uconn vs. rutgers football notes

Connecticut Huskies (3-2, 0-0 BIG EAST)

No. 22/21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-0, 1-0 BIG EAST)Game 6 • Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 • 12:00 PM

Piscataway, N.J. • High Point Solutions Stadium (52,454)ESPNU • 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 Rutgers* (ESPNU) 12:00 PM10/13 TeMpLe* (eSpN3) 1:00 pM10/19 at Syracuse* (ESPN) 8:00 PM11/3 at USF* TBA11/9 piTTSBurgh* (eSpN2) 8:00 pM11/24 at Louisville* TBA12/1 ciNciNNaTi* (aBc/eSpN/eSpN2) TBa*Denotes BIG EAST Conference Game

Rutgers Schedule/ResultsDate Opponent (TV) Score/Time9/1 at Tulane (CBSSN) W, 24-129/8 hOWarD (SNY) W, 26-09/13 USF* (ESPN) W, 23-139/22 at Arkansas (ESPNU) W, 35-2610/6 cONNecTicuT* (eSpNu) 12:00 pM10/13 SYracuSe* (SNY) 12:00 pM10/20 at Temple* TBA10/27 KeNT STaTe (SNY) 3:30 pM11/10 arMY TBa11/17 at Cincinnati* (SNY) 12:00 pm11/24 at Pittsburgh* TBA11/29 LOuiSViLLe* (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 149-84-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 8-9 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.

RutgeRs head coach Kyle FloodKyle flood isinhisfirstyearastheheadcoachatRutgersandisinhisfirstyearas a collegiate head coach. He had served on the Rutgers staff for the previous seven seasons and also had assistant coaching stints at C.W. Post (1995-96), Hofstra (1997-2001), Delaware (2002-05). He was part of the coaching staff that led the Blue Hens to the 2003 NCAA FCS Championship. Flood is a 1993 Iona College graduate. The last time Rutgers promoted an assistant coach on staff to the head coaching position was the naming of frank Burns to replace John Bateman in 1973 -- and Burns became the winningest coach in school history.

Radio & TV Coveragetelevision coveRageSaturday’s game is being televised live nationally by ESPNU. Tom hart is on play-by-play with John congemi on color, while John Kettering is the producer.

The game will be replayed in its entirety on SNY on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. and in a condensed “Husky Power Hour” version on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and Monday, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. (Connecticut only) and Wednesday, Oct. 10 at noon (Connecticut only).

Radio coveRageWTIC1080-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 sea-sonthatWTICistheflagshipforUConnsports.The2012-13footballandmen’sandwomen’sbasketballseasonalsomarksthefirstyearthattheradiorightsareheld 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.

Quick Hits•UConn’sPaulPasqualoniisBIGEASTcareerleader in overall wins and conference wins.

•TheHuskiesare3-5inBIGEASTopenersand3-5 against Rutgers since joining the league in 2004.

•LinebackerJoryJohnsonwasnamedtotheBIGEAST Weekly Honor Roll after a career-high 14 tackles against Buffalo.

•UConnrankssixthinthecountryinbothtotaldefense and rushing defense.

•UConnlastfacedarankedopponentonOctober8, 2011 at West Virginia.

October 6, 2012 • at Rutgers

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The Match-Up

rushing YardsMcCombs .............452 Jamison ............... 491Hyppolite ................65 Huggins ................. 70McCummings .........50 Martin .................... 48

passing YardsWhitmer .............1,051 Nova .................... 962McEntee ...................6 ..................................McCummings ...........2 ..................................

receptionsDavis ......................19 Wright .................... 18N. Williams .............12 Harrison ................. 17McCombs ...............12 Coleman ................ 12

points ScoredChristen ..................32 Coleman ................ 30McCombs ...............24 Federico ................ 23McCummings .........12 Jamison ................. 18Griffin .....................12 ..................................

Total TacklesSmallwood .............53 Greene .................. 41Johnson .................37 Merrell ................... 32B. Jones .................31 Ryan ...................... 27

interceptionsGratz ........................2 Jones ....................... 2Brown .......................1 Four Players ............ 1 ................................... ..................................

category ......................uconn ruTotal Offense ................323.8 394.8Rushing Offense ...........112.0 154.2Passing Offense ............211.8 240.5PassingEfficiency .........127.9 144.41Scoring Offense ............23.2 27.0First Downs For .............77 79Third Down Conv. .........36% 40%Turnovers-INT/FUM ......10-6/4 3-2/1Total Defense ................242.6 310.0Rushing Defense ..........74.2 62.5Passing Defense ...........168.4 247.5Passing Eff. Defense ....99.3 115.7Scoring Defense ...........15.6 12.8First Downs Against ......63 64Third Down Defense .....31% 36%TOs Forced-INT/FUM ...6-3/3 8-6/2Turnover Margin ............-4 +5Time of Possession .......32:20 33:18Penalties-Yards .............23-170 41-313

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. The UConn Tailgate Show will air from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. with Kevin Nathan and Bob Joyce. The pregame show begins at 10:30 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 in-clude WILI 1400-AM in Willimantic and WAVZ-1300 AM in New Haven.

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–producedbySNY.Inadditiontothenetwork’slivegamecoverage,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–createdbySNY’sOriginalEntertainmentDivision–thatfeaturesin-depthinterviewswithNewYork’smostinfluentialleadersinsportsandentertainment.

Series Notes

UCONN VS. RUtGeRS HIStORySaturday’s game will be the 32nd meeting between UConn and Rutgers in a series that dates back to 1940. The Scarlet Knights hold a 21-10 edge and the teams have split their past ten meeting. Seven of the last ten most recent meet-ings have been settled by a touchdown or less. Since UConn joined the BIG EAST in football in 2004, Rutgers holds a 5-3 edge.

Last season, Connecticut defeated Rutgers by a score of 40-22 at Rentschler Field on November 26. Lyle Mccombs and Scott Mccummings each ran for two touchdowns as UConn had a 24-10 lead at halftime and extended its lead to40-10afterthreequarters.McCombsfinishedwith93rushingyardsontheday while Nick WilliamskepttheHuskiesingoodfieldpositionalldaywith158return yards. The opportunistic Huskies took advantage of three lost fumbles by Rutgers and three interceptions.

In the last meeting at High Point Solutions Stadium, Rutgers posted a 27-24 win on October 8, 2010. UConn led at the half by a 24-17 count, but the Scarlet


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Knights held the Huskies scoreless in the second half. After a scoreless third quarter, Rutgers scored a touchdown on a 52-yard pass from chas Dodd to Mark harrison with 3:53 left to tie the game and a 34-yardfieldgoalbySanSanTegavetheScarletKnights the win. cody endres was 17 of 34 in the air for 153 yards for the Huskies while Jordan Todman had24carriesfor123yards.Doddfinishedthenightat 18 for 29 for 322 yards and two TDs.

