uconn vs. louisville football media notes

Connecticut Huskies (4-6, 1-4 BIG EAST)

Louisville Cardinals (9-1, 4-1 BIG EAST)Game 11 • Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 • 12:00 pm

Louisville, Ky. - Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium (42,000)SNY • UConn IMG Sports Radio Network

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UConn Schedule/ResultsDate Opponent (TV) Score/Time8/30 MaSSachuSeTTS (SNY) W, 37-09/8 Nc STaTe (SNY) L, 7-109/15 at Maryland (SNY) W, 24-219/22 at Western Michigan (ESPN3) L, 24-309/29 BuffaLO (SNY) W, 24-1710/6 at No. 22/21 Rutgers* (ESPNU) L, 3-1910/13 TeMpLe* (eSpN3) L, 14-17 (ot)10/19 at Syracuse* (ESPN) L, 10-4011/3 at USF* (ESPNU) L, 6-1311/9 piTTSBurgh* (eSpN2) W, 24-1711/24 at No. 19/18 Louisville* (SNY) 12:00 pm12/1 ciNciNNaTi* (aBc/eSpN/eSpN2) TBa*Denotes BIG EAST Conference Game

Louisville Schedule/ResultsDate Opponent (TV) Score/Time9/2 KeNTucKY (eSpN) W, 32-149/8 MiSSOuri STaTe (eSpN3) W, 35-79/15 NOrTh carOLiNa (eSpN) W, 39-349/22 at Florida International (ESPN3) W, 28-219/29 at Southern Miss (CBSSN) W, 21-1710/13 at Pittsburgh* (ESPNU) W, 45-3510/20 uSf* (aBc) W, 27-2510/26 ciNciNNaTi* (eSpN) W, 34-31 (ot)11/3 TeMpLe* (aBc) W, 45-1711/10 at Syracuse* (ABC) L, 26-4511/24 cONNecTicuT* (SNY) 12:00 pM11/29 at Rutgers* (ESPN) 7:30 pm*Denotes BIG EAST Conference Game

The Coachesconnecticut head coach paul pasqualoniUConn head coach paul pasqualoni made his Husky coaching debut a suc-cessful one on Sept. 3, 2011 as the Huskies topped Fordham of the FCS. The Cheshire, Conn. native was named the 28th head football coach in UConn history on January 14, 2011. Pasqualoni is the all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 65 and overall wins with 113. He is just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 150-89-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 9-13 at UConn). Pasqualoni has had a highly-successful career on all levels of football -- pro-fessional, college and high school. He was the head coach at Western Connecti-cut from 1982-86 and led the team to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 1985. He had an extremely successful tenure as the head coach at Syracuse from 1991-2004. Pasqualoni led the Orange to 107 wins, four BIG EAST titles and a 6-3 postseason record. Among his bowl appearances at Syracuse were two Fiesta Bowls (1992 and ‘97) and an Orange Bowl (‘98). Forthepreviousfiveseasons,PasqualonihasservedonNFLstaffs--withDallas in 2006-07 and ‘10 and with Miami in 2008-09. HisfirstcoachingjobwasanassistantcoachatCheshireHSfrom1972-75.He is a 1972 Penn State graduate.

louisville head coach charlie strongcharlie Strong is in his third season as the head coach at Louisville. In 2010, he led Louisville to a 7-6 record and a victory over Southern Mississippi in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl. In 2011, the Cardinals were 7-6 and 5-2 in the BIG EAST to tie forfirstplace.LouisvillelosttoNorthCarolinaStateintheBelkBowl. Prior to taking over the Louisville position, he was an assistant coach at Florida from 2003-09. He served as the defensive coordinator for the Gators since 2003 and was the associate head coach since 2005. Strong was also an assistant coach on the Gator staff from 1988-89 and 1991-94. Strong also had assistant coaching stints at South Carolina (1999-2002), Notre Dame (1995-98), Mississippi (1990) and Southern Illinois (1986-87). He is a 1983 graduate of Central Arkansas, where he was a three-time all-conference selectioninfootballandtwo-timepickintrackandfield.

Radio & TV Coveragetelevision coverageSaturday’s game is being televised as the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week The game will be seen live in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and northeast PennsylvaniabySNY–theofficialtelevisionhomeofUConnfootball,men’sbas-ketball and women’s basketball. eamon Mcananey is on play-by-play with David Diaz-infante on color, Joe Beninati is the sideline reporter while Todd Jones is the producer. The game will be televised in a total of 42 markets around the country and in 10 of the top 25 markets. Stations include: KTXD in Dallas, MASN in Washington, D.C. and Balitmore, Brighthouse Network in Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando, Fla., WWHO in Columbus, WHAS-ABC in Louisville, Cox Sports in Rhode Island and New Orleans, WTVQ-ABC in Lexington, Kent., Time Warner Cable in Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton, N.Y. and WMYS in South Bend, Ind. The game will be replayed in its entirety on SNY on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 11:00 a.m. The game will be replayed in a condensed “Husky Power Hour” on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., on Monday, Nov. 26 at 8:00 a.m. (Connecticut only) and Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 11:00 a.m. (Connecticut only).

Quick Hits•UConnisrankedninthintotaldefense,21stinpassing defense, 19th in scoring defense and 11th in rushing defense.

•TheHuskiesneedtowineachoftheirfinaltwogamestoearnbowleligibilityforthefifthtimeinsixyears.

•SeniordefenseendTrevardoWilliamsisthenowthe school career lead in sacks with 27.5.

•SeniorwidereceiverNickWilliamsisafinalistforthe Pop Warner National College Football Award.

•Redshirt-sophomorelinebackerYawinSmall-wood is tied for the BIG EAST lead in tackles for a loss and is third in total tackles.

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The Match-Up

rushing YardsMcCombs .............667 Perry .................... 705McCummings .......122 Wright .................. 680DeLorenzo ...........119 Bridgewater ........... 97

passing YardsWhitmer .............2,328 Bridgewater ...... 2,858McEntee ...................6 Stein ...................... 29McCummings ...........2

receptionsDavis ......................37 Copeland ............... 37N. Williams .............28 Rogers ................... 31Smith ......................27 Parker .................... 27Griffin .....................26 A. Smith ................. 25

points ScoredChristen ..................53 Perry ...................... 66McCombs ...............30 Wallace ................. 61Griffin .....................30 Wright .................... 54

Total TacklesSmallwood ...........100 Brown .................... 80Johnson .................75 Pryor ...................... 76B. Jones .................73 H. Smith ................ 58

interceptionsGratz ........................3 Pryor ........................ 2Brown .......................1 Brown ...................... 1B. Jones ...................1 Bushell .................... 1 ................................... Floyd ....................... 1 ................................... M. Smith .................. 1

category ......................uconn uofLTotal Offense ................320.6 434.3Rushing Offense ...........87.0 145.6Passing Offense ............233.6 288.7PassingEfficiency .........121.9 164.3Scoring Offense ............17.3 33.2First Downs For .............172 229Third Down Conv. .........38% 52%Turnovers-INT/FUM ......22-14/8 10-5/5Total Defense ................296.2 355.9Rushing Defense ..........107.6 161.0Passing Defense ...........188.6 194.9Passing Eff. Defense ....116.6 132.0Scoring Defense ...........18.4 24.6First Downs Against ......153 199Third Down Defense .....34% 46%TOs Forced-INT/FUM ...10-5/5 17-6/11Turnover Margin ............-12 +7Time of Possession .......31:20 31:50Penalties-Yards .............43-356 69-576

radio coverageWTic 1080-aMinHartfordservesastheflagshipstationfortheUConnIMGSports Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. The 2012-13 year marks the 21st consecutive seasonthatWTICistheflagshipforUConnsports.The2012-13footballandmen’sandwomen’sbasketballseasonalsomarksthefirstyearthattheradiorights are held by IMG College, which is UConn’s multi-media rights partner. Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines and anthony “rex” Mccalla on production. UConn football on home Saturday dates gets going early with “Breakfast At The Rent” with ray Dunaway and Scott gray beginning at 6:00 a.m. For the Temple game, the UConn Tailgate Show will air from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with Kevin Nathan and Bob Joyce. The pregame show begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the game and then postgame “Husky Talk” with Kevin Nathan. Other affiliates for UConn football on the UConn IMG Sports Network include WILI 1400-AM in Willimantic and WAVZ-1300 AM in New Haven. The UConn vs. Louisville game will also be available on satellite radio on Ch. 112 on Sirius and 197 on XM.

uconn and snYSNYisthe“theofficialtelevisionhomeoftheUConnHuskiesfootball,men’sbasketball and women’s basketball programs”. In conjunction with UConn, SNY is entering its third year of a comprehensive, multi-year partnership that madeSNYtheofficialregionaltelevisionhomeofUConnmen’sbasketballandfootball. The excitement continues as SNY will now be the home of UConn women’s basketball starting in 2012-13, which will lead to unique cross promo-tional opportunities with all three programs on the same outlet.

SNY’s regional territory includes all of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Northeast Pennsylvania for a reach of 8.7 million households. With national cov-erage on DirectTV, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Cable and AT&T U-Verse, SNY’s total distribution is 13.7 million homes. It is the television home of the New York Mets, New York Jets and the BIG EAST Conference.

SNY features approximately 700 hours of programming a year dedicated to UConn football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. This past spring, SNY provided live national coverage of UConn’s annual Blue-White Game.

As the exclusive TV home of UConn football, SNY is planning to air approxi-matelyfivelivegamesin2012–whichwillbewrappedbyin-depthpost-gameshows – produced by SNY. In addition to the network’s live game coverage, SNY carries the following UConn Huskies football programming:

Comprehensive UConn Huskies Football Season Preview Show; Paul Pasqua-loni’s Weekly Press Conference; In-Depth Post-Game Shows (Following all SNY-televised UConn football games); UConn Huskies Season-in-Review/Bowl Preview Special; UConn’s “Football Signing Day” Press Conference; Re-airs of every UConn Huskies Football Game (subject to availability); Huskies Power Hour: A 60-minute cut-down version of that week’s game; and SNY Spotlight with Head Coach Paul Pasqualoni. SNY Spotlight is an exclusive signature se-ries – created by SNY’s Original Entertainment Division – that features in-depth interviewswithNewYork’smostinfluentialleadersinsportsandentertainment.

Series Notes

UCONN VS. LOUISVILLe HIStOrySaturday’s game will be the ninth meeting between UConn and Louisville and the Cardinals lead the series 5-3 -- although the Huskies have won three of the five last meetings. UConn is 1-3 all-time in games at Louisville. Louisville topped the Huskies last season at Rentschler Field by a score of 34-20 on November 19. Teddy Bridgewater threw for 174 yards and Victor


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Anderson rushed for 72. Bridgewater was 14 of 22 in the air. Johnny Mcentee was 18 of 43 for the Huskies for 253 yards and a TD while Kashif Moore had seven receptions for 100 yards and a TD. The Cardinals led 14-10 at halftime and took a 28-10 leadbyscoringthefirsttwoTDsofthesecondhalf.UConngottowithineightpoints,28-20,inthefinalminute of the game. In the last visit to Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville dominated Connecticut with a 26-0 victory over the Huskies on October 23, 2010. That game wasConnecticut’sfinallossoftheregularseasonas

UConnwentontowinfive-straightfortheBIGEASTchampionshipandaspotin the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. UConn topped Louisville by a 38-25 score on October 17, 2009 at Rent-schler Field. Running back andre Dixon had 157 yards of rushing and three TD and UConn converted four Louisville turnovers into 24 points. Dixon had 157 yards of rushing on 33 carries. Jasper howard was second on the UConn team in tackles with a career-high 11 tackles with a caused and recovered fumble. Tragically, Howard was killed in the early morning hours of the next day and the Louisvillegamewashisfinalone. UConn topped Louisville by a 26-21 count on Sept. 26, 2008, at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. UConn’s Lawrence Wilson picked off a pass with 2:45 left and returned it for a 45-yard TD return to give the Huskies the winning edge.Louisvillewonthefirstthreemeetingsintheserieswiththefirstcomingin2000 (41-22 in Louisville) as the Huskies were beginning as a FBS team. The next three meetings all came as BIG EAST Conference contests with Louisville winning in 2005 (30-20 at Rentschler Field) and in 2006 (48-17 in Louisville). UConnbeatLouisvillein2007forthefirsttime--21-17atRentschler.

UCONN-LOUISVILLe CONNeCtIONSUConn head coach paul pasqualoni has a 1-2 head coaching record against Louisville from his time at Syracuse and last year’s game as the Connecticut coach...The Orange won at Louisville 15-9 on Oct. 3, 1992 and lost to the Car-dinals 30-20 on Sept. 13, 2003 in the Carrier Dome...UConn does not have any players from the commonwealth of Kentucky on its roster nor does Louisville have any Connecticut players on its roster.

RENTSCHLER GAMEDAY

At UConn home games, FanFest takes place starting four hours before kickoff up until 30 minutes before the game. It takes place between Gates A and B outside the stadium gates...The offerings change each game, but activities typi-callyincludeinflatablegamesforchildren,livebands,promotionalvehiclesandUConn student-athletes from various teams signing autographs....The “Husky Walk” is a chance for fans to welcome the UConn team as they get off the team buses and head to the stadium. That takes place approximately two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff between Gates A and B...Once again this season attheendofhomegames,theUConnteamwillsingthe“UConnHusky”fightsong in front of the student section at Rentschler Field.

SQUAD NOTES

uconn and ncaa leadersHere is where UConn stands in the lastest NCAA statistics:Total Defense 9th at 296.20 yards per gameRushing Defense 11th at 107.60 yards per gamePassing Defense 21st at 188.60 yards per gameScoring Defense 19th at 18.40 points per gameSacks 2nd at 2.70 per gameTackles For Loss 22nd at 7.00 per game

conference Overall W-L pct. W-L pct.Rutgers 5-0 1.000 9-1 .900Louisville 4-1 .800 9-1 .900Cincinnati 3-2 .600 7-3 .700Syracuse 4-2 .667 6-5 .545Temple 2-4 .333 4-6 .400Connecticut 1-4 .200 4-6 .400Pittsburgh 1-4 .200 4-6 .400USF 1-4 .200 3-7 .300

BIG EAST Standings

Saturday, November 17Rutgers 10, Cincinnati 3Syracuse 31, Missouri 27Miami (Fla.) 40, USF 9Temple 63, Army 32

Friday, November 23Syracuse at Temple, 11:00 am (ESPN2)USF at Cincinnati, 7:00 pm (ESPN)

Saturday, November 24Connecticut at Louisville, 12:00 pm (SNY)Rutgers at Pittsburgh, 12:00 pm (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Out of Town Scoreboard

1. Louisville (24)............................................. 2192. USF (4) ...................................................... 1763. Rutgers ...................................................... 1554. Cincinnati ................................................... 1395. Pittsburgh................................................... 1316. Connecticut .................................................. 777. Syracuse ...................................................... 708. Temple ......................................................... 41(First-Place Votes in Parentheses)

Preseason Media Poll

Offensive Player of the WeekMontel Harris, Temple | Sr. | RB351 rush yards, 7 TDs (both BE records)Defensive Player of the WeekKhaseem Greene, Rutgers | Sr. | LB11 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 2 sacksSpecial teams Player of the WeekBrandon McManus, Temple | Sr. | K/P9 points (all PATs)

BIG EAST Weekly Awards

All-Timevs. UofL

Year Result H/A2011 L, 20-34 H2010 L, 0-26 A2009 W, 38-25 H2008 W, 26-21 A2007 W, 21-17 H2006 L, 17-48 A2005 L, 20-30 H2000 L, 22-41 AAll-Time: 3-5



Total Offense 109th at 320.60 yards per gameRushing Offense 115th at 87.00 yards per gamePassing Offense 63rd at 233.60 yards per gameScoring Offense 117th at 17.30 points per gamePunt Returns 13th at 13.85 yards per returnHere is where UConn individuals stand in NCAA leadersTrevardo Williams t18th in sacks at 0.85 per game (leads BIG EAST)Yawin Smallwood t27th in tackles for loss at 1.30 per game (tiedforfirstBIGEAST) T20th in tackles at 10.00 per game (third BIG EAST)Nick Williams 15th in punt returns at 13.47 per returnSio Moore t27th in tackles for loss at 1.30 per game (tiedforfirstBIGEAST)

teAM CAPtAINSThe following four Huskies were named team captains for the season in the week prior to the season opener vs. UMass – redshirt senior outside linebacker Jory Johnson (Mobile, Ala.), redshirt senior offensive tackle adam Masters (Bethesda, Md.), senior wide receiver Nick Williams (East Windsor, N.J.) and redshirt senior cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson (Edinboro, Pa.).

HUSKIeS HAVe BeeN BOWL eLIGIBLeTheUConnfootballteamhasbeenbowleligibleforfourtimesinthepastfiveyears and in sixth of the past nine. The 2010 UConn football team won the BIG EASTChampionshipandadvancedtoplayintheschool’sfirst-everBCSgame-- the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. UConn made the bowl eligible mark for the sixth time in the past eight seasons -- and the fourth consecutive. UConn lost to Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl and its defeated South Carolina by a 20-7 score in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl. The Huskies also went to the International Bowl in 2009 and defeated Buffalo. In 2007, UConn was 9-3 in the regular season and went on to the Meineke Car Care Bowl. In 2004, the Huskies went 7-4 in the regular season and won the Motor City Bowl. In 2003, UConn was 9-3, but did not go to a bowl because of its independent status.

eXperienced uconn staFFPasqualoni has completed an amazingly experienced coaching staff for the year:Name position alma MaterPaul Pasqualoni Head Coach Penn State ‘72George DeLeone Offensive Coordinator, Tight Ends Connecticut ‘70Don Brown Defensive Coordinator, Cornerbacks Norwich ‘77HankHughes AssistantHeadCoach,DefensiveLine Springfield‘79MattCersosimo WideReceivers,RecruitingCoordinator Springfield‘00Shane Day Quarterbacks Kansas St. ‘99Mike Foley Offensive Line Colgate ‘78Darrell Perkins Safeties Wyoming ‘90Clayton White RBs, Special Teams Coordinator NC State ‘01Jonathan Wholley Linebackers Connecticut ‘04The Connecticut football staff has an extensive history of coaching college football: * There are four coaches on the staff that have served as college head coach for a total of 43 seasons: Pasqualoni, 20 seasons (UConn, 2011, Syracuse 1991-2004, Western Connecticut 1982-86); DeLeone, 4 seasons (Southern Connecticut 1976-79); Brown, 12 seasons (Massachusetts 2004-08, Northeast-ern 2000-2003, Plymouth State 1993-95); Foley, 7 seasons (Colgate 1986-92).* There are three coaches on the staff that have served as coordinators on the FBS level – DeLeone, Brown and Hughes.* There are 194 combined seasons of college coaching on the staff – DeLeone 38, Foley 33, Hughes 31, Pasqualoni 30, Brown 30, Cersosimo 10, Perkins 10, White 8 and Wholley 4.

Tracking the Opponents

North Carolina State (6-5)This Week: vs. Boston CollegeNext Week: IdleMaryland (4-7)This Week: at North CarolinaNext Week: IdleWestern Michigan (4-8)This Week: IdleNext Week: IdleBuffalo (4-7)This Week: at Bowling GreenNext Week: IdleRutgers (9-1)This Week: at PittsburghNext Week: vs. LouisvilleTemple (4-6)This Week: vs. SyracuseNext Week: IdleSyracuse (6-5)This Week: at TempleNext Week: IdleUSF (3-7)This Week: at CincinnatiNext Week: vs. PittsburghPittsburgh (4-6)This Week: vs. RutgersNext Week: at USFLouisville (9-1)This Week: vs. ConnecticutNext Week: at Rutgers

Cincinnati (7-3)This Week: vs. USFNext Week: at Connecticut

Massachusetts (1-10)This Week: vs. C. MichiganNext Week: Idle



pasqualoni and Big east recordsUConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni has won more BIG EAST Conference games (league contests only) than any other coach in history. Pasqualoni has 66 league wins from 1991-2004 and 2011-12 while Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech is second with 57. Withhisfivewinsin2011andfourthisseason,Pasqualoniisalsofirstinleague history in overall wins with 116 to top the mark of Beamer with 108.

HUSKIeS ON WAtCH LIStS, PreSeASON HONOrSFour members of the University of Connecticut football team were named to seven major award watch lists over the course of the 2012 preseason.Senior Tight End Ryan Griffin (Londonderry, N.H.)* John Mackey Award Watch List* Lombardi Award Watch ListSophomore Running Back Lyle Mccombs (Staten Island, N.Y.)* Doak Walker Award Watch List* Maxwell Award Watch ListSenior Linebacker Sio Moore (Apex, N.C.)* Butkus Award Watch List* Lombardi Award Watch ListSenior Defensive End Trevardo Williams (Bridgeport, Conn.)* Bednarik Award Watch List* Lombardi Award Watch List* Nagursky Trophy Watch List GriffinwasplacedonboththeMackeyAwardandRotaryLombardiAwardwatch lists. The Mackey is awarded to the nation’s top tight end, while the Lombardihonorsthenation’stoplinemanorlinebacker.GriffinwasnamedaSecond Team All-BIG EAST selection in 2011 and ranked third on UConn with 33 receptions, three for touchdowns, and 499 yards. McCombs earned a spot on both the Maxwell and Doak Walker Award watch lists. The Maxwell Award is given to the country’s top player in college football and the Doak Walker is awarded to the nation’s top running back. Moore was honored with a spot on both the Lombardi Award and Butkus Award watch lists. The Butkus Award is given annually to the nation’s top line-backer and recognizes 51 players on its watch list in the preseason to honor the jersey number of Dick Butkus. Williams was named to three award watch lists. He landed on the Bednarik and Lombardi Award watch lists as well as the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list. The Bednarik and Nagurski are each awarded to the nation’s best defen-sive player.

WILLIAMS A FINALISt FOr POP WArNer AWArDSenior wide receiver and returner Nick Williams (East Windsor, N.J.) has been namedoneoffourfinalistsforthethirdannualPopWarnerNationalCollegeFootball Award.The award, established in 2010, recognizes a Pop Warner alumnuswhohasmadeadifferenceonthefield,intheclassroomandinhiscommunity. It is presented to a student-athlete who has taken the ideals of Pop Warner to the next level and serves as a role model to Pop Warner’s young scholar athletes. Williams played Pop Warner football in Highstown, N.J., in sixth, seventh and eighth grade. Williams is UConn’s all-time leader in return yardage (punt and kickoff) with 2,389 yards and was named the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week – the second time this year he has earned that honor – fol-lowing the Pittsburgh game. He is an economics major who will graduate this December and was a member of the 2011 BIG EAST All-Academic team. The2012finalistsalsoincludeDukequarterbackSeanRenfree,Miami(Fla.) running back Mike James and Michigan offensive guard Patrick Omameh. The winner of the Pop Warner National College Football Award will be an-nounced on December 5 during the 56th annual Pop Warner Super Bowl.

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aLL iNfOrMaTiON BeLOW iS BaSeD ON aSaTurDaY gaMeWeeK.WeeKLY pauL paSQuaLONiTeLecONfereNceS Sunday: Teleconference 3:00 p.m. ET. Go to: http://sportssystems.spiderphone.com/02819699Monday: Via BIG EAST Teleconference at 11:40 a.m. ET. The number to call is (913) 981-5533.Thursday: Brief update teleconference at 1:00 for state media only. The weblink is the same as above.Contact Mike Enright for more information.

pLaYer/aSST. cOacheS iNTerVieWSSelected players and assistant coaches are avail-able from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

MeDia LuNcheONSUConn will host its weekly media luncheon on Tues-day during game weeks. The schedule is as follows:11:30 a.m.: Coach Pasqualoni speaks12:15 p.m.: Lunch begins12:30 p.m.: Opposing coach on phone if available1:00 p.m.: Remaining UConn players/assistant coaches available. PLAYERS MUST BE RE-QUESTED 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE

pracTice cOVerageThefirst30minutes(approximate)ofpracticeonTuesday and Wednesday are open to photogra-phers and videographers shooting B-Roll. All Friday walk-throughs are closed to the media.

pOST gaMe iNTerVieWSUConn’s locker room is closed following games.

Media Services



husKies and national pollsConnecticut has been ranked in the Associated Press poll for six weeks during its FBS history, four weeks in the USA Today poll and seven weeks in the BCS rankings. UConn was No. 25 on Dec. 5, 2010, in its only ranking of that year. The Huskies were No. 16 on Oct. 28, 2007 and Nov. 4, 2007, No. 25 on Nov. 11, 2007, No. 20 on Nov. 18, 2007 and No. 24 on Sept. 28, 2008.

