bulls to 237 yards of total Average 7.4 3.8 offense and just 24 net yards of rushing. Buffalo had a total of 16 drives in the game Fumbles-Lost 6-5 0-0 and the Bulls only gained more than 30 yards on one of them. Buffalo had nine drives Penalties-Yards 3-29 5-25 of ten yards or less.

Punts-Average 3-42.0 10-43.5 Buffalo led 20-17 at halftime after a haphazard second quarter that saw the Punt Returns 7-46 1-8 Huskies commit four turnovers that resulted in 17 points for the Bulls.

Kickoff Returns 5-128 7-110 UConn scored the only points of the third quarter to take the lead for good in the game on a four-yard TD INT Ret.-Yards 1-100 0-0 pass from quarterback Tyler Lorenzen to tight end Steve Brouse.

Possession 26:54 33:06 Dahna Deleston rounded out the scoring with a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown, making the 3rd Down Conv. 4 of 9 2 of 17 score 38-20 with 2:15 to play.

In the second quarter, UConn kicker Dave Teggart connected on a 32-yard field goal 49 seconds into the period to give the Huskies a 10-3 lead.

The Husky defense then stopped the Bulls on three plays, but UConn then fumbled a punt return as the Bulls recovered the ball in the endzone for a touchdown to tie the game.

UConn then fumbled the ball on the second play of its next possession to give the Bulls the ball at the Husky 18. The UConn defense was valiant again and held Buffalo to six yards as A.J. Principe kicked a 29-yard FG for a 13-10 Bull lead with 8:22 to go. On the ensuing kickoff, UConn fumbled that return to give Buffalo the ball at the Husky four and the Bulls scored on first down on a rush by James Starks to make it 20-10 Bulls.

Lorenzen scored the final TD of the first half on a 13-yard run that was set up by a career-long 75 yard rush by Brown.

The Huskies outgained Buffalo 225-94 in the first half as the Huskies had just one pass attempt in the half. Brown had 207 yards of rushing in the first half.

UConn limited the Bulls to 40 yards of total offense in the first quarter and two first downs while the Huskies had 112 yards.

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2010 PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7 January 2, 2010 • Legion Field • Birmingham, Ala. • Attendance: 45,254 UConn (8-5) 10 3 0 7 — 20 SC (7-6) 0 0 0 7 –– 7 First Quarter: UC-Kashif Moore 37 pass from Frazer (Teggart kick) 6:37 (9 plays, 66 yards, 4:14); UC-Teggart 33 field goal 3:35 (5 plays, 16 yards, 1:21)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Second Quarter: UC-Teggart 44 field goal 8:56 (10 plays, 40 yards, 4:10) Third Quarter: No Scoring.

Passing (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD): UC-Frazer 21-9-0-107-1.

SC-Garcia 38-16-129-1-0.

Fourth Quarter: UC-Andre Dixon 10 run (Teggart kick) 13:12 (9 plays, 35 yards, 3:53); SC-Brian Maddox 2 run (Lanning kick) 3:24 (2 plays, 40 yards, 0:47).

Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD): UC-Easley 4-40-0, K. Moore 2-40-1, I. Moore 2-26-0. SC-Miles 4-23-0, Jeffrey 3-28-0, Gurley 3-14-0..

Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): UC- Dixon 33-126-1, Todman 9-36-0. SCGarcia 15-56-0, Miles 6-24-0.

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First Down 17 12 Rushing 48-146 26-76 Passing Yards 107 129 Att-Comp-Int 22-9-0 38-16-1 Total Offense 253 205 Average 3.6 3.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 0-0 4-41 Punts-Average 6-37.2 7-42.3 Punt Returns 6-43 2-4 Kickoff Returns 2-39 5-93 INT Ret.-Yards 1-0 0-0 Possession 35:28 24:32 3rd Down Conv. 9-19 3-15

n a defensively-minded game, the University of Connecticut football team nearly shutout South Carolina in the Papajohns.com Bowl to earn the school’s first win over a Southeastern Conference opponent. The game was played in front of a crowd of 45,254 at Legion Field, a Papajohns.com Bowl record attendance. UConn finished with the 20-7 victory earning their second-straight and third overall bowl victory.