UConn and Rutgers renewed its series in 2001 as the Huskies transitioned to a FBS program. On Septem-ber29,2001,theteamsmetforthefirsttimesince1983, and the Huskies produced a thrilling, 20-19, win inPiscataway.ThatwinwasUConn’sfirstwinever

over a member of the BIG EAST Conference.

Prior to the 2001 contest, Rutgers had won six straight meetings dating back to a 9-7 UConn win in 1974.

uconn-RutgeRs connectionsUConn has 12 players on its team from New Jersey: FB-LB Jazzmar clax (Freehold), LB ryan Donohue (Montvale), CB Dwayne gratz (Piscataway), TE James horan (Rockaway), S David Kenney (Highstown), OT richard Levy (Trenton), WR Shakim phillips (Paterson), OG Tyler Samra (Wycoff), LB Omaine Stephens (East Orange), LB-FB Wyatt Vinci (Ridgewood) WR/R Nick Williams (East Windsor) and DT ryan Wirth (Medford)…Rutgers has two players from Connecticut: DB Marcus cooper(Bloomfield)andWRMark har-rison (Stratford)…Rutgers offensive coordinator/WR coach Dave Brock was an assistant at Western Connecticut (1991-93)..Rutgers running backs coach Nor-ries Wilson was the offensive coordinator (2002-05) and offensive line coach (1999-2001) at UConn and he was also the head coach at Columbia (2006-11)… UConn head coach paul pasqualoni has a 13-2 head coaching record against Rutgers from his time as head coach at Syacuse and last year’s win as UConn’s head coach...The Orange and Rutgers met every year during Pasqua-loni’stimeatSyracuse...Hewonhisfirsteightgamesvs.Rutgersfrom1991to ‘98 and then lost to Rutgers in ‘99 and 2003... UConn offensive coordinator george DeLeone was an assistant coach on defense at Rutgers from 1980-83.

UCONN IN BIG eASt OPeNeRS, BIG eASt HOMe OPeNeRSConnecticut begins its ninth season of BIG EAST Conference play on Satur-day vs. Rutgers. UConn has a 3-5 record in BIG EAST openers, including a 43-16 loss at West Virginia last season. UConn now has a 3-5 record in BIG EAST openers and has lost three-straight BIG EAST openers as it fell 24-21 at Pittsburgh in 2009 and 27-24 at Rutgers in 2010. UConn last won a BIG EAST opener in 2008 at it defeated Louisville 26-21 on Sept. 26. In terms of BIG EAST home openers, UConn has won seven of those eight gamesandthefivepastgamesinarowwithawinoverUSFlastyear.UConn’sonly BIG EAST home opener loss came in 2006 against fourth-ranked West Virginia. UConn opens BIG EAST home play next Saturday vs. Temple. UConn was one of seven charter members of the BIG eASt Confer-ence when the league was founded in 1979 and UConn is the only found-ing school that is currently playing football in the league and scheduled to do so in the future. the other five original members were Boston College, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Providence, Georgetown and St. John’s.

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

conference Overall W-L pct. W-L pct.Rutgers 1-0 1.000 4-0 1.000Cincinnati 1-0 1.000 3-0 1.000Louisville 0-0 --- 5-0 1.000Connecticut 0-0 --- 3-2 .600Temple 0-0 --- 1-2 .333Syracuse 0-0 --- 1-3 .250Pittsburgh 0-1 .000 2-2 .500USF 0-1 .000 2-3 .400

BIG EAST Standings

Friday, October 5Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 7:00 pm (ESPN)

Saturday, October 6USF at Rutgers, 12:00 pm (BIG EAST Net.)Miami-Ohio at Cincinnati, 7:00 pm (BIG EAST Net.)

IdleLouisville

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 WeekMunchie Legaux, Cincinnati | Jr. | QB376 yards, 3 TDsDefensive Player of the WeekMaalik Boma, Cincinnati | Sr. | LB16 tackles, 1 PBUSpecial teams Player of the WeekPat O’Donnell, Cincinnati | Sr. | P44.6 avg., 4 In 20

BIG EAST Weekly Awards

Last 10vs. Rutgers

Year Result H/A2011 W, 40-22 H2010 L, 24-27 A2009 L, 24-28 H2008 L, 10-12 A2007 W, 38-19 H2006 L, 13-24 A2005 L, 24-26 H2004 W, 41-35 A2003 W, 38-31 H2001 W, 20-19 AAll-Time: 10-21



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 6th at 242.60 yards per gameRushing Defense 6th at 74.20 yards per gamePassing Defense 14th at 168.40 yards per gameScoring Defense 23rd at 15.60 points per gameSacks 13th at 3.20 per gameTackles For Loss 19th at 7.80 per gameTotal Offense 106th at 323.80 yards per gameRushing Offense 109th at 112.00 yards per gamePassing Offense 84th at 211.80 yards per gameScoring Offense 92nd at 23.20 points per gamePunt Returns 13th at 17.27 yards per returnHere is where UConn individuals stand in NCAA leadersTrevardo Williams t8th in sacks at 1.30 per game (leads BIG EAST)Yawin Smallwood t9th in tackles for loss at 2.00 per game (leads BIG EAST) t41st in sacks at 0.80 per game t14th in tackles at 10.60 per game (leads BIG EAST)Nick Williams 16th in punt returns at 16.90 per return 34th in kickoff returns at 24.44 yards per return

teAM CAPtAINSThe following four Huskies were named team captains for the season in the weekpriortotheseasonopenervs.UMass–redshirtsenioroutsidelinebackerJory 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 ‘04

Tracking the Opponents

North Carolina State (3-2)This Week: vs. Florida StateNext Week: IdleMaryland (2-2)This Week: vs. Wake ForestNext Week: at VirginiaWestern Michigan (2-3)This Week: vs. MassachusettsNext Week: at Ball StateBuffalo (1-3)This Week: at OhioNext Week: at Northern IllinoisRutgers (4-0)This Week: vs. ConnecticutNext Week: vs. SyracuseTemple (1-2)This Week: vs. USFNext Week: at ConnecticutSyracuse (1-3)This Week: vs. PittsburghNext Week: at RutgersUSF (2-3)This Week: at TempleNext Week: IdlePittsburgh (2-2)This Week: at SyracuseNext Week: vs. LouisvilleLouisville (5-0)This Week: IdleNext Week: at Pittsburgh

Cincinnati (3-0)This Week: vs. Miami-OHNext Week: vs. Fordham

Massachusetts (0-5)This Week: at W. MichiganNext Week: Idle



The Connecticut football staff has an extensive history of coaching college football: * There are four coaches on the staff that have served as college head coach for a total of 43 seasons: Pasqualoni, 20 seasons (UConn, 2011, Syracuse 1991-2004, Western Connecticut 1982-86); DeLeone, 4 seasons (Southern Connecticut 1976-79); Brown, 12 seasons (Massachusetts 2004-08, 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 FBSlevel–DeLeone,BrownandHughes.*Thereare194combinedseasonsofcollegecoachingonthestaff–DeLeone38, Foley 33, Hughes 31, Pasqualoni 30, Brown 30, Cersosimo 10, Perkins 10, White 8 and Wholley 4.