UCONN VS. rANKeD teAMSthe game vs. rutgers on Oct. 13 marked the 19th time in school history that the Huskies faced a team ranked in the Associated Press poll at the time of the game. UConn’s only win in those 19 games came on Oct. 27, 2007 with a 22-15 win overNo.11USF.UConnfirstplayedarankedteaminthe2001season 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.

FASteSt FrOM DIVISION I-AA tO tHe POLLSSCHOOL I-A DEBUT FIRST RANKINGMarshall 1997 Two years, four weeks (9/12/99)cONNecTicuT 2002 five years, 10 weeks (10/28/07)South Florida 2001 Six years, three weeks (9/9/07)Boise State 1996 Six years, 13 weeks (11/10/02)

UCONN FOOtBALL A LeADer IN ACADeMICSThe UConn football program continues to be a leader in the BIG EAST Conference in terms of academic performance by its student-athletes. UConn was the top team in the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of both October 2008 and ’09 among league schools. In 2010, the Huskies GSR was third in the BIG EAST and within four points of the second place team and this fall, the 2011 GSR came out and UConn was tied for fourth in the league, but within four points of the two schools that were tied for second. UConn’s 75 percent GSR mark was well ahead of the national GSR for FBS teams, which was 67 percent. The UConn football program also had the highest NCAA GSR for African-American student-athletes among all state universitiesthatparticipatedinabowlgamein2008.Infiveofthe past seven years, including 2007, ‘08 and ‘09, UConn was recognized by the American Football Coaches Association for its high graduation rate. UConn’s overall GSR in 2009 was the third-highest of the more than 50 state universities that participated in a bowl game. In 2012, the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) for the UConn football team was an impressive 963 over a four-year cycle, with a one-year mark of 950 for the 2010-11 academic year. The 963 was above the national average for FBS schools (952) and public institutions (943).

HUSKIeS VS. tHe BIG eAStUConn owns an all-time mark of 26-34 in BIG EAST Conference games since joining the league for football in 2004. The Huskies posted their best conference record with a 5-2 mark in 2007 and ‘10.UConnhadafive-gameBIGEASTConferencewinstreaktoend the 2010 season – the longest in school history.

HUSKIeS ON tHe rOAD SINCe 2002The Huskies have put together a 23-36 road record since 2002. In non-conference road affairs over that same span, Connecticut has posted a mark of 18-12 and has won ten of its last 15 such games.

HUSKIeS VS. NON-CONFereNCe FOeS SINCe 2002Connecticut now boasts a 45-22 record against non-conference opponents in the regular season since making the move to the FBS in 2002. The Huskies have won 20 of their last 29 regular season non-league games overall with the only blemishes coming via a one-point loss at Virginia (17-16) in 2007, losses to North Carolina in 2008 and ‘09, Michigan and Temple in ’10, Vanderbilt, Iowa State and Western Michigan in ’11 and North Carolina State and Western Michigan in ’12. 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) and 3-2 (2012).

husKies and the nFlAs the NFL continues it season, a total of 13 former Huskies are with NFL teams – an all-time high. UConn had 11 former players that were on active NFL rosters in 2009 and that number was ten last season. The 2009 NFL Draft made history for the Huskies asfourUConnplayerswereselectedinthefirst63selections.UConn is the only BIG EAST school to have four players picked that early since the league was reorganized in 2005. UConn had two players selected in the 2010 NFL Draft and four more in ’11 with one in 2012.

The following are the Huskies on NFL rosters:* OT Will Beatty of the New York Giants, in fourth season with 25 career starts in 44 games played.* SS Tyvon BranchoftheOaklandRaiders,infifthseasonandhas started all 16 games in each of the past three seasons..has 398 career tackles.* RB Donald Brown of the Indianapolis Colts, in fourth season and has 1,801 career rushing yards and 11 TD...was UConn’s first-everfirstroundNFLDraftpickin2009.* CB Darius Butler of the Indianapolis Colts, is in his fourth season and was picked up by the Colts the week of Sept. 24 …Butler was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 13 in the tenth week of the season…had two interceptions, including one for a TD return, and a fumble recovery in a 27-10 win over Jacksonville.* WR Marcus easley of the Buffalo Bills, in second season, is on the practice squad.* LB Scott Lutrus of the Indianapolis Colts, in second season but already out for year on IR.* CB robert Mcclain of the Altanta Falcons, in third season.* WR Kashif Moore of the San Diego Chargers, a rookie free agent who is on the practice squad, and was on the Indianapolis Colts practice squad earlier in the season.* QB Dan Orlovsky of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in eighth season...has played in 21 career games with 12 starts for 2,880 passing yards...originally played for Detroit then Houston (2009-10) and Indianapolis (2011).* DE Kendall reyes of the San Diego Chargers, a rookie second round NFL Draft pick...has two sacks on the season.* FB anthony Sherman of the Arizona Cardinals, in second sea-son after playing in 15 games last season with seven starts.* RB Jordan Todman of the Minnesota Vikings, in second sea-son and is on the practice squad.* OL Donald ThomasoftheNewEnglandPatriots,infifthseason and has made 19 starts and played in 37 games over the pastfiveyears(2008-12)fortheDolphins,LionsandPatriots.



three husKies in greY cupInadditiontotheNFLplayers,therearefiveformerHuskiesinthe Canadian Football League this year.* Martin Bedard (Montreal Alouettes) is in his fourth year and waspartoftwoGreyCupchampionshipteamsinhisfirsttwoyears in the league. The Alouettes lost in the the CFL playoff finalsonSunday,Nov.18toTorontobya27-20score.* Danny Desriveaux is in his seventh year in the league and is now with Toronto. Toronto beat Edmonton in the CFL playoff semifinalsonSunday,Nov.11bya42-26scoreandbeatMon-treal on Sunday, Nov. 18 by a 27-20 score and will play in the Grey Cup on Sunday, Nov. 25.* Larry TaylorisinhisfifthyearintheleagueandisnowwithCalgaryafterspendingthefirstthreewithMontreal.Hewasthe2009 CFL Special Teams Player of the Year. Taylor was part of the Montreal Grey Cup winning team in 2009 and ’10. Calgary beatSaskatchewanintheCFLplayoffsemifinalsonSunday,Nov. 11 by a 36-30 score and beat British Columbia 34-29 on Sunday, Nov. 18 to play in the Grey Cup.* Julius Williams, who played at UConn through 2008, is in his second year with the Edmonton Eskimos. Edmonton lost to To-ronto42-26intheCFLplayoffsemifinalsonSunday,Nov.11.* Jordan Younger is in his ninth season -- all with Toronto. He will play in the Grey Cup game on Sunday.

husKies on the reBoundUConn is 34-20 in games following a loss since Oct. 26, 2002. In the opening game vs. UMass, the Huskies were coming off as theylostthe2011seasonfinaleatCincinnatiandtheMarylandwin was coming off a loss to N.C. State while the Buffalo win was coming off a loss to Western Michigan. The Temple loss was coming off a loss to Rutgers, the Syracuse loss was coming off the Temple loss and the USF loss was coming off the Syracuse loss. The Pittsburgh win was coming off the USF loss.

Ball control is the KeYA telling sign of UConn’s strong performance on both sides of the ball during its tenure as a FBS program has been its ability to both record and prevent long drives. Since the start of the 2002 season, UConn’s offense has strung together 86 scoring drives of at least 80 yards while the Husky defense has surrendered just 68 such marches. UConn also holds a 22-9 advantage over its opponents in the number of 90-yard and over drives since becoming a I-A program.

HUSKIeS DOMINAtING ON BOtH SIDeS OF tHe BALLOver the past 123 games, UConn has outgained its opponent 70 times. This stretch, like many UConn trends, dates back to a 28-24 loss at Vanderbilt on Oct. 26, 2002.

Offense Notes

MCCOMBS HItS tHe 100-yArD MArK AGAINRedshirt sophomore running back Lyle Mccombs (Staten Island, N.Y.) had a breakout season last year as he rushed for 1,151 yards and seven TDs on 275 carries. He was named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and was a Second Team All-Conference pick. McCombs was the second-leading freshman rusher in the country and trailed the leader by only 0.46 yards. McCombs rushing yardage was the ninth-highest in UConn single-season history while his carries were fourth. He was just

the second UConn freshman (true or redshirt) to rush for 1,000 yards or more in a season. McCombs carried the ball 23 times for 119 yards on Sept. 22 vs.WesternMichigan–markingthefirsttimehehasgoneover100 yards this season. His second 100-yard game of the year came in the win over Pittsburgh when he went for 120 yards on 29 carries with one TD. It marks the eighth time in his career that he hit the 100-yard mark and he has 12 career rushing TDs. McCombs is now eighth in UConn career history with 468 rushing attempts. McCombs rushed for 82 yards on 23 carries vs. UMass with one rushing TD and then had 60 yards on 20 carries with one TD vs. N.C. State. He had a 43-yard reception in the fourth quarter vs.theWolfpackthatsetuphisfive-yardTDrushonthenextplay. McCombs rushed for 94 yards on 27 carries with one TD in the win over Maryland and had 29 carries for 97 yards vs. Buf-falo. He had 12 carries for 32 yards vs. Rutgers and missed the Temple game with an injury. He returned vs. Syracuse and had 16 yards on 12 carries and had 47 yards on 18 carries vs. USF.

WHItMer HItS CAreer HIGHS VS. WMUUConn redshirt sophomore chandler Whitmer (Newnan, Ga.) was named the team’s starter by Paul Pasqualoni heading into preseasoncampandmadehisfirstcollegiatestartvs.UMassonAug. 30. Whitmer was 15 of 25 in the air for 219 yards with two interceptions and was 15 for 27 for 204 yards with three intercep-tions vs. N.C. State. He was 10 of 16 in the air for 68 yards with no interceptions in the win over Maryland. Against Western Michi-gan, he had career highs with 28 completions, 44 pass attempts, three TD passes and 333 yards. He was 15 of 22 for 227 yards and one TD vs. Buffalo and was 14 of 32 for 191 yards and four interceptions vs. Rutgers. Whitmer was 22 of 39 in the air for 293 yards and two TDs inthelosstoTemple(Oct.13).Inthefirstquarterofthegame,he was eight of 10 for 159 yards and two TDs. His 42-yard TD passinthefirstquartertoTERyanGriffinwasthelongestofhiscollegiate career. He was 23 of 41 for 296 yards with an interception and a TD vs. Syracuse on Oct. 19 and was a solid 24 for 38 for 284 yards againstUSF,butdidhavetwointerceptionsonUConn’sfinaltwopossessions. In the win over Pittsburgh, Whitmer was 19 of 25 with an interception and a TD. In the last four games (Temple, Syracuse, USF and Pitts-burgh), Whitmer has thrown for 1,086 yards and four TD. Whitmer enrolled at Connecticut for the spring 2012 semes-ter and participated in spring practice and has three years of eligi-bility. Whitmer originally enrolled at Illinois in the fall of 2010 and was a redshirt. He spent the 2011 fall semester at Butler Commu-nity College in El Dorado, Kansas and was 180 for 316 in the air for 3,022 yards with 25 TDs and 14 interceptions. He was named All-KansasJuniorCollegeConferencefirstteamhonorsandearned National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honorable mention. Butler was the second-ranked junior college team nationally in 2011. Whitmer was named to The Champaign News-Gazette’s All-State team following his senior year of high school at Down-ers Grove (Ill.) South. He earned all state and all-area honors. He was 18 of 27 in the air for 187 yards and two touchdowns in UConn’s Blue-White Spring Football game on April 21, 2012.



MCCUMMINGS At “tHe WILDCAt”Redshirt sophomore Scott Mccummings (Natick, Mass.) has been playing all season at quarterback in the “Wildcat” spot and had his best game of the season on Sept. 15 vs. Maryland. Mc-Cummings had eight carries in the game for 44 yards with one rushing. He scored on a three-yard run with 12:35 left to go in the second quarter to give UConn a 14-0 lead. McCummings also hadakeyroleinUConn’sfinalTDdriveofthegameashehada pass for two yards and three rushes for 30 yards, including a 21-yarder that moved the ball to the Maryland 19. Hehad33yardsonfivecarriesvs.USFwithalongcarryof25 yards and one carry for 13 yards against Pittsburgh. McCummings has a total of 122 rushing yards on the season on 35 carries and is the second-leading rusher on the Husky team.

davis leads the receiversUConn’s leading receiver this year is redshirt sophomore geremy Davis (Lawrenceville, Ga.), who has 37 receptions for 556 yards and a touchdown. Davis had just six receptions in all of 2011 with 73 yards. He had a career-high nine catches and 123yardsvs.WesternMichiganandalsohisfirstTDreception.He had another outstanding outing vs. USF (Nov. 3) with seven receptions for 98 yards. Davishadfivereceptionsfor79yardsandalongof26andthen backed it up with two catches for 27 yards vs. N.C. State and one reception for seven yards vs. Maryland. He had two receptions for 32 yards vs. Buffalo. The Huskies got a boost at the wide receiver position with two players who did not play in 2011. Redshirt sophomore Sha-

kim phillips (Paterson, N.J.) is a transfer from Boston College who sat out in ’11 due to NCAA rules. Phillips had his best day as a collegiate player against Temple (Oct. 13) with seven recep-tions for 100 yards. He had one reception for nine yards at BC in his freshman year of 2010. Following his senior year in high school, he played in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio. Phillips has made 23 receptions for 299 yards this season. He has made 15 receptions in the past four games for 209 yards. Also back for 2012 is senior Michael Smith (Houston, Texas), who missed last year. From 2008-10, Smith had 73 receptions for the Huskies for 922 yards and a pair of TDs. Smith was the leading receiver on the 2010 BIG EAST Champion UConn team which went on to play in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Smith made three receptions for 30 yards vs. UMass, one vs. N.C. State for four yards, three for 35 yards vs. WMU and two for 26 yards vs. Buffalo. He had three receptions for 52 yards vs. RutgersandagainstTemple,hehadfivereceptionsfor54yardswithhisfirstTDreceptionsince2010.Hehadfourreceptionsfor61 yards against Syracuse and three for 40 yards vs. USF and one catch for 27 yards vs. Pittsburgh. The most experienced UConn receiver is senior Nick Wil-liams(EastWindsor,N.J.),whowasthefifth-leadingreceiverforthe Huskies in 2011, and third this year with 16. He made one reception for 16 yards vs. UMass and had a career-high three receptions vs. N.C. State for 59 yards. He then had four recep-tions for 26 yards vs. WMU and two vs. Buffalo and Temple. He had three vs. Syracuse for 19 yards and six receptions for 48 yards vs. USF. He had three receptions for 31 yards in the win vs. Pittsburgh.

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2012 Game-By-Game Starters



HyPPOLIte MAKeS AN IMPACtRedshirt junior running back Martin hyppolite(Wakefield,Mass.) had a career-high six carries for 60 yards vs. Buffalo (Sept. 29), including a 50-yard TD rush in the second quarter to give UConn a 17-7 lead. Hyppolite entered the game with just fiverushingyardsthisyearandtenforhiscareer.Hyppoliteplayed as a backup TB in his true freshman year of 2010 but then missedalloflastyearwithakneeinjury.Hecarriedtheballfivetimesvs.Rutgersfor-2yardsinhisfirstcareerstartandtwicevs.Temple for four yards. He did not carry the ball vs. Syracuse or USF and had two carries for two yards vs. Pittsburgh.

tight ends are toughRedshirt senior tight end Ryan Griffin (Londouderry, N.H.) was a second team All-BIG EAST selection last year and is moving upthecareerrecordbook.GriffinissecondinUConnhistoryfor receptions by a tight end with 113 while No. 1 is former NFL standout Brian Kozlowski (1989-92)with159.Griffinissecondin receiving yards by a tight end with 1,415 while Kozlowski also holds that record with 1,788. Griffinhashadatouchdownreceptioninthreeofthepastfour games with a 42-yarder vs. Temple, a 32-yarder vs. Syra-cuse and a two-yarder vs. Pittsburgh. He also had a 36-yard TD reception vs. Buffalo earlier in the season and now has nine careerTDreceptions,whichmakeshimfifthinHuskyTEhistory. Griffinownstwoofthetoptenreceivingseasonsbyatightend in school history with 33 in 2011 (8th) and 31 in 2010 (tied for tenth). Griffintiedhiscareerhighwithsixreceptionsvs.Pittsburgh. Redshirt senior tight end John Delahunt (Ottawa, Ont.) is also having an outstanding year as he is the seventh-leading receiver on the team with 15 receptions for 184 yards and a TD. He entered the 2012 season with just 11 career receptions for 118 yards.

DeLOreNZO MAKeS FIrSt CAreer StArtUConn redshirt freshman tailback Max DeLorenzo (Berlin, Conn.)madehisfirstcareerstartvs.Temple(Oct.13).Hehada solid day with 23 carries for 91 yards with a long of 20. He becamethefirstConnecticutnativetostartattailbackfortheHuskiessinceMattLawrence(Bloomfield)in2004.Hehadthreecarries for one yard vs. Pittsburgh.

DEFENSE NOTES

solid eXperience BacKAs has become a yearly habit, the UConn defense returned a strong returning nucleus this season. UConn returns eight of 11 starters to this year’s unit. Senior defensive end Jesse Joseph (Laval, Que.) led the way with 32 career starts, while senior cornerback Dwayne gratz (Piscataway, N.J.) had 29, senior linebacker Sio Moore (Apex, N.C.) had 21 and senior defensive end Trevardo Williams (Bridgeport, Conn.) has 19. Joseph tore his left Achilles tendon at Maryland (Sept. 15) and is out for the remainder of the season.

GAWDy DeFeNSIVe NUMBerS tHIS SeASONThe Connecticut defense has established itself as one of the top units in college football this season. UConn is ninth in total de-fense (296.20 yards per game), 11th in rushing defense (107.60 yards per game), 22nd in tackles for loss (7.00 per game), 22nd in sacks (2.70 per game), 21st in pass defense (188.60 yards per game) and 19th in scoring defense (18.40 points per game).

UConn leads the BIG EAST in total defense, rushing defense, pass defense and sacks. UConnhasonlygivenup29pointsinthefirstquarterofgamesthisyear(fieldgoalbyWMU,TDvs.Buffalo,twoFGbyRutgers, two FG by Syracuse. TD by USF) and has given up only 26firstquarterfirstdownsthisyear. The Husky defense led to a shutout vs. UMass on August 30 andlimitedtheMinutementojustthreefirstdowns,threeyardsofrushingand59totaloffensiveyards.TheshutoutwasthefirstbyUConnsincea38-0winoverMaineonSept.8,2007andthefirstover a FCS team since a 38-0 win over Buffalo on Sept. 1, 2005. Thethreefirstdownstiedaschoolrecordforleastallowedin a single game as UConn also gave up three vs. Navy in 2002. The three yards of rushing was the seventh lowest allowed in school history. The defense also stepped up vs. N.C. State (Sept. 8) and limitedtheWolfpacktosevenpoints,12firstdownsand54yardsof rushing. The seven points given up by UConn after two games this season was the fewest since UConn began the 2005 season with shutouts vs. Buffalo (38-0) and Liberty (Sept. 10).

trevardo gets the career sacK recordSenior defensive end Trevardo Williams (Bridgeport, Conn.) became the career sack leader in UConn history vs. USF (Nov. 3). Williams sacked B.J. Daniels on the third play of the second quarter to set the mark. Williams now has 27.5 career sacks while the former record belonged to Mark Michaels with 27 from 1982-85. Williams is sixth in UConn career history in tackles for a loss with 37.0. uyi Osunde (1999-03) is the leader there with 49. Williamsistiedfor18thinthecountryinsacksandisfirstin the BIG EAST at 0.85 per game. He is the ninth-leading total tackler on the Husky team this year. Williams gained preseason notice for 2012 by being named to preseason watch lists for the Bednarik Award, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Lombardi Award. Williams earned Second Team All-BIG EAST honors last year and had a tremendous second half of 2011. Of his 43 tack-lesin2011,20ofthemweremadeinthefinalfivegamesandofhis15tacklesforaloss,10.5wereinthefinalfive.HeledtheBIG EAST and was ranked second in the country in sacks per game with 1.04 and was second in the BIG EAST and 32nd in the country in tackles for a loss.

SMALLWOOD tIeD FOr 20tH IN tHe COUNtry IN tACKLeSRedshirt sophomore linebacker Yawin Smallwood (Worcester, Mass.) leads UConn in tackles this season with 100 and is tied for 20th in the country (and is third in BIG EAST) in tackles per game at 10.11. He is also tied for 27th in the country in tackles for a loss with 1.30 per game – which is tied for the BIG EAST lead with teammate Sio Moore. Smallwood has been honored twice this season as the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week. He was honored after the Sept. 15 win over Maryland when he had a game-high 14 tackles —fivemorethananyotherplayerinthegame—togowith2.5sacks, 3.5 TFLs and a forced fumble. Smallwood was also UConn’s leading tackler in the opener vs. UMass as he had seven tackles with 3.5 TFLs. For his efforts, he was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week. Smallwood started all 12 games last year for the Huskies and was the second-leading tackler on the team.



GrAtZ retUrNS FOr A tOUCHDOWNUConn redshirt senior cornerback Dwayne gratz (Piscataway, N.J.) returned an interception for 37-yards for a touchdown in the second quarter of the game against UMass. UConn returned just one interception for a touchdown last year. The “pick-six” was the second of Gratz’s career as he had a 46-yarder against Oklahoma in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Gratz,whoalsohadaninterceptiononMaryland’sfirstplayfromscrimmage on Sept. 15 and one vs. USF, now has eight career interceptions.

stephen returns to lineupUConn redshirt junior Shamar Stephen (Brookville, N.Y.) re-turned to the Husky lineup on Sept. 15 vs. Maryland and has now startedthelastsevengamesaftermissingthefirsttwogamesof’12 with a knee injury suffered in preseason camp. Stephen had begun camp as a projected starter on the defensive line as he played in 24 of 25 games over the past two seasons. He had three tackles vs. WMU, one against Maryland andBuffaloandfivewithhalfatackleforalossvs.Rutgers.Hehad three tackles vs. Temple, two vs. Syracuse and three vs. USF. AgainstRutgers,Stephenmadeaseason-highfivetacklesandblockeda50-yardfieldgoalattempt.TheblockedkickwasthefirstblockedfieldgoalbyConnecticutsinceJames hargrave against Murray State (Sep. 4, 2004).

short BreaKs For the oFFenseThe Connecticut defense is tied for seventh in the country in three-and-outs forced this season at 5.00 per game. The Hus-kies have stopped opponents on third down 66% of the time this season and have forced three-play drives 37.6% (50-for-122) of the time. Florida State leads the country with 6.72 three-and-outs forced per game, followed by TCU (6.00), Wisconsin (5.45), Ala-bama(5.36)andGeorgia(5.36)roundingoutthetopfive.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

SOLID StArt, BUt tOUGH DAy, FOr CHrISteNRedshirt junior kicker chad christen (Etters, Pa.) had connected onsevenofhisfirsttencollegiatefieldgoalattemptsandall14ofhisextrapointattemptsinhisfirstyearastheteam’splacekickerentering the game vs. Temple. Christen had handled kickoff du-ties only for the past two years and is replacing UConn’s all-time leading kicker Dave Teggart this year. While Christen made both his PAT attempts vs. the Owls, he missedfourfieldgoalsinthegame–triesof36,42,44(blocked)and 28 (OT) yards. Christenwasthefirstplayertoappearintheinterviewafterthe game, which promoted Jeff Jacobs of The Hartford Courant to write:“And then you remember this is a 22-year-old college kid, and he was hurting inside. No, Christen didn’t do his job as a kicker on this day. He did do his job as a stand-up young man. He was the firstplayerintheinterviewroom.Heansweredthequestionswitha forthrightness that should be the envy of some professional athletes10yearshissenior.Andwhenhewasfinished,heshookhands with reporters.” Christenconnectedonfieldgoalsof36,47and19yardsvs.UMass and hit on two extra points. He connected on his one PAT attemptvs.N.C.State.Hemisseda49-yardfieldgoalagainstMaryland, but came back to make a 34-yarder. He also had three PAT vs. the Terps. He missed a 51-yarder against WMU, but

later made a 32-yarder and hit on all three of his PATs. He had a 29-yarder vs. Buffalo and hit on all three of his PAT attempts and against Rutgers he made a 19-yarder and missed a 51-yarder. He came back against Syracuse and connected on a 23-yardFGinthefirstquarterandscoredUConn’sonlypointsvs.USFwithfieldgoalsofacareer-long50yardsandalsoa37-yarder. He was sharp again in the win vs. Pittsburgh with a 29-yardfieldgoalandthreeextrapoints.

