2011 Connecticut Huskies football team

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2011 Connecticut Huskies football
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Conference Big East Conference
2011 record 5–7 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach Paul Pasqualoni
Offensive coordinator George DeLeone
Defensive coordinator Don Brown
Home stadium Rentschler Field
(Capacity: 40,000)
Seasons
« 2010 2012 »
2011 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#17 West Virginia $+   5 – 2         10 – 3  
#25 Cincinnati +   5 – 2         10 – 3  
Louisville +   5 – 2         7 – 6  
Rutgers   4 – 3         9 – 4  
Pittsburgh   4 – 3         6 – 7  
Connecticut   3 – 4         5 – 7  
South Florida   1 – 6         5 – 7  
Syracuse   1 – 6         5 – 7  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Paul Pasqualoni and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. It was Pasqualoni's first year with the team.

Previous season

The Huskies finished 8–5, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference title with Pittsburgh and West Virginia. Due to victories over both schools, the Huskies earned the Big East's automatic bid to a BCS game, the first in school history, and were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they were defeated by Big 12 champion Oklahoma 20–48.

Before the season

Coaching changes

The day after the Fiesta Bowl Head Coach Randy Edsall left the University to accept the same position at Maryland.[1] Paul Pasqualoni was hired to replace Edsall.[2] George DeLeone was brought in as the new offensive coordinator, with former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joe Moorhead being demoted to quarterbacks coach.[3][4] Don Brown was brought in to replace Todd Orlando at defensive coordinator.[5] Orlando left to take the same position at Florida International.[6]

Roster changes

The Huskies lost six starters from the 2010 team to graduation. In addition to the graduation losses All-American RB Jordan Todman entered the NFL Draft a year early.[7]

Recruiting

On February 2, 2011, Paul Pasqualoni announced that 16 student-athletes had signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Connecticut.[8] Four; Kenton Adeyemi, Dalton Gifford, Michael Nebrich and Sean McQuillan; entered school in January to participate in spring practice.

Awards watchlists

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 12:00 pm Fordham* Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT ESPN3 W 35–3   34,562[9]
September 10 7:30 pm at Vanderbilt* Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN SNY L 21–24   32,119[9]
September 16 8:00 pm Iowa State* Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT ESPN2 L 20–24   37,195[9]
September 24 6:00 pm at Buffalo* University at Buffalo Stadium • Buffalo, NY SNY/BIG EAST Network W 17–3   18,215[9]
October 1 3:30 pm Western Michigan* Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT SNY L 31–38   36,648[9]
October 8 12:00 pm at #16 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV SNY/BIG EAST Network L 16–43   56,179[9]
October 15 3:30 pm South Floridadagger Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT SNY/BIG EAST Network W 16–10   37,162[9]
October 26 8:00 pm at Pittsburgh Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ESPN L 20–35   40,219[9]
November 5 12:00 pm Syracuse Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT ESPNU W 28–21   38,769[9]
November 19 12:00 pm Louisville Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT BIG EAST Network L 20–34   34,483[9]
November 26 12:00 pm Rutgers Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT ESPN2 W 40–22   37,857[9]
December 3 12:00 pm at #25 Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH ESPN L 27–35   27,930[9]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

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Game notes

Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 3 0 3
• Huskies 7 14 14 0 35

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See also: 2011 Fordham Rams football team

Recap: This game was originally scheduled to be played on September 1 at 7:30 pm. However, due to Rentschler Field being used for relief efforts for Hurricane Irene, the game was moved to Saturday. The team discussed playing the game at the Yale Bowl in New Haven if the field did not become available in time, but on Wednesday, August 31, the team announced the game would be played in East Hartford on Saturday at noon.

Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 0 10 8 21
• Commodores 14 0 0 10 24

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See also: 2011 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Recap:

Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total
• Cyclones 0 7 10 7 24
Huskies 10 0 3 7 20

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See also: 2011 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Recap:

Buffalo

1 2 3 4 Total
• Huskies 0 10 0 7 17
Bulls 0 3 0 0 3

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See also: 2011 Buffalo Bulls football team

Recap:

Western Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
• Broncos 0 17 0 21 38
Huskies 0 7 10 14 31

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See also: 2011 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Recap:

West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 6 0 7 16
• #16 Mountaineers 3 7 23 10 43

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See also: 2011 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

Recap:

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 3 0 7 0 10
• Huskies 3 3 10 0 16

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See also: 2011 South Florida Bulls football team

Recap:

Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 3 10 7 20
• Panthers 14 7 7 7 35

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See also: 2011 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Recap:

Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Orange 0 7 14 0 21
• Huskies 7 0 7 14 28

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See also: 2011 Syracuse Orange football team

Recap:

Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
• Cardinals 14 0 7 13 34
Huskies 0 10 0 10 20

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See also: 2011 Louisville Cardinals football team

Recap:

Rutgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 10 0 12 22
• Huskies 14 10 16 0 40

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See also: 2011 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Recap:

Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 6 6 15 27
• Bearcats 14 14 7 0 35

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See also: 2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Recap:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011311aab.html
  3. ↑ http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_football/2011/01/george-deleone-set-to-join-sta.html
  4. ↑ http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_football/2011/02/joe-moorhead-to-stay-on-uconn.html
  5. ↑ http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_football/2011/02/don-brown-is-the-new-defensive.html
  6. ↑ http://fiusports.typepad.com/the-prowl/2011/02/meet-fiu-dc-todd-orlando.html
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2011-2012/teamcume.html
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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