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 65 league wins from 1991-2004 and 2011 while Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech is second with 57. Withhisfivewinsin2011andthreethisseason,Pasqualoniisalsofirstinleague history in overall wins with 115 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.

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.

cONTacT:Mike Enright2095 Hillside Road U-1173Storrs, CT 06269-1173Phone: (860) 486-3531Cell: (860) 208-4756 FAX: (860) 486-5085Email: [email protected]: UConnHuskies.com

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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



UCONN VS. RANKeD teAMSthe Oct. 8 game vs. West Virginia marked the 18th 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 18 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 25-30 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-gameBIGEASTConferencewinstreaktoendthe2010season–thelongestinschoolhistory.

HUSKIeS ON tHe ROAD SINCe 2002The Huskies have put together a 23-33 road record since 2002. In non-conference road affairs since 2002, UConn has posted a mark of 18-12 and has won 10 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. UConn had 11 former players that were on ac-tive NFL rosters in 2009 (a school high) 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 19 career starts in 38 games played.* SS Tyvon BranchoftheOaklandRaiders,infifthseasonandhas started all 16 games in each of the past three seasons..has 365 career tackles.* RB Donald Brown of the Indianapolis Colts, in fourth season and has 1,578 career rushing yards and 11 TD...was UConn’s first-everfirstroundNFLDraftpickin2009.* CB Darius Butler of the Indianapolis Colts, is in his fourth sea-son and was picked up by the Colts the week of Sept. 24. * 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 Indianapolis Colts, a rookie free agent who is on the practice squad.* 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.* 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 16 starts and played in 30 games over the pastfiveyears(2008-12)fortheDolphins,LionsandPatriots. uconn and the cFlInadditiontotheNFLplayers,therearefiveformerHuskiesinthe Canadian Football League this year.* Martin Bedard (Montreal Alouettes) is in his fourth year and waspartoftwoGreyCupchampionshipteamsinhisfirsttwoyears in the league.* Danny Desriveaux is in his seventh year in the league and is now with Toronto.* Larry TaylorisinhisfifthyearintheleagueandisnowwithCalgaryafterspendingthefirstthreewithMontreal.Hewasthe2009 CFL Special Teams Player of the Year. Taylor was part of the Montreal Grey Cup winning team in 2009 and ’10.* Julius Williams, who played at UConn through 2008, is in his



second year with the Edmonton Eskimos.* Jordan Younger is in his ninth season -- all with Toronto.

husKies on the ReBoundUConn is 33-17 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.

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 85 scoring drives of at least 80 yards while the Husky defense has surrendered just 64 such marches. UConn also holds a 21-9 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 118 games, UConn has outgained its opponent 68 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 MARKRedshirt 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. It marks the seventh time in his career that he hit the 100-yard mark and he has 11 career rushing TDs. 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. Buffalo on Saturday.

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.

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 Downers 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. McCummings has a total of 50 rushing yards on the season on 20 carries.

davis leads the ReceiveRsUConn’s leading receiver this year is redshirt sophomore ger-emy Davis (Lawrenceville, Ga.), who has 19 receptions for 268 yards and a touchdown. Davis had just six receptions in all of 2011 with 73 yards. He had a career-high nine catches and 123 yardsvs.WesternMichiganandalsohisfirstTDreception. 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 Skakim phillips (Paterson, N.J.) is a transfer from Boston College who sat out in ’11 due to NCAA rules. Phillips had two receptions for 21 yards vs. UMass and had one for nine yards vs. N.C. State. Against Western Michigan, he had a career-high four receptions for 42 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. 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. The most experienced UConn receiver is senior Nick Wil-liams(EastWindsor,N.J.),whowasthefifth-leadingreceiverforthe Huskies in 2011, and is tied for second this year with 12. 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 receptions for 26 yards vs. WMU and two vs. Buffalo.



HyPPOLIte MAKeS AN IMPACtRedshirt junior running back Martin hyppolite(Wakefield,Mass.) had a career-high six carries for 60 yards on Saturday vs. Buffalo, including a 50-yard TD rush in the second quarter to give UConn a 17-7 lead. Hyppolite entered the game with justfiverushingyardsthisyearandtenforhiscareer.Hyppoliteplayed as a backup TB in his true freshman year of 2010 but then missed all of last year with a knee injury.

tight ends aRe toughRedshirt senior tight end Ryan Griffin (Londonderry, N.H.) was a second team All-BIG EAST selection last year and is moving upthecareerrecordbook.GriffinistiedforthirdinUConnhistoryfor receptions by a tight end with 94 while No. 1 is former NFL standout Brian Kozlowski (1989-92) with 159 and Scott Sweitzer had 101 from 1984-87. He is currently tied with Mike Walsh (1983-95)forthird.Griffinisfourthinreceivingyardsbyatightend with 1,132 while Kozlowski also holds that record with 1,788. Griffinhada36-yardTDreceptiononSaturdayvs.Buffalo,whichwasthesixthofhiscareer,whichmakeshimtiedforfifthplaceinHusky TE history. Griffinownstwoofthetoptenreceivingseasonsbyatightend in school history with 33 in 2011 (8th) and 31 in 2010 (tied for tenth). Redshirt senior tight end John Delahunt (Ottawa, Ont.) is also having an outstanding year as he is the second-leading receiver on the team with nine receptions for 115 yards and a TD. He entered the 2012 season with just 11 career receptions for 118 yards.