WAGNer ALreADy IN tHe BOOKSUConn redshirt junior cole Wagner (York, Pa.) has already es-tablished himself as a top performer in the UConn record books. Wagner has been the Husky punter for the past two seasons and was a Second Team All-Conference pick last year. This season, 24 of his 62 punts have been downed inside the20yardline,includingthreeoffivepuntsonOct.6vs.Rut-gers. He is now second in UConn career history in punting aver-age (min. 80 punts) with a 40.9 average, while the leader is Desi Cullen (2006-09) with 41.1 Wagner is third in career number of punts (221) and second in career yardage (9,046).

NICK WILLIAMS JOINS eLIte COMPANyUConn senior Nick Williams (East Windsor, N.J.) returned a punt 58 yards for a touchdown on Sept. 15 for the opening score of the Maryland game and then had a 80-yard punt return for a TDagainstPittsburgh.Thereturnvs.Pittsburghwasjustthefifthin school history that went for 80 yards or more for a TD. Against Pittsburgh, he became UConn’s career leader in return yardage (punts, kickoffs and interceptions) with 2,389 – topping the mark of Larry Taylor (2004-07), who had 2,277. He is just the seventh player in UConn history to have two or more punt returns for a TD in a career. WilliamsbecomesjustthefifthUConnplayerinhistory,andonly second in the “FBS Era”, to have both a kick¬off and punt return for a TD during a career. He joins Larry Taylor (2004-07), Jordan Younger (1996-99), Nick Giaquinto (1975-76) and Rich Hedgepeth (1974-76). Williams was named the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week following his game vs. Maryland and Pittsburgh. He was the ECAC Special Teams Player of the Week following the Pittsburgh game. Williams has two KO returns for a touchdown – both coming in the 2010 season when he led the country in kickoff return aver-age at 35.29 yards per return. He is second in school history in number of kickoff returns with71whileToryTaylorhad89from1995-98.Heisfirstinnetyardswith1,916.HeistiedforfirstinKORfortouchdownswithtwo and is the career leader in kickoff return average at 27.0. WilliamsisfifthinUConnhistoryinpuntreturnaverageat9.5.

STADIUM/ATTENDANCE NOTES

rentschler FieldThe Huskies moved into brand new Rentschler Field in East Hartford for the 2003 season. Located within miles of Interstates 91, 84 and 384, the home of the Huskies lies on 75 acres of land donated to the State of Connecticut from the historic Pratt & WhitneyAirfield.Thestadium,liketheformerairfield,isnamedfor that company’s founder, Frederick Rentschler. The stadium boasts a capacity of 40,000 with 38 luxury suites.



FAN NO. 2,000,000On Friday, Sept. 16, UConn welcomed the 2,000,000th fan to Renstchler Field in its history. That lucky fan was Shane Buzzell ofManchester,Conn..TheHuskieshavesoldout29oftheirfirst61 dates at Rentschler Field. UConn has played to 95.2-pct. Of capacity all-time there, drawing 2,361,541 fans, or an average of 38,089 per game.

rentschler Field proves FriendlY For husKiesThe Huskies went 7-0 at home in 2007 at Rentschler Field and also 6-0 in 2010. UConn’s 3-4 mark at home in 2006 was its only sub-.500 record at Rentschler Field. UConn finished 4-3 at rentschler field in 2011. The seven home wins in 2007 set a school record for a single season which was previously set in 2004. Prior to the Iowa State loss, uconn had won nine consecutive games at rent-schler field. UConn stands at 45-17 all-time at rentschler field includ-ing a 25-7 mark in non-conference games.

MICHIGAN, teNNeSSee WILL VISIt reNtSCHLer FIeLDFollowing UConn’s trip to Ann Arbor on Sept. 4, 2010, the Wol-verines will come to Rentschler Field on Sept. 21, 2013 to take on the Huskies. UConn will also play a home-and-home series with Tennes-see beginning in 2015 with the Volunteers coming to Rentschler Field on Sept. 26 with a return trip to Knoxville on Sept. 3, 2016. Other upcoming non-conference opponents coming to Rentschler Field include Maryland (2013) and Virginia (2106). UConn has now played host to non-conference opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 10, Big XII and Southeastern Conference at Rentschler Field.



No. Name ht. Wt. pos. cl. hometown/hS/prep3 Moore, Sio** 6-2 229 LB RSr. Apex, N.C./Apex4 Foxx, Deshon 5-10 167 WR So. Lynchburg, Va./Brookville5 Gutierrez, Ricky 6-1 170 WR Fr. Hialeah, Fla./American5 Wreh-Wilson, Blidi*** 6-2 190 CB RSr. Edinboro, Pa./General McLane6 Smith, Michael*** 6-0 201 WR Sr. Houston, Texas/Westside6 Williams, Jhavon 5-11 185 CB Fr. Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central7 Gratz, Dwayne*** 6-0 198 CB RSr. Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway8 Phillips, Shakim 6-1 200 WR RSo. Paterson, N.J./Boston Coll./DePaul Cath.9 Abrams, Kamal 5-10 179 WR So. Dover, Del./Dover10 Whitmer, Chandler 6-1 191 QB RSo. Newnan, Ga./Butler CC11 McCummings, Scott* 6-2 224 QB RSo. Natick, Mass./Natick12 Cochran, Casey 6-0 214 QB Fr. Monroe, Conn./Masuk12 Stevenson, David 5-8 173 CB RFr. Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson13 Christen, Chad** 6-1 202 K/P RJr. Etters, Pa./Red Lane14 Clax, Jazzmar 5-11 236 FB/LB Fr. Freehold, N.J./Neptune15 Brown, Ty-Meer* 6-0 193 S RSo. McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport16 Jones, Byron* 6-1 192 DB RSo. New Britain, Conn./St. Paul (Bristol)17 Driscoll, Blaise 6-1 189 QB Sr. Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farms17 Puyol, Bobby 6-0 170 K Fr. North Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer18 McEntee, Johnny* 6-3 208 QB RSr. Fullerton, Calif./Servite19 Marder, Ellis 6-1 185 S Fr. Windermere, Fla./Lake Highland Prep20 Allen, Denzel 6-0 185 WR Sr. Ledyard, Conn./Rhode Island21 Williams, Joseph 5-11 201 TB Fr. Allentown, Pa./Emmaus22 Adams, Andrew 6-0 186 S RFR. Fayetteville, Ga./Woodward Acad.23 Lee, Wilbert 6-1 204 S RFr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Boys and Girls24 Stewart, Graham 6-1 227 LB RFr. Durham, Conn./Florida/Xavier25 Hyppolite,Martin 6-0 214 RB RJr. Wakefield,Mass./Wakefield27 Clark, Tyree 5-10 183 CB RFr. Tampa, Fla./Alonso28 Johnson, Jory*** 6-1 227 OLB RSr. Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s/The Hun School29 Mack, Taylor* 5-9 170 CB Jr. Powder Springs, Ga./The Lovett School30 Melifonwu, Obi 6-3 194 S Fr. South Grafton, Mass./Grafton31 Williams, Nick*** 5-10 184 WR Sr. East Windsor, N.J./The Hun School32 Ashiru, Jefferson 6-1 227 LB RFr. Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern33 Smallwood, Yawin* 6-3 235 LB RSo. Worcester, Mass./ Doherty34 Kenney, David* 6-0 195 OLB RJr. Highstown, N.J./The Peddie School34 Tartaglino, Martin 5-9 218 FB Sr. Torrington, Conn./Torrington35 Vinci, Wyatt 6-3 238 LB/FB Fr. Ridgewood, N.J./St. Joseph/Hun School37 Claflin,Jeremy 6-1 186 S RFr. WestHartford,Conn./Conard38 Kantor, Alex 5-9 185 CB Jr. Potomac, Md./ Winston Churchill39 Floyd,Jordan 6-1 205 S Fr. BelAir,Md./LoyolaBlakefield40 Battles-Santos, Brendan 6-3 250 DE Fr. Eastham, Mass./Nauset Regional41 Steg, Brandon 6-2 226 LB RSo. Coral Springs, Fla./J.P. Taravella42 Wain, Justin 6-3 190 P Fr. Wilmington, N.C./Eugene Ashley43 McCombs, Lyle* 5-8 166 RB RSo. Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph By The Sea44 DeLorenzo, Max 5-11 213 RB RFr. Berlin, Conn./Berlin45 Norris, Elijah 6-4 230 DE Fr. Upper Marlboro, Md./Archbishop Carroll46 Matteis, Christopher 5-9 230 FB RFr. North Haven, Conn./North Haven46 Vann,Marquise 6-0 224 LB RFr. Cincinnati,Ohio/FairfieldSenior47 Frank, Reuben* 6-3 239 FB RSo. Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie48 Williams, Trevardo*** 6-2 233 DE Sr. Bridgeport, Conn./Canterbury49 McQuillan, Sean 6-4 238 TE RFr. Glastonbury, Conn./Avon Old Farms50 Bullock, Tyler 6-4 302 OG RJr. Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg51 Willman, Tim 6-4 270 DT RJr. Fulton, Md./Reservoir52 Donohue, Ryan 6-0 242 LB Sr. Montvale, N.J./St. Joseph Reg./Maryland53 Wirth, Ryan* 6-3 271 DT RSr. Medford, N.J./Shawnee/Cheshire Acad.54 Stephens, Omaine 6-4 220 LB Fr. East Orange, N.J./East Orange Campus55 Hicks, Jon 6-3 245 LB Fr. Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra56 Pruitt, Angelo 6-3 296 DT RSo. Cincinnati, Ohio/ North College Hill58 Hopkins,Wesley 6-2 265 DL Fr. Bloomfield,Conn./NorthwestCath.58 Louis, Jonathan 6-5 259 DE RSo. Brockton, Mass./Wyoming Seminary59 Stephen, Shamar** 6-5 317 DT RJr. Brookville, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran60 Samra, Tyler 6-3 250 OG Fr. Wycoff, N.J./Don Bosco62 Oldach, William 6-4 280 LS Fr. Hopkinton, Mass./The Rivers School63 Masters, Adam*** 6-4 298 OT RSr. Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman65 Cruz, Gus 6-2 306 OG RSo. Manchester, N.H./Kimball Union Acad.66 Manco, Dominick 6-0 239 LS RFr. Lagrangeville, N.Y./Arlington67 Mueller, Adam* 6-1 225 LS Jr. Park Ridge, Ill./Maine Township South68 Paull, Bryan 6-3 298 C RSo. Parkland, Fla./M. Stoneman Douglas69 Greene, Steve* 6-5 309 OG RJr. Edensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll70 Bockeloh, Kyle 6-3 284 C Fr. Houston, Texas/ Cypress Creek71 Levy, Richard 6-6 280 OT Fr. Trenton, N.J./Trenton Central72 Bennett, Jimmy 6-9 309 OT RSr. Alexandria, Va./West Potomac73 Mateas, Alex 6-3 293 OG RSo. Ottawa, Ont./Penn State/Ottawa Sooners74 Nwokeji, Paul 6-5 261 OT RFr. Randolph, Mass./Thayer Academy75 Hemingway, Xavier 6-4 262 OT RFr. Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern76 Rugg, Zach 6-5 285 OG Fr. Windber, Pa./Bishop McCort77 Friend, Kevin** 6-6 295 OT RJr. Warrentown, Va./Faquier78 Gifford, Dalton 6-5 297 OT RFr. Fairhaven, Mass./Bridgton (Maine) Acad.80 Shortell, Neil 6-3 250 TE RSo. Mission Hills, Kan./Butler CC82 Guardi,Frank 6-0 182 WR Jr. NewFairfield,Conn./NewFairfield83 Green, John 5-11 175 WR Fr. Miami, Fla./Felix Varela84 Jones, Tebucky 6-0 185 WR RSo. Farmington, Conn./ New Britain85 Davis, Geremy* 6-1 214 WR RSo. Lawrenceville, Ga./ Norcross86 Wagner, Cole** 6-2 211 P RJr. York, Pa./ York Suburban88 Horan, James 6-4 210 TE Fr. Rockaway, N.J./Bergen Catholic89 Delahunt, John*** 6-3 243 TE RSr. Ottawa, Ont./ Holy Trinity90 Campenni, Julian 5-11 281 DT RFr. West Pittson, Pa./ Wyoming Area91 Joseph, Jesse*** 6-3 259 DE Sr. Laval, Que./ Vanier Prep92 Myers, Mykal 6-0 300 DT Fr. Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Acad.93 Goodrich, James 5-10 172 K RFr. Falmouth, Maine/ Falmouth94 Griffin,Ryan*** 6-6 247 TE RSr. Londonderry,N.H./Londonderry95 Adeyemi, Kenton 6-4 259 DT RFR. Wethersfield,Conn./ForkUnion(VA)Ac.96 Knappe, Andreas 6-9 280 DL Fr. Silkeborg, Denmark/Handelsskolen Silkeborg96 Parker, Spencer 6-4 218 TE Sr. Newington, Conn./Lasell97 McBryde, B.J. 6-5 301 DE RSo. Beaver Falls, Pa./ Beaver Falls98 Jennings, Ted** 6-6 254 DE RSr. Dayton, Ohio/ Chaminade-Julienne99 Marinan, Sean 6-0 250 DE Fr. Higganum, Conn./Xavier

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2012 ConneCtiCut Football two-Deep(as of November 19, 2012)

OffeNSeLT: 72 Jimmy Bennett (rSr., 6-9, 309) 78 Dalton Gifford (RFr., 6-5, 297)Lg: 69 Steve greene (rJr., 6-5, 309) 60 Tyler Samra (Fr., 6-3, 250)c: 50 Tyler Bullock (rJr., 6-4, 302) 73 Alex Mateas (RSo., 6-3, 293)rg: 65 gus cruz (rSo., 6-2, 306) 68 Bryan Paull (RSo., 6-3, 298)rT: 77 Kevin friend (rJr., 6-6, 295) 75 Xavier Hemingway (RFr., 6-4, 262)Te: 89 John Delahunt (rSr., 6-3, 243) 94 RyanGriffin(RSr.,6-6,247)Wr: 6 Michael Smith (Sr., 6-0, 201) Or 31 Nick Williams (Sr., 5-10, 184) 84 Tebucky Jones (RSo., 6-0, 185)fB: 47 reuben frank (rSo., 6-3, 239) 25 Martin Hyppolite (RJr., 6-0, 214)QB: 10 chandler Whitmer (rSo., 6-1, 191) 18 Johnny McEntee (RSr., 6-3, 208)TB: 43 Lyle Mccombs (rSo., 5-8, 166) 44 Max DeLorenzo (RFr., 5-11, 213)Wr: 85 geremy Davis (rSo., 6-1, 214) 8 Shakim Phillips (RSo., 6-1, 200)

DefeNSeDe: 48 Trevardo Williams (Sr., 6-2, 233) 51 Tim Willman (RJr., 6-4, 270)DT: 53 ryan Wirth (rSr., 6-3, 271) 92 Mykal Myers (Fr., 6-0, 300)DT: 59 Shamar Stephen (rJr., 6-5, 317) 90 Julian Campenni (RFr., 5-11, 281)De: 56 angelo pruitt (rSo., 6-3, 296) 97 B.J. McBryde (RSo., 6-5, 301)OLB: 3 Sio Moore (rSr., 6-2, 229) 32 Jefferson Ashiru (RFr., 6-1, 227)iLB: 33 Yawin Smallwood (rSo., 6-3, 235) 46 Marquise Vann (RFr., 6-0, 224)iLB: 28 Jory Johnson (rSr., 6-1, 227) 52 Ryan Donohue (Sr., 6-0, 242)cB: 5 Blidi Wreh-Wilson (rSr., 6-2, 190) 29 Taylor Mack (Jr., 5-9, 170)S: 16 Byron Jones (rSo., 6-1, 192) 22 Andrew Adams (RFr., 6-0, 186)S: 15 Ty-Meer Brown (rSo., 6-0, 193) 23 Wilbert Lee (RFr., 6-1, 204)cB: 7 Dwayne gratz (rSr., 6-0, 198) 12 David Stevenson (RFr., 5-8, 173)

K: 13 chad christen (rJr., 6-1, 202) 17 Bobby Puyol (Fr., 6-0, 170)p: 86 cole Wagner (rJr., 6-2, 211) 13 Chad Christen (RJr., 6-1, 202)hL: 86 cole Wagner (rJr., 6-2, 211) 17 Blaise Driscoll (Sr., 6-1, 189)

Kr: 31 Nick Williams (Sr., 5-10, 184) 29 Taylor Mack (Jr., 5-9, 170)pr: 31 Nick Williams (Sr., 5-10, 184) 29 Taylor Mack (Jr., 5-9, 170)LS: 67 adam Mueller (Jr., 6-1, 225) 66 Dominick Manco (RFr., 6-0, 239)

SpeciaL TeaMS



KicKOff reTurN fOr a TOuchDOWNBy UConn: Robbie Frey (95), vs. Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 2011By Opp.: Adrian Bushell (100), Louisville, Nov. 19, 2011

OpeNiNg KicKOff reTurN fOr a TOuchDOWNBy UConn: Larry Taylor (97), vs. Temple, Oct. 23, 2004By Opp.: Adrian Bushell (100), Louisville, Nov. 19, 2011

STaNDarD puNT reTurN fOr a TOuchDOWNBy UConn: Nick Williams (80), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 9, 2012By Opp.: Doug Beaumont (74), Louisville, Oct. 23, 2010

BLOcKeD puNT reTurN fOr a TOuchDOWNBy UConn: Max DeLorenzo (0), vs. Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012By Opp.: Parker Cantey (0), Syracuse, Nov. 15, 2008

iNTercepTiON reTurN fOr a TOuchDOWNBy UConn: Dwayne Gratz (37), vs. Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012By Opp.: Wayne Warren (25), Rutgers, Oct. 6, 2012

fuMBLe reTurN fOr a TOuchDOWNBy UConn: Kendall Reyes (9), vs. Rutgers, Nov. 26, 2011By Opp.: Desmond Bozeman (53), W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012

30-pLuS carrieSBy UConn: Lyle McCombs (32), vs. USF, Oct. 15, 2011By Opp.: Montel Harris (30), Temple, Oct. 13, 2012

100 YarDS ruShiNgBy UConn: Lyle McCombs (120), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 9, 2012By Opp.: Jerome Smith (133), Syracuse, Oct. 19, 2012

150 YarDS ruShiNgBy UConn: Lyle McCombs (152), vs. Syracuse, Nov. 5, 2011By Opp.: Bernard Pierce (169), Temple, Sept. 18, 2010

200 YarDS ruShiNgBy UConn: Jordan Todman (222), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2010By Opp.: Ray Rice (217), Rutgers, Oct. 22, 2005

Three ruShiNg TOuchDOWNSBy UConn: Lyle McCombs (4), vs. Fordham, Sept. 3, 2011By Opp.: B.J. Daniels (3), USF, Dec. 5, 2009

fOur-pLuS ruShiNg TOuchDOWNSBy UConn: Lyle McCombs (4), vs. Fordham, Sept, 3, 2011By Opp.: Tony Hollings (4), Georgia Tech, Sept. 7, 2002

ruShiNg TOuchDOWN aND a receiViNg TOuchDOWNBy UConn: Andre Dixon, vs. Akron, Sept. 29, 2007By Opp.: Bernard Pierce, Temple, Sept. 18, 2010

5 0-pLuS paSSiNg aTTeMpTSBy UConn: Dan Orlovsky (51), at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004By Opp.: Alex Carder (51), Western Michigan, Oct. 1, 2011

300 YarDS paSSiNgBy UConn: Chandler Whitmer (333), at W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012By Opp.: Tino Sunseri (302), Pittsburgh, Nov. 9, 2012

400 YarDS paSSiNgBy UConn: Dan Orlovsky (445), at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004By Opp.: Tino Sunseri (419), Pittsburgh, Oct. 26, 2011

Three TOuchDOWN paSSeSBy UConn: Chandler Whitmer (3), at W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012By Opp.: Munchie Legaux (3), Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011

fOur-pLuS TOuchDOWN paSSeSBy UConn: Johnny McEntee (4), vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 1, 2011By Opp.: Geno Smith (4), West Virginia, Oct. 8, 2011

TeN-pLuS recepTiONSBy UConn: Cornell Brockington (10), at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004By Opp.: Jordan White (12), Western Michigan, Oct. 1, 2011 Robert Arnheim (10), Western Michigan, Oct. 1, 2011

100 YarDS receiViNgBy UConn: Shakim Phillips (100), vs. Temple, Oct. 13, 2012By Opp.: Alec Lemon (166), Syracuse, Oct. 19, 2012 150 YarDS receiViNgBy UConn: Marcus Easley (157), vs. West Virginia, Oct. 24, 2009By Opp.: Alec Lemon (166), Syracuse, Oct. 19, 2012

200 YarDS receiViNgBy UConn: Dak Newton (222), vs. Villanova, Oct. 5, 1996By Opp.: Brandon Coleman (223), Rutgers, Nov. 26, 2011

TWO receiViNg TOuchDOWNSBy UConn: Kashif Moore (2), vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 1, 2011By Opp.: Anthony McClung (2), Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011

Three-pLuS receiViNg TOuchDOWNSBy UConn: Dak Newton (3), vs. Villanova, Oct. 5, 1996By Opp.: Ed Young (3), Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010

70-YarD puNTBy UConn: Chris Pavasaris (74), at Louisville, Dec. 2, 2006By Opp.: Tyson Beattie (71), Indiana, Sept. 23, 2006

MaDe a 50-pLuS YarD fieLD gOaLBy UConn: Chad Christen (50), at USF, Nov. 3, 2012By Opp.: Maikon Bonani (50), USF, Nov. 3, 2012

Three fieLD gOaLSBy UConn: Chad Christen (3), vs. Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012By Opp.: Ross Krautman (4), Syracuse, Oct. 19, 2012

fOur fieLD gOaLSBy UConn: Dave Teggart (4), at Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011By Opp.: Ross Krautman (4), Syracuse, Oct. 19, 2012

TWO SacKSBy UConn: Sio Moore (2.0), vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 9, 2012By Opp.: Derek Wolfe (2.5), Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011

Three-pLuS SacKSBy UConn: Trevardo Williams (4), vs. Rutgers, Nov. 26, 2011By Opp.: Anthony Hoke (3), Cincinnati, Nov. 10, 2007

TWO iNTercepTiONSBy UConn: Jerome Junior (2), vs. Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010By Opp.: Phillip Thomas (2), Syracuse, Nov. 5, 2011

Three-pLuS iNTercepTiONSBy UConn: Darius Butler (3), at Army, Oct. 1, 2005By Opp.: Derek Carter (3), Maine, Oct. 14, 1995

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BLOcKeD puNTBy UConn: vs. Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012 (Taylor Mack block of Jeff Strait)By Opp.: Pittsburgh, December 6, 2008 (Michael Toerper block of Desi Cullen)

BLOcKeD fieLD gOaLBy UConn: at Rutgers, Oct. 6, 2012 (Shamar Stephen block of Kyle Federico)By Opp.: vs. Temple, Oct. 13, 2012 (Deon Miller block of Chad Christen)

100-YarD ruSher aND a 300-YarD paSSerBy UConn: at W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012 (Lyle McCombs and Chandler Whitmer)By Opp.: Notre Dame, Nov. 21, 2009 (Armando Allen and Jimmy Clausen)

100-YarD receiVer aND a 300-YarD paSSerBy UConn: at W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012 (Geremy Davis and Chandler Whitmer)By Opp.: West Virginia, Oct. 8, 2011 (Stedman Bailey, Ivan McCartney, and Geno Smith)

100-YarD ruSher, 100-YarD receiVer aND a 300-YarD paSSerBy 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 ruSherSBy UConn: vs. Texas Southern, Sept. 11, 2010 (Jordan Todman and Robbie Frey)By Opp.: Louisville, Sept. 26, 2008 (Bidal Powell and Vic Anderson)

TWO 100-YarD receiVerSBy UConn: vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 17, 1998 (John Fitzsimmons and Carl Bond)By Opp.: W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012 (Jaime Wilson and Josh Schaffer)

TWO QBS ThrOW OVer 100 YarDSBy UConn: vs. Middle Tennessee, Nov. 4, 2000 (Chris Willis and Luke Richmond)By Opp.: Rutgers, Nov. 26, 2011 (Chas Dodd and Gary Nova)

30-pLuS firST DOWNSBy UConn: 30, vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006By Opp.: 34, Villanova, Oct. 16, 1999

feWer ThaN 10 firST DOWNSBy UConn: 9, vs. Wake Forest, Dec. 29, 2007By Opp.: 3, Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012