The Huskies shut out South Carolina in the first three quarters of the game and have shut out their bowl opponents in nine of 16 quarters played.

With his 126 yards on the day, senior tailback and Fred Sington Most Vaulable Player Andre Dixon reached the 1,000-yard mark for the season becoming the 12th running back in UConn history to reach the mark and joining teammate Jordan Todman, who accomplished the feat earlier in the season. Todman finished the day with 36 yards.

This is the first time in UConn history that two running backs have rushed for over 1,000 yards in the same season. They join Nevada and Georgia Tech as NCAA FBS teams that have at least two players that have rushed for over 1,000 yards during the 2009 season.

Junior quarterback Zach Frazer was nine of 21 in the air for 106 yards and connected with sophomore Kashif Moore two times for 40 yards and a touchdown.

Stephen Garcia led South Carolina by passing for 129 yards on a 16 for 38 effort also rushing for 56 yards on the day. Alshon Jeffery grabbed three passes for 28 yards for the Gamecocks.

The Huskies were the first to get on the board after an unbelievable one-handed 37-yard grab by Moore, who tiptoed along the sidelines and extended into the endzone to put the Huskies up with 6:31 remaining in the first quarter.

South Carolina decided to attempt a fourth and short at its own 32-yard line but senior Lindsey Witten stepped up and stopped the rush as the Huskies took over in Gamecock territory. UConn got the ball down to the 16-yard line but settled for a 33-yard field goal by sophomore Dave Teggart to improve their lead to 10-0.

Teggart boosted the lead to 13-0 in the second quarter with 8:26 remaining in the game connecting on his second field goal of the game, a 44-yard boot, setting a new Papajohns.com Bowl record. Later in the quarter, South Carolina earned their first first down of the game with 7:37 left in the half. They only managed four first downs in the entire first half for a net of 84 yards.

After SC fumbled at their own 35-yard line, Dixon used the opportunity to record his first touchdown of the day, a 10-yard run to boost the Huskies lead to 20 with 13:12 remaining in the fourth quarter. Dixon’s TD capped a 3:53 minute, nine play 35-yard drive.

The Gamecocks got on the board with 3:24 remaining in the game capitalizing on a blocked punt and scoring on a two-play 40-yard drive. Alex Molina recovered an onside kick for the Huskies as UConn ran out the clock.

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2011 TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20

January 1, 2011 • University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, Ariz. • Attendance: 67,232 UConn (8-5) 0 10 10 0 — 20 Oklahoma (12-2) 14 6 14 14 –– 48 First Quarter: OU-James Hanna 8 pass from Landry Jones (Jimmy Stevens kick) 10:09 (9 plays, 70 yards, 2:57); OU-Demarco Murray 3 run (Stevens kick) 00:24 (9 plays, 81 yards, 3:21)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Second Quarter: UC-Dwayne Gratz 46 interception return (Dave Teggart kick) 12:58; OU-Stevens 41 field goal 9:57 (9 plays, 56 yards, 3:01); OU-Stevens 24 field goal 2:05 (15 plays, 67 yards, 4:23); UC-Teggart 37 field goal 00:26 (7 plays, 36 yards, 1:31)

Passing (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD): UC-Zach Frazer 39-19-2-223-0.

OU-Landry Jones 49-34-1-429-3.

Third Quarter: OU-Cameron Kenney 59 pass from Jones (Stevens kick) 10:55 (4 plays, 80 yards, 1:01); OU-Jamell Fleming 55 interception return (Stevens kick) 9:44; UC-Robbie Frey 95 kickoff return (Teggart kick) 9:30; UC-Teggart 38 field goal 5:04 (9 plays, 49 yards, 2:21)

Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): UC-Jordan Todman 32-121-0. OU-Demarco Murray 25-93-1.

Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD): UC-Anthony Sherman 3-63-0, Kashif Moore 4-62-0, Ryan Griffin 4-48-0. OU-Ryan Broyles 13-170-1, Cameron Kenney 7-154-1.

Fourth Quarter: OU-Ryan Broyles 5 pass from Jones (Stevens kick) 7:49 (10 plays, 88 yards, 3:25); OU-Tony Jefferson 22 interception return (Stevens kick) 2:40

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he University of Connecticut played in its first-ever Bowl Championship Game and dropped a 48-20 decision to seventh-ranked Oklahoma in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl First Down 19 27 before a crowd of 67,232 at the University of Phoenix Stadium.

Rushing 41-112 30-95

UConn junior tailback Jordan Todman carried the ball 32 times for 121 yards and Passing Yards 223 429 Att-Comp-Int 39-19-2 50-34-1 Husky senior quarterback Zach Frazer was 19 of 39 in the air for 223 yards.

Total Offense 335 524

Oklahoma sophomore quarterback Landry Jones was 34 of 49 in the air for 429 yards while senior DeMarco Murray rushed 25 times for 93 yards.

Average 4.2 6.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1

Oklahoma scored touchdowns on both of its first quarter possessions. After UConn began the game with a threePenalties-Yards 3-25 1-3 and-out, the Sooners marched 70 yards on nine plays for an eight-yard TD pass from Jones to junior James Hanna.

Punts-Average 7-46.9 4-40.8 The scoring play came on the only third down play the Sooners had on the drive.

Punt Returns 1- -1 5-92

UConn moved 55 yards on its next possession, but failed on a fourth-and-one play that gave the Sooners the ball Kickoff Returns 9-270 4-73 at their own 19. The Sooners then moved the ball 81 yards on nine plays and scored on a three-yard rush by Murray.

INT Ret.-Yards 1-46 2-77 Oklahoma gained 63 yards on five first down plays during the drive.

Possession 31:49 28:11

The Huskies broke into the scoring column when redshirt sophomore Dwayne Gratz picked off a Jones pass and 3rd Down Conv. 5-17 7-15 returned it 46 yards for a touchdown. The interception return for a TD was the fifth of the year for the Huskies - tying a school record from 2007.

Oklahoma came right back and moved the ball from its own 20 to the Husky 20, but UConn’s defense held strong and limited OU to a 41-yard field goal to make it 17-7 with 9:57 to go.

The teams then traded field goals the rest of the first half as junior kicker Dave Teggart hit a 37-yard field goal with 26 seconds left in the first half to make it 20-10 at the break.

The Sooners exploded for two quick TDs to start the second half as they took their second possession of the half a quick four plays in 80 yards as Jones hit senior Cameron Kenny on a 59-yard touchdown pass.

Oklahoma then made it 34-10 as Frazer threw an interception picked off by junior Jamell Fleming.

UConn junior Robbie Frey kept the pesky Huskies going as he returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a score to cut the lead to 34-17. Junior kicker Dave Teggart hit on a 38-yard field goal with 5:04 left in the third to make it 34-20. The field goal marked the tenth-straight for Teggart, as he ended the season making 15 of his past 16 attempts.

Junior Ryan Broyles gave the Sooners a 41-20 lead when he had a five-yard reception for an Oklahoma touchdown with 7:49 left in the game. Broyles’ score was followed up at the 2:40 mark when freshman Tony Jefferson had a 22-yard interception return for another Sooner touchdown, putting the final score at 48-20.