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 tO StARt tHe SeASONThe Connecticut defense has quickly established itself as one of the top units in college football this season. UConn is sixth in total defense (242.60 yards per game), sixth in rushing defense (74.20 yards per game), 19th in tackles for loss (7.80 per game), 13th in sacks (3.20 per game), 14th in pass defense (168.40 yards per game) and 23rd in scoring defense (15.60 points per game). UConn leads the BIG EAST in total defense, pass defense, sacks and tackles for loss. UConnhasonlygivenup10pointsinthefirstquarterofgamesthisyear(fieldgoalbyWMUandaTDvs.BuffalolastSaturday)andhasgivenuponly10firstquarterfirstdownsthisyear. The Husky defense led to a shutout vs. UMass on August 30 andlimitedtheMinutementojustthreefirstdowns,threeyardsofrushingand59totaloffensiveyards.Theshutoutwasthefirstby

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2012 Game-By-Game Starters



UConnsincea38-0winoverMaineonSept.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 leads the sacK attacKSenior defensive end Trevardo Williams (Bridgeport, Conn.) is one of three Huskies ranked among the top 58 in sacks per game. Williams is tied for eighth in the country and leads the BIGEASTat1.30pergame–just0.32sackspergameoffthenational lead. He is also tied for 31st in the country in tackles for losswith1.50pergame.Heisthefifth-leadingtotaltacklerontheHusky 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. Williams had three tackles vs. UMass and with 1.5 tackles foralossandasack.Hehadfivetackleswiththreeforalossof11 yards and 2.5 sacks for a loss of ten vs. N.C. State. Against Maryland, he had four tackles with a sack and one for a loss and had a sack for a loss of six yards vs. WMU. Williams had one sack for a loss of one yard vs. Buffalo. Williams is now second in school history in career sacks with 25.5 while Mark Michaels is the career leader with 27 from 1982-85. Williams is also now in ninth place in UConn career history in tackles for a loss with 34.5. Osunde is the leader there with 49.

SMALLWOOD NINtH IN tHe COUNtRy IN tFLRedshirt sophomore linebacker Yawin Smallwood (Worcester, Mass.) leads UConn in tackles this season with 53 and is tied forninthinthecountryintacklesforalosswith2.00pergame–which leads the BIG EAST. He is also tied for 41st in sacks with 0.80pergameandtiedfor14thintackleswith10.60pergame–which also leads the BIG EAST. 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 for a loss. 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 Saturday, now has seven 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 startedboththeWMUandBuffalogamesaftermissingthefirsttwo games of ’12 with a knee injury suffered in preseason camp. Stephen had begun camp as a projected starter on the defensive line as played in 24 of 25 games over the past two sea-sons. He had three tackles vs. WMU and one against Maryland and Buffalo.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

solid staRt FoR chRistenRedshirt junior kicker chad christen (Etters, Pa.) has connected onsixofhisfirsteightcollegiatefieldgoalattemptsandall14ofhisextrapointattemptsinhisfirstyearastheteam’splacekicker.Christen had handled kickoff duties only for the past two years and is replacing UConn’s all-time leading kicker Dave Teggart this year. 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 PATs 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.

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, 12 of his 31 punts have been downed inside the20yardline,includingfiveofeightpuntsonSaturdayvs.Buf-falo. He is now second in UConn career history in punting aver-age (min. 80 punts) with a 41.005 average, just 0.112 yards behind the leader Desi cullen (2006-09). Wagner is seventh in career number of punts (190) and sixth in career yardage (7,791).

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 oftheMarylandgame.WilliamsbecomesjustthefifthUConnplayer in history, and only 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. WilliamshastwoKOreturnsforatouchdown–bothcomingin 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 with 64 while Tory Taylor had 89 from 1995-98. He is second in netyardswith1,776whileTaylorhad1,868.HeistiedforfirstinKOR for touchdowns with two and is the career leader in kickoff returnaverageat27.38.WilliamsisfifthinUConnhistoryinpuntreturn average at 9.4.

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 95.3-pct. Of capacity all-time there, drawing 2,324,262 fans, or an average of 38,103 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 45-16 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 School36 Osiecki, Michael 6-2 228 FB RSo. Seymour, Conn./ Seymour37 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 Hill57 Bryan, Rennick 6-2 319 C Fr. New Haven, Conn./Hillhouse58 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 October 1, 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: 73 alex Mateas (rSo., 6-3, 293) 50 Tyler Bullock (RJr., 6-4, 302)rg: 63 adam Masters (rSr., 6-4, 298) 65 Gus Cruz (RSo., 6-2, 306)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) 36 Michael Osiecki (RSo., 6-2, 228)QB: 10 chandler Whitmer (rSo., 6-1, 191) 18 Johnny McEntee (RSr., 6-3, 208)TB: 43 Lyle Mccombs (rSo., 5-8, 166) 25 Martin Hyppolite (RJr., 6-0, 214)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) 97 B.J. McBryde (RSo., 6-5, 301)DT: 59 Shamar Stephen (rJr., 6-5, 317) 90 Julian Campenni (RFr., 5-11, 281)De: 56 angelo pruitt (rSo., 6-3, 296) 45 Elijah Norris (Fr., 6-4, 230)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) 39 Jordon Floyd (Fr., 6-1, 205)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 (58), at Maryland, Sep. 15, 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.: Drew Frey (15), Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011

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.: LaRod Stephens-Howling (32), Pittsburgh, Nov. 11, 2006

100 YarDS ruShiNgBy UConn: Lyle McCombs (119), at W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012By Opp.: Bilal Powell (105), Louisville, Oct. 23, 2010

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 (419), Pittsburgh, Oct. 26, 2011

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: Geremy Davis (123), at W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012By Opp.: Josh Schaffer (104), W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012 Jaime Wilson (100), W. Michigan, Sep. 22, 2012 150 YarDS receiViNgBy UConn: Marcus Easley (157), vs. West Virginia, Oct. 24, 2009By Opp.: Brandon Coleman (223), Rutgers, Nov. 26, 2011

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: Dave Teggart (53), at Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011By Opp.: Matt Weller (50), Ohio, September 5, 2009

Three fieLD gOaLSBy UConn: Chad Christen (3), vs. Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2012By Opp.: Justin Brockhaus-Kann (3), USF, Dec. 4, 2010

fOur fieLD gOaLSBy UConn: Dave Teggart (4), at Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011By Opp.: Chris Philpott (4), Louisville, Oct. 23, 2010

TWO SacKSBy UConn: Sio Moore (2.5), at Maryland, Sep. 15, 2012 Yawin Smallwood (2.5), at Maryland, Sep. 15, 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

The Last Time an Individual...