LeSS ThaN 50 YarDS ruShiNgBy UConn: 43, at USF, Nov. 3, 2012By Opp.: 48, vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 9, 2012

aTTeMpTeD 50-pLuS paSSeSBy UConn: 56, vs. Rutgers, Oct. 31, 2009By Opp.: 51, Western Michigan, Oct. 1, 2011

300 YarDS ruShiNgBy UConn: 358, vs. Buffalo, Jan. 3, 2009By Opp.: 360, Syracuse, Nov. 28, 2009

400 YarDS paSSiNgBy UConn: 445, at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004By Opp.: 439, Rutgers, Nov. 29, 2011

LeSS ThaN 100 YarDS paSSiNgBy UConn: 70, at Maryland, Sep. 15, 2012By Opp.: 96, Syracuse, Nov. 15, 2008

90-pLuS OffeNSiVe pLaYS By UConn: 91, vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006By Opp.: 90, Buffalo, Sept. 25, 2010

500 YarDS Of TOTaL OffeNSeBy UConn: 501, at West Virginia, Oct. 24, 2009By Opp.: 502, Syracuse, Oct. 19, 2012

600 YarDS Of TOTaL OffeNSeBy UConn: 600, vs. Liberty, Sept. 10, 2005By Opp.: 711, Cincinnati, Nov. 7, 2009

TeN-pLuS puNTSBy UConn: 11, vs. Rutgers, Oct. 8, 2010By Opp.: 10, Rutgers, Oct. 31, 2009

ZerO puNTSBy UConn: at Syracuse, Oct. 30, 2004By Opp.: unknown (records available since 1961)

SucceSSfuL ONSiDe KicKBy UConn: vs. Louisville, Nov. 19, 2011By Opp.: Buffalo, Sep. 29, 2012

recOrDeD a SafeTYBy UConn: vs. Vanderbilt, Oct. 2, 2010 (Ball snapped through the back of the end zone)By Opp.: West Virginia, Oct. 8, 2011 (Sack of Johnny McEntee in the end zone)

MaDe TWO-pOiNT cONVerSiONBy UConn: at Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011 (Johnny McEntee pass to Corey Manning)By Opp.: Pittsburgh, Oct. 10, 2009 (Bill Stull pass to Cedric McGee)

ScOreD 50 pOiNTSBy UConn: UConn 62, Texas Southern 3, Sept. 11, 2010By Opp.: West Virginia 66, UConn 21, Nov. 24, 2007

recOrDeD a ShuTOuTBy UConn: UConn 37, Massachusetts 0, Aug. 30, 2012By Opp.: Louisville 26, UConn 0, Oct. 23, 2010

recOrDeD a ShuTOuT aT ucONNBy UConn: UConn 37, Massachusetts 0, Aug. 30, 2012By Opp.: Navy 30, UConn 0, Sept. 23, 1978

WON BY 30 Or MOre pOiNTSBy UConn: UConn 37, Massachusetts 0, Aug. 30, 2012By Opp.: Syracuse 40, UConn 10, Syracuse, Oct. 19, 2012

caMe frOM aT LeaST 10 pOiNTS BehiND TO WiNBy UConn: UConn 16, West Virginia 13 (trailed 10-0), Oct. 29, 2010By Opp.: Temple 17, UConn 14 (trailed 14-0), Oct. 13, 2012

ScOreD ON firST pLaY frOM ScriMMageBy 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)

WON ON The fiNaL SNap Of reguLaTiON (NOT OT)By UConn: UConn 29, South Florida 27, Dec. 5, 2009 (Dave Teggart Field Goal)By Opp.: Pittsburgh 24, UConn 21, Oct. 10, 2009 (DanHutchinsfieldgoal)

OVerTiMe WiNBy UConn: UConn 16, West Virginia 13, Oct. 29, 2010 By Opp.: Temple 17, UConn 14, Oct. 13, 2012

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KAMAL ABRAMS • SO • WR • #9Most Rushing Yards: 2, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11Longest Run: 2, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11

GEREMY DAVIS • SO • WR • #85Most Receptions: 9, at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Most Rec. Yards: 123, at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Longest Reception: 37, at Syracuse, 10/1912

JOHN DELAHUNT • SR • TE • #89Most Receptions: 4, at Pittsburgh, 10/26/11Most Rec. Yards: 46, vs. Texas So., 9/11/10Longest Reception: 46, vs. Texas So., 9/11/10

MAX DeLORENZO • FR • RB • #44Most Carries: 23, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Most Rush Yards: 91, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Longest Run: 20, vs. Temple, 10/13/12

DESHON FOXX • SO • WR • #4Most Carries: 2, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Most Rush Yards: 13, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Longest Run: 9, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Longest Kickoff Return: 26, at West Virginia, 10/8/11

REUBEN FRANK • SO • FB • #47Most Receptions: 2, 3x, last at Cincinnati, 12/3/11Most Rec. Yards: 5, vs. W. Michigan, 10/1/11Longest Reception: 4, vs. W. Michigan, 10/1/11

RYAN GRIFFIN • SR • TE • #94Most Receptions: 6, 3x, last, vs. Pittsburgh, 11/9/12Most Rec. Yards: 97, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Longest Reception: 55, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11

MARTIN HYPPOLITE • SO • RB • #25Most Carries: 6, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12Most Rush Yards: 60, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12Longest Run: 50, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12

TEBUCKY JONES • SO • WR • #84Most Rec. Yards: 17, at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11Longest Reception: 17, at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11Most Rushing Yards: 2, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11Longest Run: 2, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11

LYLE MCCOMBS • SO • RB • #43Most Carries: 32, vs. USF, 10/15/11Most Rush Yards: 152, vs. Syracuse, 11/5/11Most Rushing TDs: 4, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Most TDs: 4, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Longest Run: 65, vs. Western Michigan, 10/1/11Most Receptions: 4, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11Most Rec. Yards: 52, vs. W. Michigan, 10/1/11Longest reception: 43, vs. NC State, 9/8/12

SCOTT McCUMMINGS • SO • QB • #11Most Passing Yards: 55, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Most Passing Attempts: 3, vs. Iowa State, 9/16/11Longest pass: 55, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Most Carries: 13, vs. Syracuse, 11/5/11Most Rushing Yards: 59, vs. Syracuse, 11/5/11Longest Run: 25, at USF, 11/3/12Most Rushing TDs: 2, 2x, last vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11

JOHNNY MCENTEE • SR • QB • #18Most Passing Yards: 300, vs. W. Michigan, 10/1/11Most Passing Attempts: 43, vs. Louisville, 11/19/11Longest Pass: 64, at Buffalo, 9/24/11Most Passing TDs: 4, vs. W. Michigan, 10/1/11Most Rushing Yards: 13, at West Virginia, 10/8/11Longest Run: 12, at West Virginia, 10/8/11

SHAKIM PHILLIPS • SO • #8Most Receptions: 7, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Most Rec. Yards: 100, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Longest Reception: 25, vs. Temple, 10/13/12

MICHAEL SMITH • SR • #6Most Receptions: 8, vs. Rhode Island, 9/26/09Most Rec. Yards: 130, vs. Buffalo, 9/25/10Longest Reception: 56, vs. Buffalo, 9/25/10

NICK WILLIAMS • SR • WR • #31Most Receptions: 4, 2x, last vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12Most Rec. Yards: 113, at Buffalo, 9/24/11Most Carries: 3, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12Most Rush Yards: 24, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12Longest Reception: 64, at Buffalo, 9/24/11Longest Kickoff Return: 100, vs. Rutgers, 8/8/10Longest Punt Return: 58, at Maryland, 9/15/12

CHANDLER WHITMER • SO • QB • #10Most Passing Yards: 333, at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Most Passing Attempts: 44, at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Most Completions: 28 , at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Longest Pass: 42, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Most Passing TDs: 3 , at W. Michigan, 9/22/12 Most Rushing Yards: 17, at Maryland, 9/15/12Longest Run: 23, at Maryland, 9/15/12

JOSEPH WILLIAMS • FR • RB • #21Most Carries: 3, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Most Rush Yards: 6, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Longest Run: 4, vs. Temple, 10/13/12

Offensive Career Highs



ANDREW ADAMS • FR • S • #22Most Tackles: 5, 2x, last at W. Michigan, 9/22/12

TY-MEER BROWN • SO • S • #15Most Tackles: 10, at Syracuse, 10/1912 Most TFL: 1.0, at Cincinnati, 12/3/11Most PBU: 3, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11Longest Int. Return: 48, at West Virginia, 10/8/11

DWAYNE GRATZ • SR • CB • #7Most Tackles: 10, at Michigan, 9/4/10Most TFL: 1.5, vs. Iowa State, 9/16/11Most PBU: 2, 4x, last vs. Temple, 10/13/12Longest Int. Return: 46, vs. Oklahoma, 1/1/11Longest Fumble Return: 14, vs. USF, 10/15/11

TEDDY JENNINGS • SR • DE • #98Most Tackles: 8, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Most TFL: 2.5, 2x, last at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11Most Sacks: 1.5, at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11

JORY JOHNSON • SR • OLB • #28Most Tackles: 14, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12Most TFL: 3, vs. Louisville, 11/19/11Longest Int. Return: 15, at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11Most PBUs: 2, vs. Syracuse, 11/5/11

BYRON JONES • SO • DB • #16Most Tackles: 13, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Most PBU: 4, at West Virginia, 10/8/11Longest Fumble Return: 10, vs. USF, 10/15/11

JESSE JOSEPH • SR • DE • #91Most Tackles: 8, 2x, last vs. NC State, 9/8/12Most TFL: 3, vs. Vanderbilt, 10/2/10Most Sacks: 2, vs. Vanderbilt, 10/2/10

TAYLOR MACK • JR • CB • #29Most Tackles: 4, 3x, last at Maryland, 9/15/12Longest Kick Return: 24, at Maryland, 9/15/12Longest Punt Return: 33, at Rutgers, 10/8/10Most PBU: 2, 2x, last at Maryland, 9/15/12

SIO MOORE • SR • LB • #3Most Tackles: 17, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10Most TFL: 3.5, at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11Most Sacks: 3.5, at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11Most PBU: 2, 2x, last, vs. Pittsburgh, 11/9/12Most Forced Fumbles: 2, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10Most Fumble Rec.: 2, vs. West Virginia, 10/29/10

Elijah Norris • FR • DE • #45Most Tackles: 2, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12

ANGELO PRUITT • SO • DL • #56Most Tackles: 5, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12

YAWIN SMALLWOOD • SO • LB • #33Most Tackles: 14, 2x, last at Maryland, 9/15/12Most TFL: 3.5, 2x, last at Maryland, 9/15/12Longest Fumble Return: 64, at Vanderbilt, 9/10/11Longest Int. Return: 28. at Buffalo, 9/24/11

BRANDON STEG • SO • LB • #41Most Tackles: 3, at West Virginia, 10/8/11

SHAMAR STEPHEN • JR • DT • #59Most Tackles: 6, at West Virginia, 10/8/11

TREVARDO WILLIAMS • SR • DE • #48Most Tackles: 7, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12Most TFL: 4, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11Most Sacks: 4, vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11

Defensive Career HighsTIM WILLMAN • JR • DL • #51Most Tackles: 3, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/9/12

BLIDI WREH-WILSON • SR • CB • #5Most Tackles: 9, vs. Iowa State, 9/16/11Most PBU: 2, 3x, last vs. Temple, 10/13/12Longest Int. Return: 53, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10

rYaN WirTh • SR • DT • #53Most Tackles: 8, at Rutgers, 10/6/12

CHAD CHRISTEN • JR • K • #13Most FG Made: 3, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12Most FG Attempts: 4, vs. Temple, 10/13/12Longest FG Made: 50, at USF, 11/3/12Most PATs: 4, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12

COLE WAGNER • JR • P • #86Most Punts: 11, at Rutgers, 10/8/10Longest Punt: 66, at Michigan, 9/4/10Longest Punt Average: 53.2, at USF, 12/4/10Most Punts In20: 5, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12

Special Teams Career Highs



2012 Connecticut Team Statistics

record: Overall home away NeutralAll Games 4-6 3-2 1-3 0-0Conference 1-4 0-1 0-3 0-0Non-Conference 3-2 2-1 1-1 0-0

Date Opponent W/L Score attend.August 30, 2012 vs. Massachusetts W 37-0 35,270September 8, 2012 vs. North Carolina State L 7-10 34,202September 15, 2012 at Maryland W 24-21 35,491 September 22, 2012 at Western Michigan L 24-30 10,328September 29, 2012 vs. Buffalo W 24-17 34,666October 6, 2012 at Rutgers L 3-19 50,870October 13, 2012 vs. Temple L (ot) 14-17 37,279October 19, 2012 at Syracuse L 10-40 36,715November 3, 2012 at USF L 6-13 36,190November 9, 2012 vs. Pittsburgh W 24-17 33,503November 24, 2012 at LouisvilleDecember 1, 2012 vs. Cincinnati

TeaM STaTiSTicS ucONN Opp--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ScOriNg 173 184 Points Per Game 17.3 18.4firST DOWNS 172 153 Rushing 40 60 Passing 120 84 Penalty 12 9ruShiNg YarDage 870 1076 Yards gained rushing 1190 1372 Yards lost rushing 320 296 Rushing Attempts 351 370 Average Per Rush 2.5 2.9 Average Per Game 87.0 107.6 TDs Rushing 8 9paSSiNg YarDage 2336 1886 Comp-Att-Int 187-313-14 152-286-5 Average Per Pass 7.5 6.6 Average Per Catch 12.5 12.4 Average Per Game 233.6 188.6 TDs Passing 8 10TOTaL OffeNSe 3206 2962 Total Plays 664 656 Average Per Play 4.8 4.5 Average Per Game 320.6 296.2KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 21-433 24-544PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 20-277 23-186INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-36 14-152KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.6 22.7PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 13.9 8.1INT RETURN AVERAGE 7.2 10.9FUMBLES-LOST 15-8 14-5PENALTIES-Yards 43-356 61-518 Average Per Game 35.6 51.8PUNTS-Yards 62-2498 72-2826 Average Per Punt 40.3 39.2 Net punt average 35.4 33.7KICKOFFS-Yards 40-2505 41-2525 Average Per Kick 62.6 61.6 Net kick average 48.0 39.4TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:20 28:383RD-DOWN Conversions 55/145 52/154 3rd-Down Pct 38% 34%4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/5 4/11 4th-Down Pct 20% 36%SACKS BY-Yards 27-153 28-165MISC YARDS 20 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 20 21FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 11-18 13-16ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 1-2RED-ZONE SCORES (21-26) 81% (20-21) 95%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (12-26) 46% (14-21) 67%PAT-ATTEMPTS (20-20) 100% (19-21) 90%ATTENDANCE 174920 169594 Games/Avg Per Game 5/34984 5/33919 Neutral Site Games 0/0

ScOre BY QuarTerS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Totalconnecticut 44 68 27 34 0 173Opponents 29 45 48 59 3 184



ruShiNg gp att gain Loss Net avg TD Long avg/g---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------McCOMBS, Lyle 9 193 710 43 667 3.5 5 39 74.1McCUMMINGS, Sc. 10 35 148 26 122 3.5 2 25 12.2DeLORENZO, Max 8 34 129 10 119 3.5 0 20 14.9HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 19 76 7 69 3.6 1 50 6.9WILLIAMS, Nick 10 6 31 8 23 3.8 0 14 2.3WILLIAMS, Jos. 7 3 6 0 6 2.0 0 4 0.9SMITH, Michael 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.3TEAM 5 5 0 13 -13 -2.6 0 0 -2.6WHITMER, Chan. 10 55 87 213 -126 -2.3 0 23 -12.6Total.......... 10 351 1190 320 870 2.5 8 50 87.0Opponents...... 10 370 1372 296 1076 2.9 9 33 107.6

PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHITMER, Chan. 10 122.64 185-309-14 59.9 2328 8 43 232.8McENTEE, Johnny 1 75.20 1-2-0 50.0 6 0 6 6.0McCUMMINGS, Sc. 10 58.40 1-2-0 50.0 2 0 2 0.2Total.......... 10 121.92 187-313-14 59.7 2336 8 43 233.6Opponents...... 10 116.58 152-286-5 53.1 1886 10 68 188.6

receiViNg g No. Yds avg TD Long avg/g-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DAVIS, Geremy 10 37 556 15.0 1 37 55.6WILLIAMS, Nick 10 28 296 10.6 0 30 29.6SMITH, Michael 10 27 347 12.9 1 27 34.7GRIFFIN, Ryan 10 26 399 15.3 5 42 39.9PHILLIPS, Shak. 10 23 299 13.0 0 25 29.9McCOMBS, Lyle 9 20 180 9.0 0 43 20.0DELAHUNT, John 10 15 184 12.3 1 33 18.4FRANK, Reuben 10 4 8 2.0 0 6 0.8OSIECKI, Mike 6 3 32 10.7 0 16 5.3JONES, Tebucky 6 2 11 5.5 0 6 1.8DeLORENZO, Max 8 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.8HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 1 10 10.0 0 10 1.0Total.......... 10 187 2336 12.5 8 43 233.6Opponents...... 10 152 1886 12.4 10 68 188.6

fieLD gOaLS fgM-fga pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHRISTEN, Chad 11-18 61.1 2-2 3-4 4-5 1-4 1-3 50 1

puNTiNg No. Yds avg Long TB fc i20 Blkd----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WAGNER, Cole 62 2498 40.3 62 6 15 24 0Total.......... 62 2498 40.3 62 6 15 24 0Opponents...... 72 2826 39.2 63 6 23 15 1

2012 Connecticut Individual Statistics

puNT reTurNS No. Yds avg TD Lng-----------------------------------------------------------------------WILLIAMS, Nick 19 256 13.5 2 80MACK, Taylor 1 21 21.0 0 0DeLORENZO, Max 0 0 0.0 1 0Total.......... 20 277 13.9 3 80Opponents...... 23 186 8.1 0 33

iNTercepTiONS No. Yds avg TD Lng-----------------------------------------------------------------------GRATZ, Dwayne 3 37 12.3 1 37JONES, Byron 1 0 0.0 0 0BROWN, Ty-Meer 1 -1 -1.0 0 0Total.......... 5 36 7.2 1 37Opponents...... 14 152 10.9 1 33

KicK reTurNS No. Yds avg TD Lng-----------------------------------------------------------------------WILLIAMS, Nick 16 360 22.5 0 37MACK, Taylor 5 73 14.6 0 24Total.......... 21 433 20.6 0 37Opponents...... 24 544 22.7 0 45

fuMBLe reTurNS No. Yds avg TD Lng----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total.......... 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents...... 2 54 27.0 1 53

fg SeQueNce cONNecTicuT OppONeNTSMassachusetts (36),(47),(19) -North Carolina State - (40),44Maryland 49,(34) -Western Michigan 51,(32) (44)Buffalo (29) (44)Rutgers (19),51 (45),(31),50Temple 36,42,44,28 (29)Syracuse (23) (22),(33),(42),(47)USF (50),(37) (28),(50)Pittsburgh (29) 44,(42)

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|------------- paTs------- ------|ScOriNg TD fgs Kick rush rcv pass DXp Saf points---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHRISTEN, Chad 0 11-18 20-20 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 53McCOMBS, Lyle 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30GRIFFIN, Ryan 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30McCUMMINGS, Sc. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12WILLIAMS, Nick 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12HYPPOLITE, Mar. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6DeLORENZO, Max 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6DELAHUNT, John 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6SMITH, Michael 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6DAVIS, Geremy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6GRATZ, Dwayne 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total.......... 20 11-18 20-20 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 173Opponents...... 21 13-16 19-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 184

TOTaL OffeNSe g plays rush pass Total avg/g---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHITMER, Chan. 10 364 -126 2328 2202 220.2McCOMBS, Lyle 9 193 667 0 667 74.1McCUMMINGS, Sc. 10 37 122 2 124 12.4DeLORENZO, Max 8 34 119 0 119 14.9HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 19 69 0 69 6.9WILLIAMS, Nick 10 6 23 0 23 2.3McENTEE, Johnny 1 2 0 6 6 6.0WILLIAMS, Jos. 7 3 6 0 6 0.9SMITH, Michael 10 1 3 0 3 0.3TEAM 5 5 -13 0 -13 -2.6Total.......... 10 664 870 2336 3206 320.6Opponents...... 10 656 1076 1886 2962 296.2

aLL purpOSe g rush rec pr KOr ir Tot avg/g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WILLIAMS, Nick 10 23 296 256 360 0 935 93.5McCOMBS, Lyle 9 667 180 0 0 0 847 94.1DAVIS, Geremy 10 0 556 0 0 0 556 55.6GRIFFIN, Ryan 10 0 399 0 0 0 399 39.9SMITH, Michael 10 3 347 0 0 0 350 35.0PHILLIPS, Shak. 10 0 299 0 0 0 299 29.9DELAHUNT, John 10 0 184 0 0 0 184 18.4DeLORENZO, Max 8 119 14 0 0 0 133 16.6McCUMMINGS, Sc. 10 122 0 0 0 0 122 12.2MACK, Taylor 10 0 0 21 73 0 94 9.4HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 69 10 0 0 0 79 7.9GRATZ, Dwayne 10 0 0 0 0 37 37 3.7OSIECKI, Mike 6 0 32 0 0 0 32 5.3JONES, Tebucky 6 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.8FRANK, Reuben 10 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.8WILLIAMS, Jos. 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.9BROWN, Ty-Meer 10 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1TEAM 5 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -2.6WHITMER, Chan. 10 -126 0 0 0 0 -126 -12.6Total.......... 10 870 2336 277 433 36 3952 395.2Opponents...... 10 1076 1886 186 544 152 3844 384.4

2012 Connecticut Individual Statistics

OffeNSeOffensive Line ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJimmy Bennett, OT - 1 2 10 13Tyler Bullock, C - - - 6 6Gus Cruz, OG - - - 3 3Kevin Friend, OG - 2 11 10 23Steve Greene, OT - 11 12 10 33Adam Masters, OG - 11 12 7 30Alex Mateas, C - - - 4 4

Wide receivers ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalGeremy Davis, WR - - 1 9 10Shakim Phillips, WR - - - 1 1Michael Smith, WR - 3 13 3 19Nick Williams, WR - - - 7 7

Tight ends ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJohn Delahunt, TE 5 5 6 6 22RyanGriffin,TE 10 8 7 6 31

Quarterbacks ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJohnny McEntee, QB - - 12 - 12Chandler Whitmer, QB - - - 10 10

running Backs ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalMax DeLorenzo, RB - - - 1 1Reuben Frank, FB - - - 8 8Martin Hyppolite, RB - - - 1 1Lyle McCombs, RB - - 11 8 19Totals 15 38 74 110 238

DefeNSeDefensive Line ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJulian Campenni, DT - - - 2 2Ted Jennings, DE - - 5 - 5Jesse Joseph, DE 13 12 7 3 35Angelo Pruitt, DE - - - 7 7Shamar Stephen, DT - 8 - 7 15Trevardo Williams, DT 1 7 11 10 29Ryan Wirth, DT - - - 10 10

Linebackers ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJefferson Ashiru, LB - - - 1 1Jory Johnson, LB 3 1 12 10 26Sio Moore, LB - 9 12 8 29Yawin Smallwood, LB - - 12 10 22

Defensive Backs ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalAndrew Adams, S - - - 2 2Ty-Meer Brown, S - - 7 10 17Dwayne Gratz, CB 4 13 12 10 39Byron Jones, S - - 9 10 19Taylor Mack, CB - - - 1 1Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB 9 13 6 9 37Totals 30 66 106 110 296

SpeciaL TeaMSKickers ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalChad Christen, K - - - 10 10Cole Wagner, P - 13 12 10 35Totals - 13 12 20 45

Career Starts History



|--------Tackles--------| |--Sacks--| |-------pass Def-------| |--fumbles--| Blkd DefeNSiVe LeaDerS gp Solo ast Total TfL/Yds No-Yards int-Yds Brup QBh rcv-Yds ff Kick Saf--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33 SMALLWOOD, Yaw. 10 52 48 100 13.0-52 4.0-26 . 4 . 1-0 2 . .28 JOHNSON, Jory 10 30 45 75 5.5-9 . . 2 1 . 1 . .16 JONES, Byron 10 33 40 73 1.0-1 . 1-0 1 . . . . .3 MOORE, Sio 10 40 24 64 13.0-66 7.0-48 . 9 1 1-0 . . .15 BROWN, Ty-Meer 10 30 15 45 0.5-1 . 1--1 3 . . . . .5 WREH-Wilson, B. 9 24 15 39 . . . 5 . . . . .53 WIRTH, Ryan 10 16 23 39 7.5-25 2.5-16 . . . 1-0 1 . .7 GRATZ, Dwayne 10 25 12 37 3.0-6 . 3-37 7 . . 1 . .48 WILLIAMS, Trev. 10 16 20 36 10.0-43 8.5-41 . . 2 . 1 . .56 PRUITT, Angelo 10 11 13 24 4.0-12 1.0-8 . 1 . 1-0 . . .22 ADAMS, Andrew 10 11 11 22 2.0-12 . . 4 . 1-0 . . .29 MACK, Taylor 10 13 8 21 1.0-4 . . 3 . . . 1 .59 STEPHEN, Shamar 8 10 8 18 0.5-1 . . 3 . . . 1 .51 WILLMAN, Tim 10 10 2 12 5.0-15 3.0-9 . . . . . . .91 JOSEPH, Jesse 3 5 7 12 1.5-6 1.0-5 . . . . . . .90 CAMPENNI, Jul. 9 4 4 8 1.5-3 . . . . . . . .34 KENNEY, David 10 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . .23 LEE, Wilbert 9 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . .52 DONOHUE, Ryan 5 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .47 FRANK, Reuben 10 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .46 VANN, Marquise 9 3 1 4 . . . . . . 1 . .41 STEG, Brandon 10 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .32 ASHIRU, Jeff. 7 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .13 CHRISTEN, Chad 10 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .97 McBRYDE, B.J. 8 3 . 3 1.0-1 . . . 1 . . . .1I PARKER, Spencer 5 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .45 NORRIS, Elijah 7 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .67 MUELLER, Adam 10 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .25 HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .4 FOXX, Deshon 7 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .94 GRIFFIN, Ryan 10 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .85 DAVIS, Geremy 10 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .98 JENNINGS, Ted 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .77 FRIEND, Kevin 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .73 MATEAS, Alex 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .50 BULLOCK, Tyler 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .89 DELAHUNT, John 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .43 McCOMBS, Lyle 9 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .10 WHITMER, Chan. 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 10 365 322 687 70-257 27-153 5-36 43 5 5-0 7 2 . Opponents...... 10 386 268 654 67.0-273 28-165 14-152 26 22 8-54 12 1 .