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TOTAL OFFENSE Yards

1. 261 2. 239

Plays

1. 41 2. 39 3. 32

Donald Brown, 2009 International Dan Orlovsky, 2004 Motor City Dan Orlovsky, 2004 Motor City Zach Frazer, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Jordan Todman, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta

All-Purpose Yards 1. 261 2. 157

Donald Brown, 2009 International Larry Taylor, 2004 Motor City

RECEIVING Receptions 1. 9 2. 4

Keron Henry, 2004 Motor City Four Tied

Net Yards 1. 109 2. 47

Keron Henry, 2004 Motor City Matt Cutaia, 2004 Motor City

Touchdown Receptions 1. 1

4 players tied

RECEIVING – TIGHT ENDS

RUSHING Carries 1. 33 2. 32 3. 29

Donald Brown, 2009 International Andre Dixon, 2010 Papajohns.com

RUSHING – QUARTERBACKS Rushing Yards 1. 32 2. 24

Tyler Lorenzen, 2009 International Tyler Lorenzen, 2007 Meineke Car Care

PASSING Attempts 1. 41 2. 39

Dan Orlovsky, 2004 Motor City Zach Frazer, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta

Completions 1. 20 2. 19

Dan Orlovsky, 2004 Motor City Zach Frazer, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta

Net Yards 1. 239 2. 223 3. 107

Dan Orlovsky, 2004 Motor City Zach Frazer, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Zach Frazer, 2010 Papajohns.com

Completion Percentage

1. 66.6% Tyler Lorenzen, 2009 International 2. 50.0% Tyler Lorenzen, 2007 Meineke Car Care

Touchdown Passes 1. 2 2. 1

Dan Orlovsky, 2004 Motor City Tyler Lorenzen, 2009 International Zach Frazer, 2010 Papajohns.com

Interceptions (Thrown) 1. 2 2. 1

Touchdowns 1. 2

Tyler Lorenzen, 2009 International

PAT/Kick 1. 5 2. 3

Dave Teggart, 2009 International Matt Nuzie, 2004 Motor City

Field Goals/Attempts 1. 4/5 2. 2/2

Matt Nuzie, 2004 Motor City Dave Teggart, 2010 Papajohns.com

Total Points 1. 15 2. 12

Matt Nuzie, 2004 Motor City Tyler Lorenzen, 2009 International

DEFENSE

Receptions Andre Dixon, 2010 Papajohns.com Jordan Todman, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Donald Brown, 2009 International

Net Yards 1. 261 2. 126

SCORING

Zach Frazer, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Two Tied

1. 4 2. 2

Ryan Griffin, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Steve Brouse, 2007 Meineke Car Care

Net Yards 1. 48 2. 26

Ryan Griffin, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Steve Brouse, 2007 Meineke Car Care

PUNTING Number 1. 7

Cole Wagner, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Des Cullen, 2007 Meineke Car Care

Net Yards 1. 328 2. 306

Cole Wagner, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Desi Cullen, 2007 Meineke Car Care

Tackles 1. 18 2. 11

Tackles for Loss 1. 3.5

PUNT RETURNS Number 1. 6

2. 3

Jasper Howard, 2009 International Reggie McClain, 2010 Papajohns.com Larry Taylor, 2007 Meineke Car Care

Net Yards 1. 75 2. 46

Larry Taylor, 2007 Meineke Car Care Jasper Howard, 2009 International

Touchdowns 1. 1

Larry Taylor, 2007 Meineke Car Care Larry Taylor, 2004 Motor City

KICKOFF RETURNS Number 1. 6 2. 4

Nick Williams, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Jordan Todman, 2009 International

Net Yards 1. 137 2. 124

Nick Williams, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Jordan Todman, 2009 International

Maurice Lloyd, 2004 Motor City Robert McClain, 2009 International

Interceptions 1. 1

6 players tied

Yards (Returned) 1. 100 2. 46

Dahna Deleston, 2009 International Dwayne Gratz, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta

Interception Return Touchdowns 1. 1

Average

1. 46.9 Cole Wagner, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta 2. 43.7 Desi Cullen, 2007 Meineke Car Care

Maurice Lloyd, 2004 Motor City Scott Lutrus, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta

Dahna Deleston, 2009 International

SUPERLATIVES Longest Field Goal 1. 44 yards 2. 42 yards 3. 38 yards

Dave Teggart, 2010 Papajohns. com Dave Teggart, 2009 International Dave Teggart, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta

Longest Run from Scrimmage 1. 75 yards 2. 58 yards

Donald Brown, 2009 International Donald Brown, 2007 Meineke Car Care

Longest Interception Return

1. 100 yards Dahna Deleston, 2009 International

Longest Punt 1. 57 yards 2. 55 yards 3. 53 yards

Cole Wagner, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Desi Cullen, 2009 International Desi Cullen, 2010 Papajohns. com

Longest Punt Return 1. 68 yards

Larry Taylor, 2007 Meineke Car Care Larry Taylor, 2009 International

Longest Kickoff Return 1. 95 yards 2. 63 yards 3. 54 yards

Robbie Frey, 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Tyvon Branch, 2007 Meineke Car Care Larry Taylor, 2004 Motor City

Longest Pass Play 1. 44 yards

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THE UNIVERSITY OF

CONNECTICUT

The University of Connecticut is a national leader among public research universities, with students pursuing answers to critical questions in labs, lecture halls, and the community.

UConn’s campuses, where more than 30,000 students are enrolled in over 100 undergraduate majors and 86 graduate fields of study, are situated in prime locations between New York and Boston.

In recent years, the University has been busy racking up high-profile nods from organizations like U.S. News & World Report for the quality of its education and initiatives.

UConn’s main campus in Storrs is admitting the highest-achieving freshmen in University history. Student diversity continues to increase, as does the number of honors students, valedictorians, and salutatorians who consistently make UConn their top choice.

The rise of the University over the last two decades has been astounding, as UConn achieves new heights of academic success – doubling research grants, attracting top students, and offering programs that continue to grow in prestige.

Next Generation Connecticut, an unprecedented investment by the State of Connecticut, demonstrates UConn’s commitment to comprehensive research and education and ensures that we attract internationally renowned faculty and the world’s brightest students. These scholars enrich the University’s expertise in areas like environmental stability, digital media, science and engineering, language and culture, and health.

With annual research expenditures in excess of $200 million, collaborative research is carried out within the departments of our 14 schools and colleges and at our more than 100 research centers and institutes.

UConn offers distinct value to industry with an increasing volume of commercially viable innovations as the University transforms itself through research facilities and faculty in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields.

A tradition of coaching winning athletes ensures UConn is a standout in Division I sports and fuels our academic spirit.

As a vibrant, progressive leader, UConn fosters a diverse and dynamic culture that meets the challenges of a changing global society.

Athletic Director Warde Manuel

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University President Susan Herbst

UCONN FOOTBALL 2015 ST. PETERSBURG BOWL MEDIA GUIDE

UConn in the NFL

William Beatty New York Giants

Tyvon Branch Kansas City Chiefs

Donald Brown San Diego Chargers

Darius Butler Indianapolis Cotls

Geremy Davis New York Giants

Marcus Easley Buffalo Bills

Dwayne Gratz Jacksonville Jaguars

Ryan Griffin Houston Texans

Byron Jones Dallas Cowboys

Danny Lansanah Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sio Moore Indianapolis Colts

Dan Orlovsky Detroit Lions

Kendall Reyes San Diego Chargers

Anthony Sherman Kasnas City Chiefs

Shamar Stephen Minnesota Vikings

Jordan Todman Pittsburgh Steelers

Nick Williams Atlanta Falcons

Blidi Wreh-Wilson Tennessee Titans

2015 RESULTS SEPTEMBER 3 VILLANOVA W, 20-15

SEPTEMBER 12 ARMY W, 22-17

SEPTEMBER 19 AT MISSOURI L, 9-6

SEPTEMBER 26 NAVY* L, 28-18

OCTOBER 2 AT BYU L, 30-13

OCTOBER 10 AT UCF W, 40-15

OCTOBER 17 USF* L, 28-20

OCTOBER 24 AT CINCINNATI* L, 37-13

OCTOBER 30 EAST CAROLINA* W, 31-13

NOVEMBER 7 AT TULANE* W, 7-3

NOVEMBER 21 HOUSTON* W, 20-17

NOVEMBER 28 AT TEMPLE* L, 27-3

*American Athletic Conference Games

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