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: vs. Murray State, Sept. 4, 2004 (James Hargrave block of Morgan Riley)By Opp.: at Buffalo, Sept. 24, 2011 (Steven Means block of Dave Teggart)

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: 18, at Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 2011By Opp.: 3, Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 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.: 529, Pittsburgh, Oct. 26, 2011

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.: West Virginia 66, UConn 21, Nov. 24, 2007

caMe frOM aT LeaST 10 pOiNTS BehiND TO WiNBy UConn: UConn 16, West Virginia 13 (trailed 10-0), Oct. 29, 2010By Opp.: Iowa State 24, UConn 20 (trailed 10-0), Sept. 16, 2011

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.: Ball State 24, UConn 21, Sept. 28, 2002

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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: 26, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12

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: 4, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12Most Rush Yards: 22, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12

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, vs. Rutgers, 10/31/09 Most 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: 21, at Maryland, 9/15/12Most 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: 4 , at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Most Rec. Yards: 42, at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Longest Reception: 15, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12

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 WHITEMER • 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: 36, vs. Buffalo, 9/29/12Most 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

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: 8, 2x, last at Cincinnati, 12/3/11Most 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, 3x, last at Louisville, 10/23/10 Longest 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: 10, at W. Michigan, 9/22/12Most 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 atMaryland, 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, vs. Fordham, 9/3/11Most 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

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

BLIDI WREH-WILSON • SR • CB • #5Most Tackles: 9, vs. Iowa State, 9/16/11Most PBU: 2, 2x, last vs. Rutgers, 11/26/11Longest Int. Return: 53, vs. Cincinnati, 11/27/10

Defensive Career Highs

CHAD CHRISTEN • JR • K • #13Most FG Made: 3, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12Most FG Attempts: 3, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12Longest FG Made: 47, vs. Massachusetts, 8/30/12Most 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 3-2 2-1 1-1 0-0Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 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 RutgersOctober 13, 2012 vs. TempleOctober 19, 2012 at SyracuseNovember 3, 2012 at USFNovember 9, 2012 vs. PittsburghNovember 24, 2012 at LouisvilleDecember 1, 2012 vs. Cincinnati

TeaM STaTiSTicS ucONN Opp--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ScOriNg 116 78 Points Per Game 23.2 15.6firST DOWNS 77 63 Rushing 19 23 Passing 53 35 Penalty 5 5ruShiNg YarDage 560 371 Yards gained rushing 698 542 Yards lost rushing 138 171 Rushing Attempts 191 174 Average Per Rush 2.9 2.1 Average Per Game 112.0 74.2 TDs Rushing 7 5paSSiNg YarDage 1059 842 Comp-Att-Int 85-137-6 68-147-3 Average Per Pass 7.7 5.7 Average Per Catch 12.5 12.4 Average Per Game 211.8 168.4 TDs Passing 4 4TOTaL OffeNSe 1619 1213 Total Plays 328 321 Average Per Play 4.9 3.8 Average Per Game 323.8 242.6KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 13-290 13-281PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-190 11-104INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-36 6-38KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.3 21.6PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 17.3 9.5INT RETURN AVERAGE 12.0 6.3FUMBLES-LOST 9-4 6-3PENALTIES-Yards 23-170 27-215 Average Per Game 34.0 43.0PUNTS-Yards 31-1243 43-1704 Average Per Punt 40.1 39.6 Net punt average 34.2 32.9KICKOFFS-Yards 24-1503 16-951 Average Per Kick 62.6 59.4 Net kick average 46.8 38.2TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 32:20 27:403RD-DOWN Conversions 27/74 25/81 3rd-Down Pct 36% 31%4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/4 2/7 4th-Down Pct 25% 29%SACKS BY-Yards 16-92 13-63MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 14 10FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 6-8 3-4ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 1-2RED-ZONE SCORES (14-16) 88% (6-6) 100%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (9-16) 56% (5-6) 83%PAT-ATTEMPTS (14-14) 100% (9-10) 90%ATTENDANCE 104138 45819 Games/Avg Per Game 3/34713 2/22910 Neutral Site Games 0/0

ScOre BY QuarTerS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Totalconnecticut 17 41 24 34 116Opponents 10 24 21 23 78



ruShiNg gp att gain Loss Net avg TD Long avg/g---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------McCOMBS, Lyle 5 122 477 25 452 3.7 4 28 90.4HYPPOLITE, Mar. 5 10 66 1 65 6.5 1 50 13.0McCUMMINGS, Sc. 5 20 66 16 50 2.5 2 21 10.0DeLORENZO, Max 4 4 22 0 22 5.5 0 18 5.5WILLIAMS, Nick 5 5 24 8 16 3.2 0 14 3.2SMITH, Michael 5 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.6TEAM 3 3 0 7 -7 -2.3 0 0 -2.3WHITMER, Chan. 5 26 40 81 -41 -1.6 0 23 -8.2Total.......... 5 191 698 138 560 2.9 7 50 112.0Opponents...... 5 174 542 171 371 2.1 5 22 74.2

PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHITMER, Chan. 5 128.72 83-134-6 61.9 1051 4 43 210.2McENTEE, Johnny 1 75.20 1-2-0 50.0 6 0 6 6.0McCUMMINGS, Sc. 5 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.4Total.......... 5 127.85 85-137-6 62.0 1059 4 43 211.8Opponents...... 5 99.27 68-147-3 46.3 842 4 46 168.4

receiViNg g No. Yds avg TD Long avg/g-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DAVIS, Geremy 5 19 268 14.1 1 26 53.6WILLIAMS, Nick 5 12 158 13.2 0 30 31.6McCOMBS, Lyle 5 12 129 10.8 0 43 25.8SMITH, Michael 5 11 113 10.3 0 20 22.6DELAHUNT, John 5 10 131 13.1 1 33 26.2PHILLIPS, Shak. 5 8 90 11.2 0 18 18.0GRIFFIN, Ryan 5 7 116 16.6 2 36 23.2OSIECKI, Mike 5 3 32 10.7 0 16 6.4HYPPOLITE, Mar. 5 1 10 10.0 0 10 2.0JONES, Tebucky 3 1 6 6.0 0 6 2.0FRANK, Reuben 5 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.2Total.......... 5 85 1059 12.5 4 43 211.8Opponents...... 5 68 842 12.4 4 46 168.4

fieLD gOaLS fgM-fga pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHRISTEN, Chad 6-8 75.0 1-1 1-1 3-3 1-2 0-1 47 0

puNTiNg No. Yds avg Long TB fc i20 Blkd----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WAGNER, Cole 31 1243 40.1 57 4 7 12 0Total.......... 31 1243 40.1 57 4 7 12 0Opponents...... 43 1704 39.6 63 5 14 6 1