2012 Connecticut Defensive Statistics

Sacks TfLs interceptions pass Break ups forced fumblesT. Williams 8.5 Smallwood 13.0 Gratz 3 Moore 9 Smallwood 2Moore 7.0 Moore 13.0 Brown 1 Gratz 7 Johnson 1Smallwood 4.0 T. Williams 10.0 B. Jones 1 Wreh-Wilson 5 T. Williams 1Willman 3.0 Wirth 7.5 Adams 4 Gratz 1Wirth 2.5 Johnson 5.5 Smallwood 4 Wirth 1 Willman 5.0 Mack 3 Vann 1 Pruitt 4.0 Brown 3 Gratz 3.0 Stephen 3

Defensive Category Leaders



Offense Season/Career Stat Comparison

The Automated ScoreBookConnecticut Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 20, 2012)

All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gMcCOMBS, Lyle 9 193 710 43 667 3.5 5 39 74.1 21 468 1954 136 1818 3.9 12 65 86.6McCUMMINGS, Sc. 10 35 148 26 122 3.5 2 25 12.2 22 109 475 68 407 3.7 7 25 18.5DeLORENZO, Max 8 34 129 10 119 3.5 0 20 14.9 8 34 129 10 119 3.5 0 20 14.9HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 19 76 7 69 3.6 1 50 6.9 10 19 76 7 69 3.6 1 50 6.9WILLIAMS, Nick 10 6 31 8 23 3.8 0 14 2.3 40 7 34 8 26 3.7 0 14 0.6WILLIAMS, Jos. 7 3 6 0 6 2.0 0 4 0.9 7 3 6 0 6 2.0 0 4 0.9SMITH, Michael 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 46 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.1TEAM 5 5 0 13 -13 -2.6 0 0 -2.6WHITMER, Chan. 10 55 87 213 -126 -2.3 0 23 -12.6 10 55 87 213 -126 -2.3 0 23 -12.6Total 10 351 1190 320 870 2.5 8 50 87.0Opponents 10 370 1372 296 1076 2.9 9 33 107.6

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gWHITMER, Chan. 10 122.64 185-309-14 59.9 2328 8 43 232.8 10 122.64 185-309-14 59.9 2328 8 43 232.8McENTEE, Johnny 1 75.20 1-2-0 50.0 6 0 6 6.0 14 111.08 173-337-8 51.3 2116 12 64 151.1McCUMMINGS, Sc. 10 58.40 1-2-0 50.0 2 0 2 0.2 22 216.30 6-12-0 50.0 159 2 55 7.2Total 10 121.92 187-313-14 59.7 2336 8 43 233.6Opponents 10 116.58 152-286-5 53.1 1886 10 68 188.6

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gDAVIS, Geremy 10 37 556 15.0 1 37 55.6 22 43 629 14.6 1 37 28.6WILLIAMS, Nick 10 28 296 10.6 0 30 29.6 40 41 550 13.4 2 64 13.8SMITH, Michael 10 27 347 12.9 1 27 34.7 46 100 1269 12.7 3 56 27.6GRIFFIN, Ryan 10 26 399 15.3 5 42 39.9 46 113 1415 12.5 9 55 30.8PHILLIPS, Shak. 10 23 299 13.0 0 25 29.9 10 23 299 13.0 0 25 29.9McCOMBS, Lyle 9 20 180 9.0 0 43 20.0 21 39 352 9.0 1 43 16.8DELAHUNT, John 10 15 184 12.3 1 33 18.4 42 26 302 11.6 2 46 7.2FRANK, Reuben 10 4 8 2.0 0 6 0.8 22 12 38 3.2 0 10 1.7OSIECKI, Mike 6 3 32 10.7 0 16 5.3 16 3 32 10.7 0 16 2.0JONES, Tebucky 6 2 11 5.5 0 6 1.8 14 7 53 7.6 0 17 3.8DeLORENZO, Max 8 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.8 8 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.8HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 1 10 10.0 0 10 1.0 10 1 10 10.0 0 10 1.0Total 10 187 2336 12.5 8 43 233.6Opponents 10 152 1886 12.4 10 68 188.6

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/gWHITMER, Chan. 10 364 -126 2328 2202 220.2 10 364 -126 2328 2202 220.2McCOMBS, Lyle 9 193 667 0 667 74.1 21 468 1818 0 1818 86.6McCUMMINGS, Sc. 10 37 122 2 124 12.4 22 121 407 159 566 25.7DeLORENZO, Max 8 34 119 0 119 14.9 8 34 119 0 119 14.9HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 19 69 0 69 6.9 10 19 69 0 69 6.9WILLIAMS, Nick 10 6 23 0 23 2.3 40 7 26 0 26 0.6WILLIAMS, Jos. 7 3 6 0 6 0.9 7 3 6 0 6 0.9McENTEE, Johnny 1 2 0 6 6 6.0 14 392 -148 2116 1968 140.6SMITH, Michael 10 1 3 0 3 0.3 46 1 3 0 3 0.1TEAM 5 5 -13 0 -13 -2.6Total 10 664 870 2336 3206 320.6Opponents 10 656 1076 1886 2962 296.2



Offense & Special Teams Season/Career Stat Comparison


All games

SEASON CAREER

PAT PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsCHRISTEN, Chad - 11-18 20-20 - - - - - 53 - 11-18 22-22 - - - - - 55McCOMBS, Lyle 5 - - - - - - - 30 13 - - - - - - - 78GRIFFIN, Ryan 5 - - - - - - - 30 9 - - - 1 - - - 56WILLIAMS, Nick 2 - - - - - - - 12 6 - - - - - - - 36McCUMMINGS, Sc. 2 - - - - - - - 12 7 - - - - - - - 42DELAHUNT, John 1 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - 12SMITH, Michael 1 - - - - - - - 6 3 - - - - - - - 18DAVIS, Geremy 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6HYPPOLITE, Mar. 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6DeLORENZO, Max 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6GRATZ, Dwayne 1 - - - - - - - 6 3 - - - - - - - 18Total 20 11-18 20-20 - - - - - 173Opponents 21 13-16 19-21 - - - - - 184

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgWILLIAMS, Nick 19 256 13.5 2 80 50 473 9.5 2 80MACK, Taylor 1 21 21.0 0 0 16 147 9.2 0 33DeLORENZO, Max 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 20 277 13.9 3 80Opponents 23 186 8.1 0 33

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgWILLIAMS, Nick 16 360 22.5 0 37 71 1916 27.0 2 100MACK, Taylor 5 73 14.6 0 24 7 108 15.4 0 24Total 21 433 20.6 0 37Opponents 24 544 22.7 0 45

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgGRATZ, Dwayne 3 37 12.3 1 37 8 152 19.0 2 46BROWN, Ty-Meer 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 4 51 12.8 1 48JONES, Byron 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0Total 5 36 7.2 1 37Opponents 14 152 10.9 1 33

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 2 54 27.0 1 53

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gWILLIAMS, Nick 10 23 296 256 360 0 935 93.5 40 26 550 473 1916 0 2965 74.1McCOMBS, Lyle 9 667 180 0 0 0 847 94.1 21 1818 352 0 0 0 2170 103.3DAVIS, Geremy 10 0 556 0 0 0 556 55.6 22 0 629 0 0 0 629 28.6GRIFFIN, Ryan 10 0 399 0 0 0 399 39.9 46 0 1415 0 0 0 1415 30.8SMITH, Michael 10 3 347 0 0 0 350 35.0 46 3 1269 0 0 0 1272 27.7PHILLIPS, Shak. 10 0 299 0 0 0 299 29.9 10 0 299 0 0 0 299 29.9DELAHUNT, Joh 10 0 184 0 0 0 184 18.4 42 0 302 0 31 0 333 7.9DeLORENZO, M 8 119 14 0 0 0 133 16.6 8 119 14 0 0 0 133 16.6M c C U M M I N G S , 10 122 0 0 0 0 122 12.2 22 407 0 0 0 0 407 18.5MACK, Taylor 10 0 0 21 73 0 94 9.4 31 0 0 147 108 0 255 8.2HYPPOLITE, Ma 10 69 10 0 0 0 79 7.9 10 69 10 0 0 0 79 7.9GRATZ, Dwayne 10 0 0 0 0 37 37 3.7 48 0 0 0 0 152 152 3.2OSIECKI, Mike 6 0 32 0 0 0 32 5.3 16 0 32 0 0 0 32 2.0JONES, Tebucky 6 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.8 14 2 53 0 0 0 55 3.9FRANK, Reuben 10 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.8 22 0 38 0 0 0 38 1.7WILLIAMS, Jos. 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.9 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.9BROWN, Ty-Mee 10 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 22 0 0 0 0 51 51 2.3TEAM 5 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -2.6WHITMER, Chan 10 -126 0 0 0 0 -126 -12.6 10 -126 0 0 0 0 -126 -12.6Total 10 870 2336 277 433 36 3952 395.2Opponents 10 1076 1886 186 544 152 3844 384.4



Special Teams & Defense Season/Career Stat Comparison


All games

SEASON CAREER

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkdCHRISTEN, Chad 18 11 50 1 18 11 50 1Total 18 11 50 1Opponents 16 13 50 1

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blkWAGNER, Cole 62 2498 40.3 62 0 221 9046 40.9 66 0Total 62 2498 40.3 62 0Opponents 72 2826 39.2 63 1

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb obCHRISTEN, Chad 40 2505 62.6 16 0 176 11383 64.7 40 6Total 40 2505 62.6 16 0Opponents 41 2525 61.6 19 0

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk33 SMALLWOOD, Yaw. 10 5 2 4 8 1 0 0 13.0 4 . 0 . 4 1 2 . 22 8 8 1 0 6 1 9 4 15.5 5 . 5 1 7 3 3 .28 JOHNSON, Jory 10 3 0 4 5 7 5 5.5 . . 2 . 1 . 43 9 8 1 0 9 2 0 7 19.5 . 3 6 2 2 .16 JONES, Byron 10 3 3 4 0 7 3 1.0 . 1 1 . . . 22 6 6 5 8 1 2 4 1.0 . 3 5 1 . 13 MOORE, Sio 10 4 0 2 4 6 4 13.0 7 . 0 . 9 1 . . 39 1 6 9 9 7 2 6 6 41.5 1 5 . 0 4 1 6 4 4 .15 BROWN, Ty-Meer 10 3 0 1 5 4 5 0.5 . 1 3 . . . 22 5 0 4 0 9 0 1.5 . 4 1 0 1 1 .5 WREH-Wilson, B. 9 2 4 1 5 3 9 0.0 . . 5 . . . 44 1 2 4 4 9 1 7 3 3.0 0 . 5 7 2 3 1 . .53 WIRTH, Ryan 10 1 6 2 3 3 9 7.5 2 . 5 . . 1 1 . 28 1 9 2 7 4 6 7.5 2 . 5 . . 1 1 .7 GRATZ, Dwayne 10 2 5 1 2 3 7 3.0 . 3 7 . 1 . 48 1 3 0 4 3 1 7 3 9.5 . 8 2 4 2 3 .48 WILLIAMS, Trev. 10 1 6 2 0 3 6 10.0 8 . 5 . . . 1 . 48 8 0 4 7 1 2 7 37.0 2 7 . 5 . 3 1 5 .56 PRUITT, Angelo 10 1 1 1 3 2 4 4.0 1 . 0 . 1 1 . . 11 1 1 1 3 2 4 4.0 1 . 0 1 1 1 . .22 ADAMS, Andrew 10 1 1 1 1 2 2 2.0 . . 4 1 . . 11 1 1 1 1 2 2 2.0 . . 4 1 . .29 MACK, Taylor 10 1 3 8 2 1 1.0 . . 3 . . 1 31 2 2 1 5 3 7 1.0 . 1 5 . . 159 STEPHEN, Shamar 8 1 0 8 1 8 0.5 . . 3 . . 1 32 3 0 3 2 6 2 5.5 2 . 0 . 4 . . 151 WILLMAN, Tim 10 1 0 2 1 2 5.0 3 . 0 . . . . . 13 1 0 3 1 3 5.0 3 . 0 . . . . .91 JOSEPH, Jesse 3 5 7 1 2 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 37 5 7 6 1 1 1 8 21.0 1 3 . 0 . 3 2 2 .90 CAMPENNI, Jul. 9 4 4 8 1.5 . . . . . . 9 4 4 8 1.5 . . . . . .23 LEE, Wilbert 9 4 2 6 0.0 . . 1 . . . 9 4 2 6 0.0 . . 1 . . .34 KENNEY, David 10 1 5 6 0.0 . . . . . . 26 3 5 8 0.0 . . . . . .47 FRANK, Reuben 10 2 3 5 0.0 . . . . . . 22 5 3 8 0.0 . . . . . .52 DONOHUE, Ryan 5 1 4 5 0.0 . . . . . . 5 1 4 5 0.0 . . . . . .41 STEG, Brandon 10 4 . 4 0.0 . . . . . . 22 9 6 1 5 0.0 . . . . . .46 VANN, Marquise 9 3 1 4 0.0 . . . . 1 . 10 3 1 4 0.0 . . . . 1 .32 ASHIRU, Jeff. 7 4 . 4 0.0 . . . . . . 8 4 . 4 0.0 . . . . . .1I PARKER, Spencer 5 1 2 3 0.0 . . . . . . 5 1 2 3 0.0 . . . . . .97 McBRYDE, B.J. 8 3 . 3 1.0 . . . . . . 11 4 . 4 1.0 . . . . . .13 CHRISTEN, Chad 10 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . . 35 6 2 8 0.0 . . . . . .4 FOXX, Deshon 7 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 14 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .25 HYPPOLITE, Mar. 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .85 DAVIS, Geremy 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 22 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .45 NORRIS, Elijah 7 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 7 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .67 MUELLER, Adam 10 . 2 2 0.0 . . . . . . 20 1 4 5 0.0 . . . . . .94 GRIFFIN, Ryan 10 . 2 2 0.0 . . . . . . 46 4 4 8 0.0 . . . 1 . .43 McCOMBS, Lyle 9 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 21 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .77 FRIEND, Kevin 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 28 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .89 DELAHUNT, John 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 42 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . .10 WHITMER, Chan. 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .73 MATEAS, Alex 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .50 BULLOCK, Tyler 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 21 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .98 JENNINGS, Ted 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 14 5 3 8 2.0 . . . . . .

Total 10 3 6 5 3 2 2 6 8 7 70 27 5 4 3 5 7 2Opponents 10 3 8 6 2 6 8 6 5 4 67 28 14 2 6 8 1 2 1



game uT aT TT SKS (YDS) TBL (YDS) TTfL (YDS) ff fr pD iNT BLKMassachusetts 26 26 52 2 (16) 8 (30) 10 (46) 0 0 6 1 1North Carolina State 37 36 73 6 (35) 5 (8) 11 (43) 2 1 4 0 0at Maryland 37 34 71 7 (34) 6 (16) 13 (50) 1 1 7 1 0at Western Michigan 31 40 71 1 (6) 1 (4) 2 (10) 1 0 3 0 0Buffalo 28 44 72 1 (1) 4 (6) 5 (7) 0 1 4 1 0at Rutgers 25 56 81 1 (8) 6 (10) 7 (18) 2 1 3 0 1Temple 42 40 82 4 (21) 2 (5) 6 (26) 1 1 5 1 0at Syracuse 57 12 69 0 (0) 6 (11) 6 (11) 0 0 2 0 0at USF 48 8 56 3 (12) 4 (10) 7 (22) 0 0 4 1 0Pittsburgh 34 26 60 3 (20) 2 (4) 5 (24) 0 0 5 0 0at LouisvilleCincinnatiuconn Totals 365 322 687 27 (153) 43 (104) 70 (257) 7 5 43 5 2Opp. Totals 386 268 654 28 (165) 38 (108) 67 (273) 12 8 26 14 1Key: Ut (unassisted tackles); at (assisted tackles); tt (total tackles); sKs (quarterback sacks); tBl (tackles other than sacks behind the line of scrimmage); ttFl (tackles for loss: SKS + TBL); FF (forced fumbles); Fr (fumble recoveries); pd (pass deflections); int (intercep-tions); BlK (blocked punts, FGs and PATs).

Game-By-Game Team Defensive Totals

Defensive Category Leaders By Game

Massachusetts Solo TacklesSmallwood .......................... 5Total TacklesSmallwood .......................... 7Moore .................................. 5Gratz ................................... 4Wirth .................................... 4Tackles for LossSmallwood ....................... 3.5Moore ............................... 1.5T. Williams ....................... 1.5

North carolina State Solo TacklesSmallwood .......................... 7Total TacklesSmallwood ........................ 14Joseph ................................ 8B. Jones .............................. 8Tackles for LossT. Williams ....................... 3.0Smallwood ....................... 2.0SacksT. Williams ....................... 2.5

Maryland Solo TacklesSmallwood .......................... 8Total TacklesSmallwood ........................ 14Moore .................................. 7Johnson .............................. 7Tackles for LossSmallwood ....................... 3.5Moore ............................... 3.0SacksSmallwood ....................... 2.5Moore ............................... 2.5

Western Michigan Solo TacklesB. Jones .............................. 5Moore .................................. 5Wreh-Wilson ....................... 5Total TacklesB. Jones ............................ 10Johnson ............................ 10Tackles for LossT. Williams ....................... 1.0SacksT. Williams ....................... 1.0

Buffalo Solo TacklesJohnson .............................. 5Smallwood .......................... 5Total TacklesJohnson ............................ 14Smallwood ........................ 11T. Williams .......................... 7B. Jones .............................. 7Tackles for LossJohnson ........................... 2.0SacksT. Williams ....................... 1.0

rutgers Solo TacklesMoore .................................. 5Wreh-WIlson ....................... 5Total TacklesJohnson ............................ 10Moore .................................. 9Smallwood .......................... 9B. Jones .............................. 9Tackles for LossSmallwood ....................... 1.5Wirth ................................. 1.5

Temple Solo TacklesB. Jones .............................. 7Moore .................................. 7Total TacklesB. Jones ............................ 13Smallwood ........................ 13Johnson ............................ 12Tackles for LossMoore ............................... 1.5

Syracuse Solo TacklesSmallwood .......................... 9Total TacklesSmallwood ........................ 10Brown ................................ 10B. Jones .............................. 7Tackles for LossSmallwood ....................... 2.0

uSf Solo TacklesB. Jones .............................. 7Total TacklesB. Jones .............................. 9Wreh-Wilson ....................... 7Smallwood .......................... 6SacksT. Williams ....................... 1.0Willman ............................ 1.0Wirth ................................. 1.0

pittsburgh Solo TacklesMoore .................................. 5Gratz ................................... 5Total TacklesSmallwood .......................... 9Moore .................................. 6Gratz ................................... 6Johnson .............................. 6Tackles for LossMoore ............................... 3.0SacksMoore ............................... 2.0



Game-By-Game Rushing

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TDDeLorenzo 4-22-0 - - - - 4-5-0 23-91-0 - - 3-1-0Hyppolite 3-5-0 1-0-0 - - 6-60-1 5-(-2)-0 2-4-0 - - 2-2-0McCombs 23-82-1 20-60-1 27-94-1 23-119-0 29-97-1 12-32-0 - 12-16-0 18-47-0 29-120-1McCummings 7-13-1 2-(-4)-0 8-44-1 3-(-3)-0 - 4-24-0 4-6-0 1-(-4)-0 5-33-0 1-13-0Smith - 1-3-0 - - - - - - - -Whitmer 2-4-0 7-(-20)-0 4-17-0 8-(-24)-0 5-(-18)-0 3-(-6)-0 8-(-17)-0 5-(-18)-0 8-(-37)-0 5-(-7)-0J. Williams - - - - - - 3-6-0 - - -N. Williams 3-24-0 1-(-4)-0 - - 1-(-4)-0 - - - - 1-7-0

Game-By-Game Passing

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Com-Att-INT Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TDMcCummings - - 1-1-0 - - 0-1-0 - - - - 2-0 0-0McEntee 1-2-0 - - - - - - - - - 6-0Whitmer 15-25-2 15-27-3 10-16-0 28-44-1 15-22-0 14-32-4 22-39-0 23-41-1 24-28-2 19-25-1 219-0 204-0 68-0 333-3 227-1 191-0 293-2 296-1 284-0 213-1

Game-By-Game Receiving

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TDDavis 5-79-0 2-27-0 1-7-0 9-123-1 2-32-0 4-78-0 2-24-0 4-79-0 7-98-0 1-9-0Delahunt - 3-33-0 3-34-0 3-39-1 1-16-0 - 2-23-0 1-8-0 1-15-0 1-7-0Delorenzo - - - - - - 1-14-0 - - -Frank - - 1-6-0 - - - 1-(-5)-0 1-4-0 - 1-3-0Griffin 1-34-0 1-4-0 1-2-0 3-40-1 1-36-1 3-31-0 2-67-1 6-72-1 2-29-0 6-84-1Hyppolite - 1-10-0 - - - - - - - -T. Jones 1-6-0 - - - - - - - 1-5-0 -McCombs 2-23-0 2-51-0 3-(-6)-0 2-28-0 3-33-0 2-6-0 - 2-17-0 3-28-0 1-0-0Osiecki 1-16-0 1-7-0 - - 1-9-0 - - - - -Phillips 2-21-0 1-9-0 - 4-42-0 1-18-0 - 7-100-0 2-36-0 1-21-0 5-52-0Smith 3-30-0 1-4-0 2-18-0 3-35-0 2-26-0 3-52-0 5-54-1 4-61-0 3-40-0 1-27-0N. Williams 1-16-0 3-59-0 - 4-26-0 4-57-0 2-24-0 2-16-0 3-19-0 6-48-0 3-31-0

Game-By-Game Kickoff Returns

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TDMack - - 2-38-0 1-19-0 1-13-0 1-3-0 - - - -N. Williams 1-37-0 2-44-0 2-52-0 4-87-0 - 1-24-0 2-41-0 2-33-0 - 2-42-0



Game-By-Game Tackles: Defensive Linemen

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TTCampenni 0-2-2 - - - - 1-1-2 - 2-0-2 1-1-2 -Jennings 1-0-1 - - - - - - - - -Joseph 1-1-2 4-4-8 0-2-2 - - - - - - -McBryde - - - - - - - 2-0-2 1-0-1 -Norris - - - - 1-1-2 - - - - -Pruitt 0-1-1 1-2-3 1-0-1 0-2-2 2-3-5 0-2-2 0-1-1 4-0-4 2-0-2 1-2-3Stephen - - 1-0-1 1-2-3 0-1-1 1-4-5 2-1-3 2-0-2 3-0-3 -T. Williams 1-2-3 3-2-5 1-3-4 1-4-5 4-3-7 1-3-4 1-2-3 3-1-4 1-0-1 -Willman 2-0-2 - - - - 0-2-2 1-0-1 2-0-2 2-0-2 3-0-3Wirth 0-4-0 2-2-4 4-2-6 1-1-2 0-2-2 2-6-8 3-4-7 1-0-1 2-1-3 1-1-2