2012 Connecticut Individual Statistics

puNT reTurNS No. Yds avg TD Lng-----------------------------------------------------------------------WILLIAMS, Nick 10 169 16.9 1 58MACK, Taylor 1 21 21.0 0 0DeLORENZO, Max 0 0 0.0 1 0Total.......... 11 190 17.3 2 58Opponents...... 11 104 9.5 0 31

iNTercepTiONS No. Yds avg TD Lng-----------------------------------------------------------------------GRATZ, Dwayne 2 37 18.5 1 37BROWN, Ty-Meer 1 -1 -1.0 0 0Total.......... 3 36 12.0 1 37Opponents...... 6 38 6.3 0 20

KicK reTurNS No. Yds avg TD Lng-----------------------------------------------------------------------WILLIAMS, Nick 9 220 24.4 0 37MACK, Taylor 4 70 17.5 0 24Total.......... 13 290 22.3 0 37Opponents...... 13 281 21.6 0 45

fuMBLe reTurNS No. Yds avg TD Lng----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total.......... 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents...... 1 53 53.0 1 53

fg SeQueNce cONNecTicuT OppONeNTSMassachusetts (36),(47),(19) -North Carolina State - (40),44Maryland 49,(34) -Western Michigan 51,(32) (44)Buffalo (29) (44)

Numbersin(parentheses)indicatefieldgoalwasmade.



|------------- paTs------- ------|ScOriNg TD fgs Kick rush rcv pass DXp Saf points---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHRISTEN, Chad 0 6-8 14-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 32McCOMBS, Lyle 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24McCUMMINGS, Sc. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12GRIFFIN, Ryan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12DeLORENZO, Max 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 6HYPPOLITE, Mar. 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 6DAVIS, Geremy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6WILLIAMS, Nick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total.......... 14 6-8 14-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 116Opponents...... 10 3-4 9-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 78

TOTaL OffeNSe g plays rush pass Total avg/g---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHITMER, Chan. 5 160 -41 1051 1010 202.0McCOMBS, Lyle 5 122 452 0 452 90.4HYPPOLITE, Mar. 5 10 65 0 65 13.0McCUMMINGS, Sc. 5 21 50 2 52 10.4DeLORENZO, Max 4 4 22 0 22 5.5WILLIAMS, Nick 5 5 16 0 16 3.2McENTEE, Johnny 1 2 0 6 6 6.0SMITH, Michael 5 1 3 0 3 0.6TEAM 3 3 -7 0 -7 -2.3Total.......... 5 328 560 1059 1619 323.8Opponents...... 5 321 371 842 1213 242.6

aLL purpOSe g rush rec pr KOr ir Tot avg/g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------McCOMBS, Lyle 5 452 129 0 0 0 581 116.2WILLIAMS, Nick 5 16 158 169 220 0 563 112.6DAVIS, Geremy 5 0 268 0 0 0 268 53.6DELAHUNT, John 5 0 131 0 0 0 131 26.2SMITH, Michael 5 3 113 0 0 0 116 23.2GRIFFIN, Ryan 5 0 116 0 0 0 116 23.2MACK, Taylor 5 0 0 21 70 0 91 18.2PHILLIPS, Shak. 5 0 90 0 0 0 90 18.0HYPPOLITE, Mar. 5 65 10 0 0 0 75 15.0McCUMMINGS, Sc. 5 50 0 0 0 0 50 10.0GRATZ, Dwayne 5 0 0 0 0 37 37 7.4OSIECKI, Mike 5 0 32 0 0 0 32 6.4DeLORENZO, Max 4 22 0 0 0 0 22 5.5FRANK, Reuben 5 0 6 0 0 0 6 1.2JONES, Tebucky 3 0 6 0 0 0 6 2.0BROWN, Ty-Meer 5 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.2TEAM 3 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -2.3WHITMER, Chan. 5 -41 0 0 0 0 -41 -8.2Total.......... 5 560 1059 190 290 36 2135 427.0Opponents...... 5 371 842 104 281 38 1636 327.2

2012 Connecticut Individual Statistics

OffeNSeOffensive Line ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJimmy Bennett, OT - 1 2 5 8Tyler Bullock, C - - - 1 1Gus Cruz, OG - - - 1 1Kevin Friend, OG - 2 11 5 18Steve Greene, OT - 11 12 5 28Adam Masters, OG - 11 12 4 27Alex Mateas, C - - - 4 4

Wide receivers ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalGeremy Davis, WR - - 1 4 5Shakim Phillips, WR - - - 1 1Nick Williams, WR - - - 5 5

Tight ends ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJohn Delahunt, TE 5 5 6 2 18RyanGriffin,TE 10 8 7 4 29

Quarterbacks ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJohnny McEntee, QB - - 12 - 12Chandler Whitmer, QB - - - 5 5

running Backs ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalReuben Frank, FB - - - 4 4Martin Hyppolite, RB 1 - - - 1Lyle McCombs, RB - - 11 4 15Totals 16 38 74 55 183

DefeNSeDefensive Line ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJulian Campenni, DT - - - 2 2Ted Jennings, DE - - 5 - 5Jesse Joseph, DE 13 12 7 3 35Angelo Pruitt, DE - - - 2 2Shamar Stephen, DT - 8 - 2 10Trevardo Williams, DT 1 7 11 5 24Ryan Wirth, DT - - - 5 5

Linebackers ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalJory Johnson, LB 3 1 12 5 21Sio Moore, LB - 9 12 4 25Yawin Smallwood, LB - - 12 5 17

Defensive Backs ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalAndrew Adams, S - - - 2 2Ty-Meer Brown, S - - 7 5 12Dwayne Gratz, CB 4 13 12 5 34Byron Jones, S - - 9 5 14Taylor Mack, CB - - - 1 1Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB 9 13 6 4 32Totals 30 63 93 55 241

SpeciaL TeaMSKickers ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 TotalChad Christen, K - - - 5 5Cole Wagner, P - 13 12 5 30Totals - 13 12 10 35

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. 5 27 26 53 10.0-44 4.0-26 . 1 . . 1 . .28 JOHNSON, Jory 5 13 24 37 3.5-5 . . 2 . . 1 . .16 JONES, Byron 5 12 19 31 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .3 MOORE, Sio 5 16 14 30 6.0-28 3.5-20 . 6 . 1-0 . . .48 WILLIAMS, Trev. 5 10 14 24 7.5-34 6.5-33 . . 1 . 1 . .15 BROWN, Ty-Meer 5 14 6 20 0.5-1 . 1--1 2 . . . . .7 GRATZ, Dwayne 5 11 9 20 . . 2-37 4 . . 1 . .53 WIRTH, Ryan 5 7 11 18 3.0-6 . . . . 1-0 . . .22 ADAMS, Andrew 5 6 9 15 2.0-12 . . 3 . . . . .5 WREH-Wilson, B. 4 7 8 15 . . . 1 . . . . .56 PRUITT, Angelo 5 4 8 12 2.0-9 1.0-8 . 1 . 1-0 . . .29 MACK, Taylor 5 6 6 12 1.0-4 . . 2 . . . 1 .91 JOSEPH, Jesse 3 5 7 12 1.5-6 1.0-5 . . . . . . .59 STEPHEN, Shamar 3 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .34 KENNEY, David 5 . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .23 LEE, Wilbert 5 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .47 FRANK, Reuben 5 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .52 DONOHUE, Ryan 3 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .13 CHRISTEN, Chad 5 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .90 CAMPENNI, Jul. 5 . 2 2 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .51 WILLMAN, Tim 5 2 . 2 1.0-5 . . . . . . . .46 VANN, Marquise 4 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .45 NORRIS, Elijah 5 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .41 STEG, Brandon 5 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .25 HYPPOLITE, Mar. 5 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .1I PARKER, Spencer 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .98 JENNINGS, Ted 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .67 MUELLER, Adam 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .94 GRIFFIN, Ryan 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .73 MATEAS, Alex 4 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .4 FOXX, Deshon 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .10 WHITMER, Chan. 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 5 159 180 339 39-156 16-92 3-36 24 1 3-0 4 1 . Opponents...... 5 200 144 344 32.0-126 13-63 6-38 14 3 4-53 7 . .

2012 Connecticut Defensive Statistics

Sacks TfLs interceptions pass Break ups forced fumblesT. Williams 6.5 Smallwood 10.0 Gratz 2 Moore 6 Smallwood 1Smallwood 4.0 T. Williams 7.5 Brown 1 Gratz 4 Johnson 1Moore 3.5 Moore 6.0 Adams 3 T. Williams 1Joseph 1.0 Johnson 3.5 Brown 2 Gratz 1Pruitt 1.0 Wirth 3.0 Johnson 2 Adams 2.0 Mack 2 Pruitt 2.0

Defensive Category Leaders



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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiuconn Totals 159 180 339 16 (92) 23 (64) 39 (156) 4 3 27 3 1Opp. Totals 200 144 344 13 (63) 19 (63) 32 (126) 7 4 20 6 0Key: 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



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 - - - -Hyppolite 3-5-0 1-0-0 - - 6-60-1McCombs 23-82-1 20-60-1 27-94-1 23-119-0 29-97-1McCummings 7-13-1 2-(-4)-0 8-44-1 3-(-3)-0 -Smith - 1-3-0 - - -Whitmer 2-4-0 7-(-20)-0 4-17-0 8-(-24)-0 5-(-18)-0N. Williams 3-24-0 1-(-4)-0 - - 1-(-4)-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 - - 2-0McEntee 1-2-0 - - - - 6-0Whitmer 15-25-2 15-27-3 10-16-0 28-44-1 15-22-0 219-0 204-0 68-0 333-3 227-1

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 2-32-0Delahunt - 3-33-0 3-34-0 3-39-1 1-16-0Frank - - 1-6-0 - -Griffin 1-34-0 1-4-0 1-2-0 3-40-1 1-36-1Hyppolite - 1-10-0 - - -T. Jones 1-6-0 - - - -McCombs 2-23-0 2-51-0 3-(-6)-0 2-28-0 3-33-0Osiecki 1-16-0 1-7-0 - - 1-9-0Phillips 2-21-0 1-9-0 - 4-42-0 1-18-0Smith 3-30-0 1-4-0 2-18-0 3-35-0 2-26-0N. Williams 1-16-0 3-59-0 - 4-26-0 4-57-0

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 1-13-0N. Williams 1-37-0 2-44-0 2-52-0 4-87-0 -



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 - - - -Jennings 1-0-1 - - - -Joseph 1-1-2 4-4-8 0-2-2 - -Norris - - - - 1-1-2Pruitt 0-1-1 1-2-3 1-0-1 0-2-2 2-3-5Stephen - - 1-0-1 1-2-3 0-1-1T. Williams 1-2-3 3-2-5 1-3-4 1-4-5 4-3-7Willman 2-0-2 - - - -Wirth 0-4-0 2-2-4 4-2-6 1-1-2 0-2-2

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

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-TTDonohue 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 - -Kenney 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-2-2 - -Johnson 2-1-3 2-1-3 1-6-7 3-7-10 5-9-14Moore 2-3-5 2-3-5 5-2-7 5-2-7 2-4-6Smallwood 5-2-7 7-7-14 8-6-14 2-5-7 5-6-11Steg - - 1-0-1 1-0-1 -Vann 2-0-2 - - - -

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 0-1-1Brown 2-1-3 3-1-4 4-1-5 2-1-3 3-2-5Gratz 2-2-4 4-0-4 0-2-2 3-3-6 2-2-4B. Jones 1-2-3 3-5-8 1-2-3 5-5-10 2-5-7Lee - - 2-0-2 1-0-1 -Mack 1-1-2 1-3-4 3-1-4 0-1-1 1-0-1Wreh-Wilson 1-2-3 1-2-3 - 5-2-7 0-2-2



Game-By-Game Participation

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

Key: P: Played in game, did not start...POS: Started at that position...INJ: Missed with injury...DNP: Did not play...



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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 16 14 88% 5 9 56% 2 0 0 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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 6 6 100% 1 5 83% 0 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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 4 6 10 14

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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 2 2 4 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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 70 19 27% 20 29% 14 20%

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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 71 34 48% 12 17% 9 13%

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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 11-22 8-21 6-14 2-12 0-1 0-4 27-74 36%

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 RutgersTempleat Syracuseat USFPittsburghat LouisvilleCincinnatiTotals 10-15 4-13 8-30 2-15 2-6 0-2 25-80 31%



Game #1 • August 30, 2012

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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-Wilson

TB 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 Hyppolite, 29 Mack, 32 Ashiru, 34 Kenney, 36Osiecki,37Claflin,41Steg,44DeLo-renzo, 45 Norris, 46 Vann, 49 McQuillan, 50 Bullock, 51 Willman, 52 Donohue, 56 Pruitt, 60 Samra, 65 Cruz, 67 Mueller, 75 Hemingway, 78 Gifford, 80 Shortell, 84 Jones,86Wagner,94Griffin,97McBryde,98 Jennings