Game-By-Game Punt Returns

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TD No-Yds-TDMack 1-21-0 - - - - - - - - -N. Williams 3-66-0 1-1-0 2-60-1 3-32-0 1-10-0 2-8-0 3-(-1)-0 - - 4-80-1

Game-By-Game Tackles: Linebackers

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TTAshiru - - - - - - 1-0-1 - 1-0-1 2-0-2Donohue 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 - - 0-1-1 0-1-1 - - -Kenney 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-2-2 - - - - 1-0-1 - 0-1-1Johnson 2-1-3 2-1-3 1-6-7 3-7-10 5-9-14 2-8-10 6-6-12 3-2-5 4-1-5 2-4-6Moore 2-3-5 2-3-5 5-2-7 5-2-7 2-4-6 5-4-9 7-2-9 3-2-5 4-1-5 5-1-6Smallwood 5-2-7 7-7-14 8-6-14 2-5-7 5-6-11 1-8-9 6-7-13 9-1-10 5-1-6 4-5-9Steg - - 1-0-1 1-0-1 - - 1-0-1 - 1-0-1 -Vann 2-0-2 - - - - 1-0-1 - - - 0-1-1

Game-By-Game Tackles: Defensive Backs

MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcplayer UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TTAdams 1-0-1 1-2-3 3-2-5 1-4-5 0-1-1 1-1-2 - 3-0-3 - 1-1-2Brown 2-1-3 3-1-4 4-1-5 2-1-3 3-2-5 1-2-3 2-3-5 7-3-10 2-0-2 4-1-5Gratz 2-2-4 4-0-4 0-2-2 3-3-6 2-2-4 1-1-2 0-1-1 3-0-3 5-0-5 5-1-6B. Jones 1-2-3 3-5-8 1-2-3 5-5-10 2-5-7 0-9-9 7-6-13 5-2-7 7-2-9 2-2-4Lee - - 2-0-2 1-0-1 - - 1-1-2 - - 0-1-1Mack 1-1-2 1-3-4 3-1-4 0-1-1 1-0-1 3-0-3 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-2-3Wreh-Wilson 1-2-3 1-2-3 - 5-2-7 0-2-2 5-2-7 2-2-4 2-1-3 6-1-7 2-1-3



Game-By-Game Participation

player MaSS NcST @uMD @WMu Buf @ru TeM @SYr @uSf piTT @uofL ciNcAdams, Andrew (22) P P DB DB P P P P P PAllen, Denzel (20) P P DNP P P P DNP DNP DNP PAshiru, Jefferson (32) P DNP DNP DNP P P P P LB PBattles-Santos, Brendan (40) DNP P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPBennett, Jimmy (72) LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LTBrown, Ty-Meer (15) S S S S S S S S S SBullock, Tyler (50) P P P P C C C C C CCampenni, Julian (90) DT DT P P P P P P P DNPChristen, Chad (13) P P P P P P P P P PClaflin,Jeremy(37) P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPCruz, Gus (65) P P RG P P P P P RG RGDavis, Geremy (85) WR WR WR P WR WR WR WR WR WRDelahunt, John (89) TE P P TE P P TE TE TE TEDeLorenzo, Max (44) P P P P DNP P TB P DNP PDonohue, Ryan (52) P P P DNP DNP P P DNP DNP DNPDriscoll, Blaise (17) P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPFoxx, Deshon (4) P P P P P P P DNP DNP DNPFrank, Reuben (47) FB FB P FB FB FB P FB FB FBFriend, Kevin (77) RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RTGifford, Dalton (78) P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP P DNP DNPGratz, Dwayne (7) CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CBGreene, Steve (69) LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LGGriffin,Ryan(94) P TE TE TE TE TE TE P P PHemingway, Xavier (75) P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPHyppolite, Martin (25) P P P P P TB P P P PJennings, Ted (98) P INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJJohnson, Jory (28) LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LBJones, Byron (16) S S S S S S S S S SJones, Tebucky (84) P DNP DNP P P P DNP DNP P PJoseph, Jesse (91) DE DE DE INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJKenney, David (34) P P P P P P P P P PLee, Wilbert (23) P P P P P P P P DNP PMack, Taylor (29) P P CB P P P P P P PMasters, Adam (63) RG RG INJ RG RG RG RG RG INJ INJMateas, Alex (73) C C C C INJ P DNP DNP DNP DNPMcBryde, B.J. (97) P P DNP P P P DNP P P PMcCombs, Lyle (43) TB TB TB TB TB P INJ TB TB TBMcCummings, Scott (11) P P P P P P P P P PMcEntee, Johnny (18) P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPMcQuillan, Sean (49) P DNP DNP P P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPMoore, Sio (3) LB LB LB P LB LB LB LB P LBMueller, Adam (67) P P P P P P P P P PNorris, Elijah (45) P P P P P P P DNP DNP DNPOsiecki, Mike (36) P P P P P P INJ INJ XXXX XXXXParker, Spencer (96) DNP DNP DNP P P P DNP P DNP PPhillips, Shakim (8) P P WR P P P P P P PPruitt, Angelo (56) P P P DT DE DE DE DE DE DESamra, Tyler (60) P DNP DNP DNP P P P DNP DNP DNPShortell, Neil (80) P P DNP P DNP P DNP DNP DNP PSmallwood, Yawin (33) LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LBSmith, Michael (6) P P P P P P P WR WR WRSteg, Brandon (41) P P P P P P P P P PStephen, Shamar (59) INJ INJ P DE DT DT DT DT DT DTStevenson, David (12) P P P P DNP P DNP DNP DNP PVann, Marquise (46) P P DNP P P P P P P PWagner, Cole (86) P P P P P P P P P PWhitmer, Chandler (10) QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QBWilliams, Joseph (21) P P DNP P P P P DNP DNP PWilliams, Nick (31) WR WR WR WR WR WR WR P P PWilliams, Trevardo (48) DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DEWillman, Tim (51) P P P P P P P P P PWirth, Ryan (53) DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DTWreh-Wilson, Blidi (5) CB CB INJ CB CB CB CB CB CB CB

Key: P: Played in game, did not start...POS: Started at that position...INJ: Missed with injury...DNP: Did not play...XXXX: No longer on team



Red ZonecONNecTicuT

game in20 Scores Sc.% fg TD TD% TO Dwn. Mfg eOhUMass 5 4 80% 2 2 40% 1 0 0 0NC State 1 1 100% 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0at Maryland 3 3 100% 1 2 67% 0 0 0 0at W. Michigan 5 4 80% 1 3 60% 1 0 0 0Buffalo 2 2 100% 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0Temple 3 1 33% 0 1 33% 0 0 2 0at Syracuse 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0at USF 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0Pittsburgh 4 3 75% 1 2 50% 1 0 0 0at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 26 21 81% 9 12 46% 3 0 2 0

OppONeNTgame in20 Scores Sc.% fg TD TD% TO Dwn. Mfg eOhUMass 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0NC State 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0at Maryland 2 2 100% 0 2 100% 0 0 0 0at W. Michigan 2 2 100% 0 2 100% 0 0 0 0Buffalo 1 1 100% 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 2 2 100% 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0Temple 2 2 100% 0 2 100% 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 6 6 100% 2 4 67% 0 0 0 0at USF 3 2 66% 1 1 33% 1 0 0 0Pittsburgh 2 2 100% 0 2 100% 0 0 0 0at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 21 20 95% 5 15 71% 1 0 0 0

Turnover ResultscONNecTicuT

game fuM iNT Total Opp points OffUMass 1 2 3 0NC State 1 3 4 7at Maryland 1 0 1 0at W. Michigan 1 1 2 7Buffalo 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 1 4 5 12Temple 1 0 1 0at Syracuse 1 1 2 7at USF 1 2 3 6Pittsburgh 0 1 1 7at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 8 14 22 46

OppONeNTgame fuM iNT Total Opp points OffUMass 0 1 1 7NC State 1 0 1 0at Maryland 1 1 2 3at W. Michigan 0 0 0 0Buffalo 1 1 2 0at Rutgers 1 0 1 0Temple 1 1 2 0at Syracuse 0 0 0 0at USF 0 1 1 0Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 5 5 10 10

Drive ChartscONNecTicuT

game No. 3&Out % Score % TD %UMass 13 1 8% 7 54% 4 31%NC State 15 5 33% 1 7% 1 7%at Maryland 14 5 36% 4 29% 3 21%at W. Michigan 14 3 21% 4 29% 3 21%Buffalo 14 5 36% 4 29% 3 21%at Rutgers 13 2 15% 1 8% 0 0%Temple 15 4 26% 2 13% 2 13%at Syracuse 12 4 33% 2 16% 1 8%at USF 11 2 18% 2 18% 0 0%Pittsburgh 10 2 20% 3 30% 2 20%at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 131 33 25% 30 23% 19 15%

OppONeNTgame No. 3&Out % Score % TD %UMass 13 10 77% 0 0% 0 0%NC State 16 6 38% 2 13% 1 6%at Maryland 14 6 43% 3 21% 3 21%at W. Michigan 14 5 36% 4 29% 3 21%Buffalo 14 7 50% 3 21% 2 14%at Rutgers 13 3 23% 4 31% 2 15%Temple 15 5 33% 3 20% 2 13%at Syracuse 12 2 16% 8 67% 4 33%at USF 11 2 18% 3 27% 1 9%Pittsburgh 11 4 36% 3 27% 2 18%at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 133 50 36% 33 25% 20 15%

Third Down ConversionscONNecTicuT

game 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-14 15-19 20+ Tot. %UMass 2-6 4-6 2-3 0-1 8-16 50%NC State 1-3 1-3 0-3 0-1 0-2 2-12 16%at Maryland 2-3 1-4 3-7 0-1 6-15 40%at W. Michigan 4-6 2-4 0-1 1-5 0-1 7-17 41%Buffalo 2-4 0-4 1-3 1-2 0-1 4-14 29%at Rutgers 3-4 0-2 2-4 1-2 0-1 6-13 46%Temple 1-3 1-5 2-3 1-5 5-16 31%at Syracuse 2-2 1-4 0-3 0-2 0-2 3-13 23%at USF 2-2 1-4 2-4 1-3 6-13 46%Pittsburgh 3-4 2-5 2-4 0-1 7-14 50%at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 22-37 11-36 14-33 7-28 0-3 0-6 54-143 38%

OppONeNTgame 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-14 15-19 20+ Tot. %UMass 1-2 1-1 1-6 1-5 0-2 3-15 20%NC State 2-5 0-2 3-9 0-2 1-1 6-19 32%at Maryland 1-2 2-5 1-3 0-2 0-1 4-13 31%at W. Michigan 3-3 1-2 1-4 0-5 1-1 6-15 40%Buffalo 4-5 1-6 1-6 0-1 6-18 33%at Rutgers 3-3 1-2 1-4 0-3 0-2 5-14 36%Temple 2-5 1-4 0-3 1-3 0-2 4-17 24%at Syracuse 2-3 2-3 3-5 1-2 0-2 8-15 53%at USF 3-3 2-4 1-3 0-4 0-1 6-15 40%Pittsburgh 0-3 2-3 1-2 0-2 1-1 0-1 4-12 33%at LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 20-32 12-29 14-47 4-29 3-14 0-3 52-153 34%



Game #1 • August 30, 2012

37 0

Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Conn.

UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 23 89 7 82 1 12Williams 3 24 0 24 0 14DeLorenzo 4 22 0 22 0 18

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgWhitmer 15-25-2 219 0 34McEntee 1-2-0 6 0 6

Receiving No Yds TD LgDavis 5 79 0 26Smith 3 30 0 14McCombs 2 23 0 12Phillips 2 21 0 15

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Wagner 2 78 39.0 43 1

Field Goal AttemptsChristen 2nd 09:04 36 yds GoodChristen 2nd 02:47 47 yds GoodChristen 4th 01:36 19 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntSmallwood 5-2-7 3.5 1.0 Moore 2-3-5 1.5Gratz 2-2-4 1

UMass Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgBurns 11 26 9 17 0 9Doyle 1 4 0 4 0 4Smith 1 2 0 2 0 2

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgWegzyn 9-22-1 56 0 15Doyle 0-1-0 0 0 0

Receiving No Yds TD LgMichel 3 14 0 5Blanchflower 2 17 0 9Burns 2 13 0 11

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Strait 9 378 42.0 47 0Johnson 1 40 40.0 40 0

Field Goal AttemptsNone.

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntMcIntyre 6-6-12 Brandt, Tom 3-3-6 1Andre 2-4-6

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 89 Delahunt DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 90 CampenniLG 69 Greene DE 91 JosephC 73 Mateas LB 3 MooreRG 63 Masters LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesFB 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 31 Williams CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (60): 4 Foxx, 6 Smith, 8 Phillips, 11 McCummings, 12 Stevenson, 13 Christen, 17 Driscoll, 18 McEntee, 20 Allen, 21 Williams, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyp-polite, 29 Mack, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 36 Osiecki,37Claflin,41Steg,44DeLorenzo,45 Norris, 46 Vann, 49 McQuillan, 50 Bull-ock, 51 Willman, 52 Donohue, 56 Pruitt, 60 Samra, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 75 Hemingway, 78 Gifford, 80 Shortell, 84 Jones, 86 Wag-ner,94Griffin,97McBryde,98Jennings

Team Statistics UMASS UCONNFIRST DOWNS 3 16 Rushing 1 3 Passing 2 13 Penalty 0 0RUSHING YARDS 3 147 Rushing Attempts 24 43 Average Per Rush 0.1 3.4 Rushing Touchdowns 0 2 Yards Gained 46 159 Yards Lost 43 12PASSING YARDS 56 225 Com-Att-Int 9-23-1 16-27-2 Avg. Per Att. 2.4 8.3 Avg. Per Com. 6.2 14.1 Passing Touchdowns 0 0TOTAL OFFENSE 59 372 Total offense plays 47 70 Avg. Gain Per Play 1.3 5.3Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties: No.-Yards 5-29 4-30Punts-Yards 11-418 2-78 Avg. Yards Per Punt 38.0 39.0Punt rets: No.-Yards 0-0 4-87Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 5-97 1-37 Average Per Return 19.4 37.0Int: No.-Yds 2-20 1-37Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 23:23 36:37Third-Down Conv. 3 of 15 8 of 16Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 0 0 of 0

Massachusetts (0-1) 0 0 0 0 - 0Connecticut (1-0) 7 13 7 10 - 37First QuarterUC - Lyle McCombs 1 yd run (Christen kick) 5:59 (12-75, 7:29)Second QuarterUC-ChadChristen36ydfieldgoal9:04(13-51,5:44)UC-ChadChristen47ydfieldgoal2:47(7-25,1:57)UC - Dwayne Gratz 37 yd interception return (Christen kick) 1:49Third QuarterUC - Max DeLorenzo 0 yd blocked punt return (Christen kick) 4:21Fourth QuarterUC - Scott McCummings 1 yd run (Christen kick) 8:24 (4-47, 2:05)UC-ChadChristen19ydfieldgoal1:36(9-33,4:45)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - University of Connecticut redshirt sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer threw for 219 yards and Connecticut scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams to beat Massachusetts 37-0 Thursday night before a crowd of 35,270 at Rentschler Field in the opener for both teams. Connecticut’s defense dominated the game, holding UMass to just 59yardsofoffenseandlimitingtheMinutementothreefirstdowns.UMass did not have an offensive snap in UConn territory and the three UMassfirstdowntiedaHuskyschoolrecordfortheleastallowed. Redshirt sophomore Lyle McCombs rushed for 82 yards and a first-quartertouchdown,oneoftwobytheoffense.UConnalsoscoredon a 37-yard interception return by redshirt senior cornerback Dwayne Gratz and on a blocked punt. RedshirtjuniorChadChristenaddedfieldgoalsof36,47and19yardsforhisfirstcollegiatescores. Thiswasthe72ndmeetingbetweenthetwoprogramsbutthefirstsince 1999, when both teams were Division I-AA. Whitmer, a transfer who threw for more than 3,000 yards in junior college last year, completed 15 of his 25 passes, but also threw two interceptionsinhisfirstgameasaFBSstarter. Hehithisfirstthreepasses,includinga16-yardertoseniorNickWilliamsthatsetuptheHuskies’firstscore,aone-yardplungebyMc-Combs that capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive. Williams, who had more than 140 yards of total offense, returned the next UMass punt 34 yards, setting up UConn on the UMass 30. But safety Darren Thellen stopped the UConn drive - and made a few highlight shows - by diving out of bounds and tipping a Whitmer passbacktolinebackerTomBrandt,whomadehisfirstcareerintercep-tion. UConn had 372 yards of offense, but had three drives end with turnovers deep in UMass territory. Whitmer split time with redshirt sophomore Scott McCummings, who ran UConn’s version of the “Wildcat” offense. McCummings ran for 13 yards and a one-yard fourth-quarter touchdown that put UConn up 34-0. The defense got into the scoring column when Gratz stepped in front of UMass receiver Marken Michel and returned an interception 37 yardsforatouchdownwith1:49leftinthefirsthalf. The special teams got their score with just over four minutes left in the third quarter. UConn’s Taylor Mack blocked a punt after Colter Johnson dropped the snap, and the Huskies’ Max DeLorenzo recovered in the end zone to give UConn a 27-0 lead. UMass never got its offense started, averaging just over 1 yard per play,andfailingtogetafirstdownuntiljust34secondsbeforehalftime. Senior defensive end Trevardo Williams (Bridgeport, Conn.), who had12.5sacksayearago,gothisfirstoftheseasonlateinthethirdquarter, one of two sacks by the Huskies on the day. ThegamewasthefirstbetweenFootballBowlSubdivisionprograms from New England since 2004, when UConn bested Boston College.



Game #2 • September 8, 2012

7 10


UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 20 67 7 60 1 15Smith 1 3 0 3 0 3

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgWhitmer 15-27-3 204 0 34

Receiving No Yds TD LgN. Williams 3 59 0 30Delahunt 3 33 0 19McCombs 2 51 0 43Davis 2 27 0 15



Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntSmallwood 7-7-14 2.0 0.5Joseph 4-4-8 1.5 1.0B. Jones 3-5-8T. Williams 3-2-5 3.0 2.5Moore 2-3-5 1.0 1.0

NC State Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgGreene 17 51 3 48 0 9Washington 9 21 1 20 0 5Creecy 6 18 4 14 0 8

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgGlennon 15-30-0 204 1 46

Receiving No Yds TD LgPalmer 5 46 0 16Payton 3 48 0 20Washington 2 26 0 18Underwood 1 46 1 46

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Baumann 9 347 38.6 46 3

Field Goal AttemptsSade 2nd 02:54 40 yds GoodSade 3rd 06:28 44 yds Missed

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntLucas 3-5-8 Dowdy 6-0-6 1.0 1.0Noel 4-2-6 1.0Bishop 4-1-5 1Wolff 3-2-5 1

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 94 Griffin DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 90 CampenniLG 69 Greene DE 91 JosephC 73 Mateas LB 3 MooreRG 63 Masters LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesFB 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 31 Williams CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (51): 4 Foxx, 6 Smith, 8 Phillips, 11 McCummings, 12 Stevenson, 13 Christen, 20 Allen, 21 Williams, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 34 Kenney, 36 Osiecki, 40 Battles-Santos, 41 Steg, 44 DeLorenzo, 45 Norris, 46 Vann, 50 Bullock, 51 Willman, 52 Donohue, 56 Pruitt, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 75 Hemingway, 78 Gif-ford, 80 Shortell, 86 Wagner, 89 Delahunt, 97 McBryde

Team Statistics NCSU UCONNFIRST DOWNS 12 11 Rushing 4 2 Passing 8 7 Penalty 0 2RUSHING YARDS 54 35 Rushing Attempts 41 32 Average Per Rush 1.3 1.1 Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 Yards Gained 100 78 Yards Lost 46 43PASSING YARDS 204 204 Com-Att-Int 15-30-0 15-27-3 Avg. Per Att. 6.8 7.6 Avg. Per Com. 13.6 13.6 Passing Touchdowns 1 0TOTAL OFFENSE 259 239 Total offense plays 71 59 Avg. Gain Per Play 3.6 4.1Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 1-1Penalties: No.-Yards 8-63 5-26Punts-Yards 9-347 8-324 Avg. Yards Per Punt 38.6 40.5Punt rets: No.-Yards 2-12 1-1Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 0-0 2-44 Average Per Return 0.0 22.0Int: No.-Yds 3-16 0-0Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 32:55 27:05Third-Down Conv. 6 of 19 2 of 12Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 2 0 of 2

NC State (1-1) 0 3 7 0 - 10Connecticut (1-1) 0 0 0 7 - 7Second QuarterNCSU-NiklasSade40ydfieldgoal2:54(15-61,6:52)Third QuarterNCSU - Bryan Underwood 46 yd pass from Mike Glennon (Sade kick) 8:34 (3-41, 1:29)Fourth QuarterUC - Lyle McCombs 5 yd run (Christen kick) 7:00 (3-63, 1:02)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - North Carolina State University red-shirt senior quarterback Mike Glennon threw a 46-yard third-quarter touchdown to receiver Bryan Underwood and the Wolfpack held on to beat the University of Connecticut 10-7 on Saturday before a crowd of 34,202 at Rentschler Field. UConn and NC State are both 1-1 on the season. Glennon and UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer each threw for 204 yards. But Whitmer also had three passes intercepted as the Wolfpack forced four Huskies turnovers. All-America cornerback David Amerson recorded his 14th career interception and knocked away a fourth-down pass on Connecticut’s finaldrivetosecurethewin. Glennon completed 15 of his 30 passes but was sacked six times. NC State had just 258 yards of offense, but held the Huskies to 239. UConn redshirt sophomore Lyle McCombs rushed for 60 yards andcaughta43-yardswingpassthatsetuphisfive-yardfourth-quartertouchdown run to pull UConn to within three points with seven minutes left. Glennon opened the next drive by hitting Tobias Palmer with two quick passes to move into UConn territory. But the Huskies defense stiffened at the 27, and the Wolfpack, heading into a stiff wind, decided to go for it on fourth-and-two. Glennon’s pass to Underwood fell incom-plete, giving UConn one more drive with 3:17 remaining. Whitmer moved the Huskies from their own 27 to the 46 before being sacked by linebacker Brian Slay on third down and having Amer-son knock down the fourth-down pass. A bizarre UConn turnover led to NC State’s touchdown. Safety Earl Wolff tipped a Whitmer pass into the hands of Huskies redshirt se-nior tight end John Delahunt, who then fumbled the ball back to Wolff. Three plays later, Underwood ran under a Glennon pass, catching it with hisfingertipsatthe18-yardlineandrunningtherestofthewayintotheend zone for a 10-0 lead. Amerson picked off Whitmer’s pass on the next UConn play, but Niklas Sade’s 44-yard FG attempt went wide right. N.C. State’s three halfbacks - Mustafa Green, Tony Creecy and James Washington - combined for just 82 yards. Thefirstpointsdidn’tcomeuntillateinthesecondquarter,whenNCStateputtogetherthegame’sfirstsustaineddriveof15plays.Butafter moving 61 yards, a sack by senior Trevardo Williams forced the Wolfpacktosettlefora40-yardfieldgoalfromSadewithjustunderthreeminutesleftinthefirsthalf. Connecticut’s best scoring chance before halftime came when Nick Williams’ 30-yard catch set the Huskies up at the N.C. State 37. But after a penalty, Whitmer tripped and fell while dropping back, and an 18-yard catch by Williams set up a fourth-and-2. UConn went for it ratherthantrya47-yardfieldgoalintoastiffwind,andWhitmerwassacked by linebacker Rickey Dowdy. UConnwontheearlybattleforfieldpossession,butcouldnotcapitalize.TheHuskiesfailedtogetafirstdownafterstartingtheirfirstthree drives on their own 39, 48 and the NC State 45. The Huskies didn’t haveafirstdownuntiltheendofthequarterwhenNCState’sT.Y.McGill was called for roughing Whitmer.




24 21

Byrd Stadium • College Park, Md.

UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 27 98 4 94 1 15McCummings 8 44 0 44 1 21Whitmer 4 26 9 17 0 23

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgWhitmer 10-16-0 68 0 19McCummings 1-1-0 2 0 2

Receiving No Yds TD LgDelahunt 3 43 0 19McCombs 3 -6 0 0Smith 2 18 0 11


Field Goal AttemptsChristen 2nd 07:00 49 yds MisedChristen 3rd 03:29 34 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntSmallwood 8-6-14 3.5 2.5Moore 5-2-7 3.0 2.5Johnson 1-6-7 1.0Wirth 4-2-6 1.0T. Williams 1-3-4 1.0 1.0Gratz 0-2-2 1

Maryland Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgBrown 14 74 0 74 1 19Boykins 1 12 0 12 0 12Hills 18 52 42 10 1 12

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgHills 10-24-1 109 1 29

Receiving No Yds TD LgDiggs 3 57 1 29Leak 3 35 0 22Boykins 2 15 0 8

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Renfro 7 295 42.1 51 1


Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntFarrand 6-3-9 1.0Hartsfield 5-4-9 1.0Drakeford 6-2-8 1.0 1.0

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 94 Griffin DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DE 91 JosephLG 69 Greene LB 3 MooreC 73 Mateas LB 33 SmallwoodRG 65 Cruz LB 28 JohnsonRT 77 Friend DB 22 AdamsQB 10 Whitmer CB 29 MackTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesWR 8 Phillips S 15 BrownWR 31 Williams CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (44): 4 Foxx, 6 Smith, 11 McCummings, 12 Stevenson, 13 Chris-ten, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 34 Kenney, 36 Osiecki, 41 Steg, 44 DeLorenzo, 45 Norris, 47 Frank, 50 Bullock, 51 Willman, 52 Donohue, 56 Pruitt, 59 Stephen, 67 Mueller, 86 Wagner, 89 Delahunt, 90 Campenni

Team Statistics UCONN UMDFIRST DOWNS 10 16 Rushing 6 7 Passing 4 7 Penalty 0 2RUSHING YARDS 153 96 Rushing Attempts 40 40 Average Per Rush 3.8 2.4 Rushing Touchdowns 2 2 Yards Gained 168 143 Yards Lost 15 47PASSING YARDS 70 109 Com-Att-Int 11-17-0 10-24-1 Avg. Per Att. 4.1 4.5 Avg. Per Com. 6.4 10.9 Passing Touchdowns 0 1TOTAL OFFENSE 223 205 Total offense plays 57 64 Avg. Gain Per Play 3.9 3.2Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 2-1Penalties: No.-Yards 4-47 5-40Punts-Yards 7-312 7-295 Avg. Yards Per Punt 44.6 42.1Punt rets: No.-Yards 2-60 5-68Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 4-90 3-98 Average Per Return 22.5 32.7Int: No.-Yds 1-0 0-0Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 31:14 28:46Third-Down Conv. 6 of 15 4 of 14Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 2 1 of 2

Connecticut (2-1) 7 7 3 7 - 24Maryland (2-1) 0 7 0 14 - 21First QuarterUC - Nick Williams 58 yd punt return (Christen kick) 7:05Second QuarterUC - Scott McCummings 3 yd run (Christen kick) 12:35 (7-36, 3:13)MD - Wes Brown 19 yd run (Craddock kick) 10:24 (8-67, 2:03)Third QuarterUC-ChadChristen34ydfieldgoal3:29(4-6,1:44)Fourth QuarterMD - Stefon Diggs 29 yd pass from Perry Hills (Craddock kick) 14:07 (10-75, 4:22)UC - Lyle McCombs 11 yd run (Christen kick) 8:04 (10-76, 5:57)MD - Perry Hills 10 yd run (Craddock kick) 4:39 (7-53, 3:16)

College Park, Md. - Redshirt sophomores Lyle McCombs and Scott McCummings both ran for touchdowns, and senior Nick Williams re-turned a punt for another score as the University of Connecticut football team defeated Maryland 24-21 Saturday before a crowd of 35,491 at Byrd Stadium. Both teams are now 2-1 on the season. McCombs rushed for 94 yards and his fourth-quarter touchdown. McCummings, who also came in at quarterback occasionally, ran for a three-yardscorethatgavetheHuskiesa14-0first-halflead.ThatcameafterWilliamsscoredthegame’sfirsttouchdownona58-yardpuntreturn. Connecticut started quickly in going against their former coach, Randy Edsall, who left after 2010 to come to Maryland (2-1). The Huskies outgained Maryland 148-80 in total yardage in the firsthalfandcontrolledtheballfor18minutes,40seconds.Theyalsocame up with timely plays, converting four of nine third-down situations tokeeptheMarylandoffenseoffthefield. Connecticut opened the scoring on Williams’ 58-yard punt return, and redshirt junior Chad Christen’s extra point gave the Huskies a 7-0 leadwith7:05leftinthefirstquarter. Theytookadvantageofashortfieldtoscoretheirsecondtouch-down, gaining possession at the Maryland 36 after the Terrapins were forced to punt from their four. McCummings’ three-yard run seven plays later made it 14-0 with 12:35 left in the half. Maryland’soffensefinallyawakenedonthenextpossession.Akeyplay came on fourth-and-four from the Connecticut 37, when quarter-back Perry Hills completed an 18-yard pass to Stefon Diggs. One play later, Wes Brown ran for a 19-yard touchdown, and Brad Craddock’s extra point cut the lead to 14-7 with 10:24 remaining in the half. Connecticut redshirt sophomore linebacker Yawin Smallwood sacked Hills and forced a third-quarter fumble that redshirt sophomore Angelo Pruitt recovered for the Huskies at the Maryland 23. UConn couldn’tpickupafirstdown,butChristenkickeda34-yardfieldgoalwith 3:29 left in the quarter for a 17-7 lead. Smallwood caused problems for the Terrapins throughout the game, with four of his 14 tackles going for losses, including three sacks. After a 75-yard drive, Maryland made it 17-14 on the second play of the fourth quarter when Hills threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs on third-and-te. The Terrapins’ Marcus Leak tipped the pass and Diggs grabbed it for a touchdown to make it 17-14. The Huskies answered on their next possession, driving 76 yards to take a 24-14 lead on McCombs’ 11-yard touchdown run. Hills ran for a 10-yard touchdown that cut the Connecticut lead to 24-21 with 4:39 left. After getting the ball back following a Huskies punt, Maryland reached the Connecticut 39 before its drive stalled with 17 seconds left.




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Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Mich.

UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 23 120 1 119 0 28McCummings 3 4 7 -3 2


Receiving No Yds TD LgDavis 9 123 1 25Phillips 4 42 0 13N. Williams 4 26 0 11Griffin 3 40 1 17Delahunt 3 39 1 33


Field Goal AttemptsChristen 3rd 11:58 51 yds MissedChristen 4th 08:47 32 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntB. Jones 5-5-10Johnson 3-7-10Moore 5-2-7Wreh-Wilson 5-2-7Smalwood 2-5-7 0.5

W. Michigan Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgChance 19 66 0 66 1 9Fields 3 9 0 9 0 4Carder 1 7 0 7 0 7

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgCarder 18-34-0 237 1 39Van Tubbergen 3-6-0 16 0 9

Receiving No Yds TD LgWilson 8 100 0 39Schaffer 6 104 1 30Braverman 3 25 0 10

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Schroeder 8 336 42.0 63 0

Field Goal AttemptsHaldeman 1st 12:53 44 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntBozeman 6-6-12 2.0 2.0Simon 4-5-9 0.5Celiscar 5-3-8 1Easmon 2-5-7 1.0 1.0

UConn StartersOffense DefenseTE 89 Delahunt DE 48 WilliamsTE 94 Griffin DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 56 PruittLG 69 Greene DE 59 StephenC 73 Mateas LB 33 SmallwoodRG 63 Masters LB 28 JohnsonRT 77 Friend DB 22 AdamsQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesFB 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 31 Williams CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (53): 3 Moore, 4 Foxx, 6 Smith, 8 Phillips, 11 McCummings, 12 Stevenson, 13 Christen, 20 Allen, 21 Wil-liams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 34 Kenney, 36 Osiecki, 41 Steg, 44 DeLorenzo, 45 Norris, 46 Vann, 47 Frank, 49 McQuil-lan, 50 Bullock, 51 Willman, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 80 Shortell, 84 Jones, 85 Davis, 86 Wagner, 90 Campenni, 96, Spencer Parker, 97 McBryde

Team Statistics UCONN WMUFIRST DOWNS 24 19 Rushing 3 4 Passing 18 12 Penalty 3 3RUSHING YARDS 92 77 Rushing Attempts 34 30 Average Per Rush 2.7 2.6 Rushing Touchdowns 0 2 Yards Gained 127 90 Yards Lost 35 13PASSING YARDS 333 253 Com-Att-Int 28-44-1 21-40-0 Avg. Per Att. 7.6 6.3 Avg. Per Com. 11.9 12.0 Passing Touchdowns 3 1TOTAL OFFENSE 425 330 Total offense plays 78 70 Avg. Gain Per Play 5.4 4.7Fumbles: No.-Lost 4-1 1-0Penalties: No.-Yards 7-53 6-53Punts-Yards 6-252 8-336 Avg. Yards Per Punt 42.0 42.0Punt rets: No.-Yards 3-32 3-24Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 5-106 2-19 Average Per Return 21.2 9.5Int: No.-Yds 0-0 1-2Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 1-53Possession Time 33:18 26:42Third-Down Conv. 7 of 17 6 of 15Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 1 0 of 0

Connecticut (2-2) 0 7 7 10 - 24Western Michigan (2-2) 3 14 7 6 - 30First QuarterWMU-AndrewHaldeman44ydfieldgoal12:53(7-49,2:07)Second QuarterWMU - Antoin Scriven 1 yd run (Haldeman kick) 12:10 (8-87, 3:17)WMU - Dareyon Chance 9 yd run (Haldeman kick) 8:39 (7-36, 1:50)UC-RyanGriffin9ydpassfromChandlerWhitmer(Christenkick) 2:36 (12-66, 6:03)Third QuarterWMU - Josh Schaffer 30 yd pass from Alex Carder (Haldeman kick) 9:47 (6-66, 2:11)UC - John Delahunt 2 yd pass from Chandler Whitmer (Christen kick) 4:15 (7-60, 3:45)Fourth QuarterUC-ChadChristen32ydfieldgoal8:47(8-65,2:46)WMU - Desmond Bozeman 53 yd fumble recovery (Haldeman kick failed) 7:12UC - Geremy Davis 7 yd pass from Chandler Whitmer (Christen kick) 0:54 (8-80, 2:21)

Kalamazoo, Mich. - Western Michigan quarterback Alex Carder threw for 237 yards and a touchdown to lead Western Michigan to a 30-24 win over the University of Connecticut on Saturday before a crowd of 10,328 at Waldo Stadium. Both teams are now 2-2 on the season. Carder completed 18 of 34 passes before leaving the game late in the third quarter after hitting his throwing hand on a helmet. Josh Schaffer caught six of Carder’s passes for 104 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown early in the third quarter that put Western Michigan ahead 24-7. UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer was 28 of 44 for 333 yards passing and three touchdowns for Con-necticut. Redshirt sophomore Lyle McCombs rushed for 119 yards while redshirt sophomore Geremy Davis caught nine passes for 123 yards for the Huskies. Connecticut pulled within 24-17 on a two-yard pass from WhitmertoJohnDelahuntanda32-yardfieldgoalfromChadChristen midway through the fourth quarter. But on the Huskies’ next drive, Desmond Bozeman returned a Whitmer fumble 53 yards foratouchdown.ItwastheBroncos’firstfumblerecoveryforatouchdown in three years. The score also pushed Western Michigan past the 10,000-point total in team history. Whitmer added a seven-yard TD pass to Davis with 54 seconds to play, but the Broncos recovered the onside kick. Antoin Scriven scored from one yard out early in the second quarter to cap an 88-yard drive and give Western Michigan a 10-0 lead. It marked his ninth career touchdown, all on one-yard runs. The Broncos followed that with a 36-yard drive capped by Dareyon Chance’s nine-yard run for a 17-point lead. Chance led Western Michigan with 66 yards rushing. TheHuskiesfinallygotonthescoreboardwith2:36leftinthefirsthalfonWhitmer’s9-yardpasstoredshirtseniortightendRyanGriffin. Donald Celiscar’s interception at the three-yard line stopped a UConndrivemidwayinthefirstquarter. UConn had a 425-330 advantage in total yards. This marked thefirstappearanceatWesternMichiganforaBIGEASTopponent.The start of the game was delayed by a half-hour because of light-ning storms in the area.




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UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 29 103 6 97 1 12Hyppolite 6 61 1 60 1 50


Receiving No Yds TD LgN. Williams 4 57 0 24McCombs 3 33 0 17Davis 2 32 0 18Smith 2 26 0 14


Field Goal AttemptsChristen 1st 10:10 29 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntJohnson 5-9-14 2.0Smallwood 5-6-11 0.5T. Williams 4-3-7 1.0 1.0B. Jones 2-5-7Brown 3-2-5 1

Buffalo Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgZordich 14 80 4 76 0 22Murie 18 58 3 55 1 20Campbell 6 25 0 25 0 7

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgZordich 13-30-1 220 1 43

Receiving No Yds TD LgNeutz 6 90 0 43Johnson 2 33 0 26Campbell 2 30 0 30Hughes 2 13 0 9

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Grassman 8 308 38.5 50 2

Field Goal AttemptsClarke 4th 02:32 44 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntSkinner 6-7-13 0.5 0.5Sherry 6-2-8Means 4-4-8Moseley 3-2-5 1.0 1.0Baugh 2-3-5 0.5 0.5

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 94 Griffin DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 59 StephenLG 69 Greene DE 56 PruittC 50 Bullock LB 3 MooreRG 63 Masters LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesFB 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 31 Williams CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (50): 4 Foxx, 6 Smith, 8 Phillips, 11 McCummings, 13 Christen, 20 Allen, 21 Williams, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 36 Osiecki, 41 Steg, 45 Norris, 46 Vann, 49 McQuillan, 51 Willman, 60 Samra, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 84 Jones, 86 Wagner, 89 Dela-hunt 90 Campenni, 96 Parker 97 McBryde

Team Statistics UB UCONNFIRST DOWNS 13 16 Rushing 7 5 Passing 6 11 Penalty 0 0RUSHING YARDS 141 133 Rushing Attempts 39 42 Average Per Rush 3.6 3.2 Rushing Touchdowns 1 2 Yards Gained Rushing 163 166 Yards Lost Rushing 22 33PASSING YARDS 220 227 Com.-Att.-Int 13-30-1 15-22-0 Avg. Per Att. 7.3 10.3 Avg. Per Com. 16.9 15.1 Passing Touchdowns 1 1TOTAL OFFENSE 361 360 Total offense plays 69 64 Avg. Gain Per Play 5.2 5.6Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties: No.-Yards 3-30 3-14PUNTS-YARDS 8-308 8-277 Avg. Yards Per Punt 38.5 34.6Punt rets: No.-Yards 1-0 1-10Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 3-67 1-13 Average Per Return 22.3 13.0Int: No.-Yds 0-0 1--1Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 26:34 33:26Third-Down Conv. 6 of 18 4 of 14Fourth-Down Conv. 1 of 3 1 of 1

Buffalo (1-3) 7 0 7 3 - 17Connecticut (3-2) 3 14 7 0 - 24First QuarterUC-ChadChristen29ydfieldgoal10:10(9-57,3:42)UC - Brandon Murie 4 yd run (Clarke kick) 6:12 (10-75, 3:58)Second QuarterUC-RyanGriffin36ydpassfromChandlerWhitmer(Christenkick) 14:54 (10-92, 5:09)UC - Martin Hyppolite 50 yd run (Christen kick) 10:56 (5-75, 2:28)Third QuarterUC - Lyle McCombs 2 yd run (Christen kick) 5:03 (7-46, 4:20)UB - Brandon Murie 50 yd pass from Alex Zordich (Clarke kick) 0:33 (6-86, 2:03)Fourth QuarterUB-PatrickClarke44ydfieldgoal2:32(7-63,2:37)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Running backs Lyle McCombs and Martin Hyppolite combined for 157 yards rushing and two touchdowns to lead the University of Connecticut football team to a 24-17 win over Buffalo on Saturday before a crowd of 34,666 at Rentschler Feld. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer, who completed passes to eight different receivers, threw for 227 yards and another score as UConn opened up a 24-7 lead in the third quarter and held on to win. Buffalo, which was playing without injured running back Branden Oliver, had the ball with a chance to tie late in the game, but failed to convert on fourth down at its own 39 yard line. Quarterback Alex Zordich threw for 220 yards and ran for 76 to lead the Bulls. UConn improved to 2-1 this season against the Mid-American conference. The Huskies beat Massachusetts in their season opener, but lost last week at Western Michigan. McCombs, UConn’s 166-pound tailback was the Huskies workhorse, carrying the ball 29 times for 97 yards. His two-yard fourth-down touch-downrungavetheHuskiesa24-7leadwithjustoverfiveminutesleftinthe third quarter. But Buffalo went into its bag of tricks to pull within 24-14. Zordich completedafour-yardpasstoAlexNeutzintherightflat,whothenpitchedthe ball to running back Brandon Murie. He raced down the right sideline, breaking a Byron Jones’ tackle on the way to a 50-yard touchdown. TheBullsgotwithinatouchdownona44-yardfieldgoalbyPatrickClarke with 2:23 left after a 43 yard pass from Zordich to Neutz. UConn redshirt sophomore wide receiver Geremy Davis recovered the onside kick, but UConn punted it away three plays later giving Buffalo one more chance to tie. TheBullstooktheballattheirown20andmanagedonefirstdown. But Zordich was stuffed by redshirt sophomore linebacker Yawin Smallwood after a two-yard gain on a fourth-and-four from the 39, and the Huskies ran out the clock. Connecticuthadbigplaysonback-to-backdrivesinthefirsthalftotakea17-7lead.TightendRyanGriffin’s36-yardcatchandrunoverthemiddleonthefirstplayofthesecondquartercappeda10-play92-yarddrive that gave the Huskies a 10-7 lead. TheHuskiesthenwent75yardsinfiveplaysthenexttimetheyhadthe ball. Hyppolite, who had just four carries coming into the game, took apitchoutonhisfifthandwent50yardsofftherightsidefortheHuskiessecond touchdown. Connecticut moved the ball well from the opening kickoff. A 24-yard pass from Whitmer to senior wide receiver Nick Williams set up a 29-yard fieldgoalbyredshirtseniorChadChristenthatgavetheHuskiesa3-0lead. Buffalo responded with a 10 play, 75-yard drive that included a 30-yard screen pass to Devin Campbell on a fourth down that set up Murie’s 4-yard touchdown run. The Bulls special teams then stepped up, executing a successful onside kick, before the offense stalled. UConncameinrankedfifthinthenationagainsttherush,allowingjust 51 yards per game, but gave up 141 to the Bulls. Buffalo came into the game giving up 34 points a game.



Game #6 • October 6, 2012

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High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, N.J.

UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 12 34 2 32 0 10McCummings 4 25 1 24 0 16DeLorenzo 4 8 3 5 0 4

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgWhitmer 14-32-4 191 0 22McCummings 0-1-0 0 0 0

Receiving No Yds TD LgDavis 4 78 0 22Smith 3 52 0 21Griffin 3 31 0 16


Field Goal AttemptsChristen 2nd 02:39 19 yds GoodChristen 2nd 00:01 51 yds Missed

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntJohnson 2-8-10Moore 5-4-9 1.5Smallwood 1-8-9 1.0B. Jones 0-9-9 0.5Wirth 2-6-8 1.5 1.0

Rutgers Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgJamison 28 117 7 110 0 28Huggins 4 16 0 16 0 9

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgNova 18-27-0 157 1 19

Receiving No Yds TD LgColeman 6 71 0 19Harrison 4 33 1 14Jefferson 3 23 0 16Wright 3 11 0 14

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Doerner 6 185 30.8 54 2

Field Goal AttemptsFederico 1st 03:43 45 yds Good Federico 1st 00:28 31 yds GoodFederico 2nd 07:12 50 yds Block

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntGreene 5-3-8 1Beauharnais 4-4-8 0.5Ryan 5-0-5 1Waters 2-3-5 1.5 1.0Cooper 1-3-4 0.5 1

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 94 Griffin DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 59 StephenLG 69 Greene DE 56 PruittC 50 Bullock LB 3 MooreRG 63 Masters LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 25 Hyppolite S 16 JonesFB 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 31 Williams CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (53): 4 Foxx, 6 Smith, 8 Phillips, 11 McCummings, 13 Christen, 20 Allen, 21 Williams, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 29 Mack, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 36 Osiecki, 41 Steg, 43 McCombs, 44 DeLorenzo, 45 Nor-ris, 46 Vann, 51 Willman, 52 Donohue 60 Samra, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 73 Mateas, 80 Shortell, 84 Jones, 86 Wagner, 89 Delahunt 90 Campenni, 96 Parker 97 McBryde

Team Statistics UCONN RUFIRST DOWNS 17 17 Rushing 4 7 Passing 10 9 Penalty 3 1RUSHING YARDS 53 123 Rushing Attempts 28 35 Average Per Rush 1.9 3.5 Rushing Touchdowns 0 0 Yards Gained Rushing 74 134 Yards Lost Rushing 21 11PASSING YARDS 191 157 Com.-Att.-Int 14-33-4 18-27-0 Avg. Per Att. 5.8 5.8 Avg. Per Com. 13.6 8.7 Passing Touchdowns 0 1TOTAL OFFENSE 244 280 Total offense plays 61 62 Avg. Gain Per Play 4.0 4.5Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 3-1Penalties: No.-Yards 3-20 10-80PUNTS-YARDS 5-173 6-185 Avg. Yards Per Punt 34.6 30.8Punt rets: No.-Yards 2-8 1-8Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 2-27 1-57 Avg. Per Return 13.5 57.0Int: No.-Yds 0-0 4-58Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 27:13 32:34Third-Down Conv. 6 of 13 5 of 14Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 1 0 of 0

Connecticut (3-3, 0-1) 0 3 0 0 - 3No. 22/21 Rutgers (5-0, 2-0) 6 0 7 6 - 19First QuarterRU-KyleFederico45ydfieldgoal3:43(7-17,3:24)RU-KyleFederico31ydfieldgoal0:28(6-15,3:09)Second QuarterUC-ChadChristen19ydfieldgoal2:39(9-45,4:33)Third QuarterRU - Mark Harrison 14 yd pass from Gary Nova (Federico kick) 9:09 (9-84, 4:44)Fourth QuarterRU - Wayne Warren 25 yd interception return (DeLouisa kick failed) 3:44

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - It just didn’t look like anything was improving on Saturday when the Huskies ran into 22nd-ranked Rutgers and absorbed a 19-3 setback in their Big East opener. The focus has been to improve the running game, but it was tougher early on when Whitmer and his teammates began the game without top runningbackLyleMcCombs,whosatforthefirstquarterforbreakingteam rules earlier in the week. Playing against a Rutgers team that leads the nation in rush defense, UConn wound up with 53 yards on 28 attempts, led by McCombs with 32 yards on 12 attempts. He came in averaging 90.4 yards per game. Despiteallitsoffensivewoes,whichincludedfiveturnovers,theHuskies might have pulled off the upset if it had taken advantage of its op-portunities. ShamarStephenblockedaRutgersfieldgoalattemptinthesecondquarter,whichledtotheHuskiesonlypoints,a19-yardfieldgoalbyChadChristen.ItwasthefirstblockedfieldgoalbyUConnsince2004. The Scarlet Knights (5-0, 2-0 Big East) are off to their best start since 2006, and they avenged a bitter loss to the Huskies that ended last regular season and kept Rutgers from sharing the conference title. Jawan Jamison ran it 28 times and recorded his sixth straight 100-yard game and Gary Nova hooked up with Mark Harrison on a 14-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter. Warren put it away with 3:44 left in the fourth when he grabbed a pass down the middle from Chandler Whitmer, and then darted through would-be-tacklers toward the end zone. Warren pushed across the goal line with some help from his team-mates. UConnbenchedMcCombsforthefirstquarter.Hefinishedwith32yards on 12 carries and the Huskies (3-3, 0-1) were held to their worst scor-ing output since getting shut out by Louisville in the middle of the 2010 season. Rutgers has won six of the last eight meetings, but lost last year’s game 40-22. Linebackers Khaseem Greene and Steve Beauharnais were all over UConn’s runners, and the Huskies couldn’t keep Rutgers blitzes from forc-ing Whitmer to hurry his throws. Greene also had an interception late in the fourth quarter. Rutgers chipped away offensively with Jamison running tough against a defense that had only been allowing 74 yards per game on the ground.Novararelywentdownfieldbutfinished18for27for157yards. TheScarletKnights’firstdriveofthesecondhalfwasthebestofthegame for either team, an 84-yarder on nine plays, highlighted by Jamison’s 28-yard run and capped when Harrison slipped a couple of tacklers and reached into the end zone with 9:09 left to make it 13-3. Rutgersturnedtwofirst-quarterturnoversbyUConnintotwofieldgoals by Kyle Federico in a span of 3:15. UConnputtogetheronesoliddriveinthefirsthalf,going43yardson 10 plays behind the running of McCombs and backup quarterback Scott McCummings. The drive stalled inside the 5 and Chad Christen kicked a 19-yardfieldgoaltomakeit6-3.