Team Statistics UMASS UCONNFIRST DOWNS 3 16 Rushing 1 3 Passing 2 13 Penalty 0 0RUSH 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 - 37EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - University of Connecticut red-shirt 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 59 yards of offense and limiting the Minutemen to three firstdowns.UMassdidnothaveanoffensivesnapinUConnterritoryandthethreeUMassfirstdowntiedaHuskyschoolrecord for the least allowed. Redshirt sophomore Lyle McCombs rushed for 82 yards andafirst-quartertouchdown,oneoftwobytheoffense.UConnalso scored on a 37-yard interception return by redshirt senior cornerback Dwayne Gratz and on a blocked punt. RedshirtjuniorChadChristenaddedfieldgoalsof36,47and19yardsforhisfirstcollegiatescores. This was the 72nd meeting between the two programs but thefirstsince1999,whenbothteamswereDivisionI-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 threwtwointerceptionsinhisfirstgameasaFBSstarter. Hehithisfirstthreepasses,includinga16-yardertoseniorNickWilliamsthatsetuptheHuskies’firstscore,aone-yardplunge by McCombs 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 tip-ping a Whitmer pass back to linebacker Tom Brandt, who made hisfirstcareerinterception. UConn had 372 yards of offense, but had three drives end with turnovers deep in UMass territory. Whitmer split time with redshirt sophomore Scott Mc-Cummings, 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 yards for a touchdown with 1:49 left in the firsthalf. 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 yardperplay,andfailingtogetafirstdownuntiljust34sec-onds before halftime.Senior defensive end Trevardo Williams (Bridgeport, Conn.), whohad12.5sacksayearago,gothisfirstoftheseasonlateinthe third quarter, 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

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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-Wilson


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 2RUSH 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 - 7EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - North Carolina State Univer-sity redshirt 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 Chan-dler 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’sfinaldrivetosecurethewin. 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 yardsandcaughta43-yardswingpassthatsetuphisfive-yardfourth-quarter touchdown 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. Glen-non’s pass to Underwood fell incomplete, 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 Amerson 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 Hus-kies redshirt senior tight end John Delahunt, who then fumbled the ball back to Wolff. Three plays later, Underwood ran under aGlennonpass,catchingitwithhisfingertipsatthe18-yardlineand running the rest of the way into the end 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’sfirstsustaineddriveof15 plays. But after moving 61 yards, a sack by senior Trevardo WilliamsforcedtheWolfpacktosettlefora40-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.UConnwentforitratherthantrya47-yardfieldgoal into a stiff wind, and Whitmer was sacked by linebacker Rickey Dowdy. UConnwontheearlybattleforfieldpossession,butcouldnotcapitalize.TheHuskiesfailedtogetafirstdownafterstart-ingtheirfirstthreedrivesontheirown39,48andtheNCState45.TheHuskiesdidn’thaveafirstdownuntiltheendofthequarter when NC State’s T.Y. McGill was called for roughing Whitmer.




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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 2RUSH 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 - 21College Park, Md. - Redshirt sophomores Lyle McCombs and Scott McCummings both ran for touchdowns, and senior Nick Williams returned 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 touch-down. McCummings, who also came in at quarterback occa-sionally, ran for a three-yard score that gave the Huskies a 14-0 first-halflead.ThatcameafterWilliamsscoredthegame’sfirsttouchdown on a 58-yard punt return. 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 thefirsthalfandcontrolledtheballfor18minutes,40seconds.They also came up with timely plays, converting four of nine third-downsituationstokeeptheMarylandoffenseoffthefield. Connecticut opened the scoring on Williams’ 58-yard punt return, and redshirt junior Chad Christen’s extra point gave the Huskiesa7-0leadwith7:05leftinthefirstquarter. Theytookadvantageofashortfieldtoscoretheirsecondtouchdown, 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’soffensefinallyawakenedonthenextposses-sion. A key play came on fourth-and-four from the Connecticut 37, when quarterback 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 attheMaryland23.UConncouldn’tpickupafirstdown,butChristenkickeda34-yardfieldgoalwith3:29leftinthequarterfor 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 touch-down 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, Mary-land 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-Wilson


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 3RUSH 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 - 30Kalamazoo, 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 hel-met. 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 Connecticut. 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-yardfieldgoalfromChadCristin midway through the fourth quarter. But on the Huskies’ next drive, Desmond Bozeman returned a Whitmer fumble 53 yardsforatouchdown.ItwastheBroncos’firstfumblerecoveryfor a touchdown 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 sec-ond quarter to cap an 88-yard drive and give Western Michi-gan 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 stoppedaUConndrivemidwayinthefirstquarter. UConn had a 425-330 advantage in total yards. This markedthefirstappearanceatWesternMichiganforaBIGEAST opponent. The start of the game was delayed by a half-hour because of lightning 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-Wilson


Total Participants (49): 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, 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 Attg 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 - 24EAST 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-Amer-ican 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 touchdown run gave the Huskies a 24-7 lead with justoverfiveminutesleftinthethirdquarter. But Buffalo went into its bag of tricks to pull within 24-14. Zordich completed a four-yard pass to Alex Neutz in the right flat,whothenpitchedtheballtorunningbackBrandonMurie.He raced down the right sideline, breaking a Byron Jones’ tackle on the way to a 50-yard touchdown. TheBullsgotwithinatouchdownona44-yardfieldgoal by Patrick Clarke 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. The Bulls took the ball at their own 20 and managed one firstdown.ButZordichwasstuffedbyredshirtsophomoreline-backer Yawin Smallwood after a two-yard gain on a fourth-and-four from the 39, and the Huskies ran out the clock. Connecticut had big plays on back-to-back drives in the firsthalftotakea17-7lead.TightendRyanGriffin’s36-yardcatchandrunoverthemiddleonthefirstplayofthesecondquarter capped a 10-play 92-yard drive that gave the Huskies a 10-7 lead. TheHuskiesthenwent75yardsinfiveplaysthenexttimethey had the ball. Hyppolite, who had just four carries coming intothegame,tookapitchoutonhisfifthandwent50yardsoffthe right side for the Huskies second touchdown. Connecticut moved the ball well from the opening kickoff. A 24-yard pass from Whitmer to senior wide receiver Nick Williamssetupa29-yardfieldgoalbyredshirtseniorChadChristen that gave the Huskies a 3-0 lead. 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 spe-cial teams then stepped up, executing a successful onside kick, before the offense stalled. UConncameinrankedfifthinthenationagainsttherush,allowing just 51 yards per game, but gave up 141 to the Bulls. Buffalo came into the game giving up 34 points a game.

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