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UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgDeLorenzo 23 94 3 91 0 20McCummings 4 10 4 6 0 6J. Williams 3 6 0 6 0 4


Receiving No Yds TD LgPhillips 7 100 0 25Smith 5 54 1 18Griffin 2 67 1 42


Field Goal AttemptsChristen 1st 11:44 36 yds MissedChristen 4th 12:54 42 yds MissedChristen 4th 02:52 44 yds BlockChristen OT 15:00 28 yds Missed

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntB. Jones 7-6-13 1Smallwood 6-7-13Johnson 6-6-12 1.0Moore 7-2-9 1.5 1.5

Temple Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgHarris 30 147 5 142 1 33Coyer 17 81 30 51 0 20

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgCoyer 13-26-1 132 1 33

Receiving No Yds TD LgFitzpatrick 3 34 1 14Booth 3 25 0 12Harper 3 9 0 4

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20McManus 8 341 42.6 55 1

Field Goal AttemptsMcManus OT 15:00 29 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntMatakevich 9-10-19 1.0N. Smith 5-9-14 2.0 1.0Carraway 8-3-11 1.0Gildea 3-5-8 2.0 1.0

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 94 Griffin DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 59 StephenLG 69 Greene DE 56 PruittC 50 Bullock LB 3 MooreRG 63 Masters LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 44 DeLorenzo S 16 JonesTE 89 Delahunt S 15 BrownWR 31 Williams CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (46): 4 Foxx, 6 Smith, 8 Phillips, 11 McCummings, 13 Christen, 21 Williams, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 41 Steg, 44 DeLorenzo, 45 Norris, 46 Vann, 47 Frank, 51 Willman, 52 Donohue, 60 Samra, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 86 Wagner, 90 Campenni

Team Statistics TEMPLE UCONNFIRST DOWNS 17 20 Rushing 10 5 Passing 7 14 Penalty 0 1RUSHING YARDS 202 88 Rushing Attempts 49 41 Average Per Rush 4.1 2.1 Rushing Touchdowns 1 0 Yards Gained Rushing 237 116 Yards Lost Rushing 35 28PASSING YARDS 132 293 Com-Att-Int 13-26-1 22-39-0 Avg. Per Att. 5.1 7.5 Avg. Per Com. 10.2 13.3 Passing Touchdowns 1 2TOTAL OFFENSE 334 381 Total offense plays 75 80 Avg. Gain Per Play 4.5 4.8Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-1Penalties: No.-Yards 8-78 2-15PUNTS-YARDS 8-341 7-293 Avg. Yards Per Punt 42.6 41.9Punt rets: No.-Yards 4-21 3--1Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 3-75 2-41 Average Per Return 25.0 20.5Int: No.-Yds 0-0 1-0Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 28:51 31:09Third-Down Conv. 4 of 17 6 of 18Fourth-Down Conv. 2 of 4 0 of 0

Temple (3-2, 2-0) 0 7 0 7 3 17Connecticut (3-4, 0-2) 14 0 0 0 0 14First QuarterUC - Michael Smith 15 yd pass from Chandler Whitmer (Chris-ten kick) 5:50 (7-66, 3:50)UC-RyanGriffin42ydpassfromChandlerWhitmer(Christenkick) 0:05 (5-63, 2:08)Second QuarterTU - Montel Harris 24 yd run (McManus kick) 3:09 (6-80, 2:58)Fourth QuarterTU - Jalen Fitzpatrick 14 yd pass from Chris Coyer (McManus kick) 0:19 (12-72, 2:33)OvertimeTU-BrandonMcManus29ydfieldgoal15:00(5-13,0:00)EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Temple senior kicker Brandon McManus hita29-yardfieldgoalinovertimeastheOwls,whotrailedforover59minutes Saturday, came from behind to beat the University of Connecticut football team by a 17-14 score before a Homecoming crowd of 37,279 at Rentschler Field. Temple senior running back Montel Harris, a transfer from Boston College, ran 30 times for 142 yards and a touchdown for the Owls, who improve to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the BIG EAST. UConn is 3-4 overall and 0-2intheBIGEASTandwasheldtojusttwofirst-quartertouchdowns. UConnredshirtjuniorkickerChadChristenmissedfourfieldgoalattempts, including a 28-yarder on UConn’s overtime possession. Husky redshirt sophomore Chandler Whitmer threw for 293 yards and both of UConn’s scores and redshirt freshman running back Max DeLorenzohad91yardsrushingfortheHuskiesinhisfirstcareerstart. Temple trailed until sophomore Jalen Fitzpatrick caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Chris Coyer with 19 seconds in regulation. The Owls have won two consecutive BIG EAST games for the firsttimeintheprogram’shistory. The touchdown was set up by a 33-yard catch on the left sideline by junior Deon Miller on a third-and-13 from the UConn 47, which followed a 13-yard catch by Harris on a fourth down that moved the ball into UConn territory. Temple had failed on fourth down on two other fourth-quarter drives. Christen had a chance to secure the win for UConn, but his 45-yard field-goalattemptwithjustunderthreeminutestoplaywasblocked.Hehad missed earlier from 38 and 42 yards. Whitmercompleted10ofhisfirst12passes,includinga15-yardstrike over the middle to Mike Smith for a touchdown that gave the Hus-kies a 7-0 lead. On his next drive, he found redshirt senior tight end Ryan Griffinoverthemiddlefora42-yardscore. Whitmer completed 22 of 39 passes for 293 yards and no intercep-tions. He had thrown four interceptions at Rutgers and came in with 10 on the season and just four touchdown passes. Coyer, who threw for just 132 yards, also ran for 51 for the Owls. The Huskies kept Temple pinned in its own territory for most of the firsthalf.TheOwlsmanagedjusteightyardsandonefirstdownontheirfirstfourpossessions.Buttheyhad113ontheirnexttwo. Harris broke a 37-yard run and a 24-yarder for a touchdown to cut the deficitto14-7.TheOwlsweredrivingagainbeforeHarriswasstrippedofthe ball by linebacker redshirt sophomore Yawin Smallwood at Connecti-cut’s 26-yard line. Both teams played without their top running backs. Temple’s Matt Brown, suffered an ankle injury last week, and UConn redshirt sophomore Lyle McCombs sprained his wrist. Without McCombs, the Huskies man-aged just 88 rushing yards. Harris ran for 133 yards in the Owls’ win last week over South Florida. The win gave Temple coach Steve Addazio a victory over his mentor. UConn’s Paul Pasqualoni was the head coach at Western Connecticut and hiredAddaziotohisfirstassistantcoachingjobtherein1985.ThewingaveTempleitsfirstroadwinoftheseason.TheHuskiescameinrankedsixth in the nation in total defense, giving up just over 82 yards per game on the ground.




10 40

Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 12 26 10 16 0 6


Receiving No Yds TD LgGriffin 6 72 1 32Davis 4 79 0 37Smith 4 61 0 20N. Williams 3 19 0 8



Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntSmallwood 9-1-10 2.0Brown 7-3-10B. Jones 5-2-7

Syracuse Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgSmith 19 137 4 133 0 31Broyld 11 63 5 58 0 18Gulley 8 38 0 38 1 10Nassib 6 22 2 20 0 7Ameen-Moore 4 3 2 1 1 2

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgNassib 14-20-0 251 2 68

Receiving No Yds TD LgLemon 8 166 1 68Wales 4 69 1 30

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Fisher 3 104 34.7 44 2

Field Goal AttemptsKrautman 1st 10:46 22 yds GoodKrautman 1st 08:02 33 yds GoodKrautman 3rd 07:21 42 yds GoodKrautman 4th 12:08 47 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntDiabate 5-0-5 1.0Wilkes 4-0-4Thomas 4-0-4 1

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 89 Delahunt DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 59 StephenLG 69 Greene DE 56 PruittC 50 Bullock LB 3 MooreRG 63 Masters LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesTE 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 6 Smith CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (43): 8 Phillips, 11 Mc-Cummings, 13 Christen, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 31 Williams, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 41 Steg, 44 DeLorenzo, 46 Vann, 51 Willman, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 78 Gifford, 86 Wagner, 90 Campenni, 94 Griffin,97McBryde

Team Statistics UCONN CUSEFIRST DOWNS 18 21 Rushing 1 11 Passing 15 8 Penalty 2 2RUSHING YARDS -6 251 Rushing Attempts 18 53 Average Per Rush -0.3 4.7 Rushing Touchdowns 0 2 Yards Gained Rushing 42 273 Yards Lost Rushing 48 22PASSING YARDS 296 251 Com-Att-Int 23-41-1 14-20-0 Avg. Per Att. 7.2 12.6 Avg. Per Com. 12.9 17.9 Passing Touchdowns 1 2TOTAL OFFENSE 290 502 Total offense plays 59 73 Avg. Gain Per Play 4.9 6.9Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 3-0Penalties: No.-Yards 6-51 8-73PUNTS-YARDS 8-327 3-104 Avg. Yards Per Punt 40.9 34.7Punt rets: No.-Yards 0-0 4-39Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 2-33 1-22 Average Per Return 16.5 22.0Int: No.-Yds 0-0 1-27Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 1-1Possession Time 25:13 34:47Third-Down Conv. 3 of 13 8 of 15Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 0 0 of 0

Connecticut (3-5, 0-3) 3 7 0 0 - 10Syracuse (3-4, 2-1) 6 14 17 3 - 40First QuarterSYR-RossKrautman22ydfieldgoal10:46(8-57,2:53)SYR-RossKrautman33ydfieldgoal8:02(4-5,1:17)UC-ChadChristen23ydfieldgoal1:05(14-69,6:57)Second QuarterSYR - Adonis Ameen-Moore 1 yd run (Krautman kick) 8:37 (9-44, 4:15)UC-RyanGriffin32ydpassfromChandlerWhitmer(Christenkick) 3:39 (4-90, 1:39)SYR - Beckett Wales 3 yd pass from Ryan Nassib (Krautman kick) 1:19 (7-77, 2:20)Third QuarterSYR - Prince Tyson-Gulley 4 yd run (Krautman kick) 13:12 (5-75, 1:48)SYR-RossKrautman42ydfieldgoal7:21(10-41,4:06)SYR - Alec Lemon 11 yd pass from Ryan Nassib (Krautman kick) 2:00 (8-70, 3:18)Fourth QuarterSYR-RossKrautman47ydfieldgoal12:08(7-51,3:21)SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Univeristy of Connecticut football team fell 40-10 at Syracuse Friday night before a crowd of 36,715 at the Carrier Dome. UConn redshirt sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer had a solid game as he threw for 291 yards and a touchdown. Syracuse’sJeromeSmithfinishedwithacareer-high133yardsrushing on 19 carries, SU quarterback Ryan Nassib was 14 of 20 for 251yardspassingandRossKrautmankickedfourfieldgoalsfortheOrange. The Orange focused during practice this week on creating turn-overs and the hard work paid off in the second quarter. Orange free safety Durell Eskridge blitzed, forcing a fumble by Whitmer,andCameronLynchrecoveredfortheOrangenearmidfield.It was the 17th turnover of the season for the Huskies and the Orange capitalized. Nassib converted two critical third-down passes to keep the ensuing drive alive, hitting tight end Beckett Wales for 18 yards over the middleandLemonfor17yardsintraffic. Thatsetupafirst-and-goalatthe10,andAdonisAmeen-Moorescored on fourth-and-inches for a 13-3 lead midway through the second quarter. TheHuskiesfinallygotontrackjustbeforehalftime.WhitmerhitseniorwidereceiverMichaelSmithfor18yardsonaslantandfollowedwith a 23-yard completion to redshirt sophomore wide receiver Shakim Phillips After a pass-interference call against the Orange, Whitmer ranright,thenturnedandhitredshirtseniortightendRyanGriffinallalone on the left side for a 32-yard score to make it 13-10 with 3:39 left. Undaunted, Syracuse drove 77 yards for another touchdown, keyed by Lemon’s brilliant 41-yard catch and run to the UConn 2. Nassib then rolled right and hit Wales for a 3-yard score and a 20-10 halftime lead. Syracuse put the game out of reach in the third. After Lemon’s 68-yard reception put the ball at the 2, Prince-Tyson Gulley scored on a 3-yard run. Krautmankickeda42-yardfieldgoal,histhirdofthegame,fora30-10 lead midway through the period, and Lemon capped his brilliant night with an 11-yard reception over the middle with 2 minutes left in the period.



Game #9 • November 3, 2012

6 13

Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Fla.

UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 18 48 1 47 0 12McCummings 5 34 1 33 0 25


Receiving No Yds TD LgDavis 7 98 0 21N. Williams 6 48 0 12Smith 3 40 0 22McCombs 3 28 0 12


Field Goal AttemptsChristen 2nd 0:02 50 yds GoodChristen 3rd 4:28 37 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntB. Jones 7-2-9Wreh-WIlson 6-1-7Smallwood 5-1-6 1.0Gratz 5-0-5 1T. Williams 1-0-1 1.0 1.0

USF Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMurray 10 38 1 37 0 26Shaw 11 35 1 34 0 8Daniels 10 41 18 23 1 15

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgDaniels 19-29-1 199 0 30Floyd 1-3-0 3 0 3

Receiving No Yds TD LgWelch 5 39 0 30Marc 3 47 0 19Price 3 45 0 21Davis 3 32 0 16

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Brockhaus-Kann 6 232 38.7 49 4

Field Goal AttemptsBonani 4th 7:53 28 yds GoodBonani 4th 4:26 50 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntWhitehurst 4-4-8 1.0 1.0Webster 3-4-7Cliett 6-0-6

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 89 Delahunt DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 59 StephenLG 69 Greene DE 56 PruittC 50 Bullock LB 32 AshiruRG 65 Cruz LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesTE 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 6 Smith CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (40): 3 Moore, 8 Phil-lips, 11 McCummings, 13 Christen, 22 Ad-ams, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 31 Williams, 34 Kenney, 41 Steg, 46 Vann, 51 Willman, 67 Mueller, 84 Jones, 86 Wagner, 90 Cam-penni,94Griffin,97McBryde

Team Statistics UCONN USFFIRST DOWNS 20 17 Rushing 3 6 Passing 17 10 Penalty 0 1RUSHING YARDS 43 81 Rushing Attempts 31 34 Average Per Rush 1.4 2.4 Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 Yards Gained Rushing 98 114 Yards Lost Rushing 55 33PASSING YARDS 284 202 Com.-Att.-Int 24-38-2 20-32-1 Avg. Per Att. 7.5 6.3 Avg. Per Com. 11.8 10.1 Passing Touchdowns 0 0TOTAL OFFENSE 327 283 Total offense plays 69 66 Avg. Gain Per Play 4.7 4.3Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties: No.-Yards 5-60 5-49PUNTS-YARDS 6-255 6-232 Avg. Yards Per Punt 42.5 38.7Punt rets: No.-Yards 0-0 1-5Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 0-0 2-34 Avg. Per Return 0.0 17.0Int: No.-Yds 1-0 2-29Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 31:52 28:08Third-Down Conv. 6 of 13 6 of 15Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 0 0 of 0

Connecticut (3-6, 0-4) 0 3 3 0 - 6USF (3-6, 1-4) 7 0 0 6 - 13First QuarterUSF - B.J. Daniels 5 yd run (Bonani kick) 4:08 (8-80, 3:14)Second QuarterUC-ChadChristen50ydfieldgoal0:02(4-18,0:30)Third QuarterUC-ChadChristen37ydfieldgoal4:28(16-66,7:39)Fourth QuarterUSF-MaikonBonani28ydfieldgoal7:53(9-27,3:50)USF-MaikonBonani50ydfieldgoal4:26(5-3,2:01)TAMPA, Fla. - USF senior quarterback B.J. Daniels ran for afirst-quartertouchdownbeforeleavinginthefourthwithaninjury as USF stopped a school-record six-game losing streak by beating the University of Connecticut football team by a 13-6 score on Saturday night before a crowd of 36,190 at Raymond James Stadium. Both teams are now 3-6 on the season while UConn is 0-4 in BIG EAST play while the Bulls are 1-4 in the conference. Daniels was hurt on a 15-yard run inside the UConn 10 justoverfiveminutesintothefourth.Theseniorquarterbackcouldn’t put any weight on his left leg as he was helped from the field. TheBullssettledfora28-yardfieldgoalbyMaikonBo-nani later in the drive to take a 10-6 advantage. Bonani added a 50-yard kick to extend the lead to 13-6 with four and a half minutes left. South Florida had dropped 12 of its last 13 BIG EAST games dating to November 2010. The Bulls squandered a 20-point halftime lead en route to a 37-36 loss to Syracuse on Nov. 27. UConnseniorkickerChadChristenhadtwofieldgoalsforUConn. Daniels put the Bulls up 7-0 on a 5-yard TD run with 4:08 leftinthefirst.Hesetaschoolrecordforcareerrushingtouch-downs with 25 on the score. UConngotwithin7-3whenChristenmadea50-yardfieldgoaltwosecondsbeforehalftime.Hissecondfieldgoalofthegame, from 37 yards with 4:28 to go in the third, made it 7-6. The Huskies had failed to score during the second half in their previous three games. USF threatened to extend its early lead midway through the second, but UConn redshirt senior cornerback Dwayne Gratz intercepted Daniels’ pass in the end zone. South Florida was the only FBS team in the nation without an interception until safety Jon Lejiste picked off redshirt sophomore Chandler Whitmer’s pass at the USF 10 with 6:27 remaining in the game. A late UConn drive ended with 50 seconds to go when Elkino Watson intercepted a Whitmer pass. Whitmer has thrown 13 interceptions this season.



Game #10 • November 9, 2012

24 17


UConn Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgMcCombs 29 125 5 120 1 39McCummings 1 13 0 13 1 13


Receiving No Yds TD LgGriffin 6 84 1 23Phillips 5 52 0 17Williams 3 31 0 14Smith 1 27 0 27



Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntSmallwood 4-5-9Moore 5-1-6 3.0 2.0Gratz 5-1-6 1.0Johnson 2-4-6

Pittsburgh Individual LeadersRushing No Gain Loss Net TD LgGraham 15 45 4 41 0 12Shell 6 23 0 23 0 11

Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD LgSunseri 19-34-0 302 2 39

Receiving No Yds TD LgStreet 6 76 0 24Carswell 5 83 1 18Shanahan 3 79 1 39Graham 3 21 0 15

Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20Yoklic 6 260 43.3 57 0

Field Goal AttemptsHarper 2nd 13:03 44 yds MissedHarper 3rd 10:33 42 yds Good

Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk IntDonald 7-6-13 2.0Trebitz 4-5-9Thomas 5-3-8 0.5 0.5Ezell 3-3-6 2.0 0.5

UConn StartersOffense DefenseWR 85 Davis DE 48 WilliamsTE 89 Delahunt DT 53 WirthLT 72 Bennett DT 59 StephenLG 69 Greene DE 56 PruittC 50 Bullock LB 3 MooreRG 65 Cruz LB 33 SmallwoodRT 77 Friend LB 28 JohnsonQB 10 Whitmer CB 5 Wreh-WilsonTB 43 McCombs S 16 JonesTE 47 Frank S 15 BrownWR 6 Smith CB 7 Gratz

Total Participants (46): 8 Phillips, 11 Mc-Cummings, 12 Stevenson, 13 Christen, 20 Allen, 21 J. Williams, 22 Adams, 23 Lee, 25 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 31 Williams, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 41 Steg, 44 DeLorenzo, 46 Vann, 51 Willman, 67 Mueller, 80 Shortell,84Jones,86Wagner,94Griffin,96Parker, 97 McBryde

Team Statistics PITT UCONNFIRST DOWNS 18 20 Rushing 3 8 Passing 15 11 Penalty 0 1RUSHING YARDS 48 132 Rushing Attempts 25 42 Average Per Rush 1.9 3.1 Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 Yards Gained Rushing 72 162 Yards Lost Rushing 24 30PASSING YARDS 302 213 Com.-Att.-Int 19-34-0 19-25-1 Avg. Per Att. 8.9 8.5 Avg. Per Com. 15.9 11.2 Passing Touchdowns 2 1TOTAL OFFENSE 350 345 Total offense plays 59 67 Avg. Gain Per Play 5.9 5.1Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties: No.-Yards 3-23 4-40PUNTS-YARDS 6-260 5-207 Avg. Yards Per Punt 43.3 41.4Punt rets: No.-Yards 2-9 4-80Kickoff rets: No.-Yds 4-75 2-42 Avg. Per Return 18.8 21.0Int: No.-Yds 1-0 0-0Fumble Ret: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession Time 23:44 36:16Third-Down Conv. 4 of 12 7 of 14Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 0 0 of 0

Pittsburgh (4-6, 1-4) 0 0 3 14 - 17Connecticut (4-6, 1-4) 10 14 0 0 - 24First QuarterUC-RyanGriffin2ydpassfromChandlerWhitmer(Christenkick) 8:31 (11-75, 6:29)UC-ChadChristen29ydfieldgoal1:43(12-61,5:15)Second QuarterUC - Nick Williams 80 yd punt return (Christen kick) 9:26UC - Lyle McCombs 2 yd run (Christen kick) 1:02 (6-61, 2:17)Third QuarterPITT-KevinHarper42ydfieldgoal10:33(9-51,4:27)Fourth QuarterPITT - Drew Cardwell 11 yd pass from Tino Sunseri (Harper kick) 13:37 (6-72, 2:21)PITT - Mike Shanahan 18 yd pass from Tino Sunseri (Harper kick) 2:46 (9-80, 2:11)EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Redshirt sophomore running back Lyle McCombs ran for 120 yards and a touchdown as the University of Con-necticut football team beat Pittsburgh 24-17 on Friday night before a crowd of 33,503 at Rentschler Field. Sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer threw for 213 yards and a score for the Huskies. UConn is now 4-6 overall and 1-4 in the BIG EAST while Pittsburgh is also 4-6 and 1-4. Senior Nick Williams returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. Tino Sunseri threw for 302 yards and two touchdowns for Pitt, whichfellshortinitsattempttoovercomea24-0halftimedeficit.ThePanthers, like UConn, must now win out to become bowl eligible. McCombs, who ran for more than 1,100 yards and seven touch-downs as a freshman, had just 547 yards and four scores coming into the game. He carried the ball 29 times in this one. The Huskies held Pitt running back Ray Graham to 41 yards on 15 carries after he rushed for 172 against Notre Dame a week ago in an overtime loss. UConnscoredonitsfirstpossessionwhenWhitmerhitredshirtseniortightendRyanGriffinwithafour-yardpasstocapan11-play,75-yard march. A staunch UConn defense, ranked ninth nationally, forced Pitttopuntonitsfirstpossession,settingthetonefortherestofthehalf.UConn extended the lead to 10-0 a little over three minutes later on a 29-yardfieldbyredshirtjuniorChadChristen.TheHuskiesopeneda17-0 lead on Williams’ punt return midway through the second quarter. McCombs made it 24-0 on a two-yard plunge, giving the Huskies theirfirstrushingtouchdownsinceaSept.29winoverBuffalo. WhiletheUConnoffenserolledinthefirsthalf,theHuskies’defense, led by redshirt senior linebacker Sio Moore pressured Sunseri throughoutthefirst30andblanketedthePittreceivers,forcingSunserito scramble or throw out of bounds. It also didn’t help that several of Sunseri’s passes were dropped. ThePanthersdidn’tscoreuntilKevinHarper’s42-yardfieldgoalinthethirdquarter.Harper’s44-yardattemptinthefirsthalfhittherightupright. Pittsburgh opened the fourth quarter by going 72 yards in just six plays. Back-to-back passes from Sunseri to Devin Street picked up 46 yardsandthePittquarterbackthenfoundDrewCarswellintheleftflatfor an 11-yard touchdown strike. UConn had a chance to put the game away after a 44-yard run set the Huskies up at the Pittsburgh 14, but Whitmer threw an interception in the end zone to end the threat. Sunseri took over and drove the Panthers 80 yards in just over two minutes, capped by an 18-yard touchdown pass to Mike Shanahan with 2:46 left. The Panthers never got the ball back as Whitmer hit redshirt sophomore Shakim Phillips for a key 17-yard completion on a third-and-9 on UConn’s next drive and the Huskies ran out the clock.

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