2011 Connecticut Huskies football team

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2011 Connecticut Huskies football
ConnecticutHuskiesBlockC.png
Conference Big East Conference
Record5–7 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator George DeLeone (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Don Brown (1st season)
Home stadium Rentschler Field
(Capacity: 40,000)
Seasons
←  2010
2012  →
2011 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 West Virginia $+  5 –2   10 –3  
No. 25 Cincinnati +  5 –2   10 –3  
Louisville +  5 –2   7 –6  
Rutgers  4 –3   9 –4  
Pittsburgh  4 –3   6 –7  
Connecticut  3 –4   5 –7  
South Florida  1 –6   5 –7  
Syracuse  1 –6   5 –7  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

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

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Previous season

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

Before the season

Coaching changes

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

Roster changes

The Huskies lost six starters from the 2010 team to graduation. In addition to the graduation losses All-American RB Jordan Todman entered the NFL Draft a year early. [6]

Recruiting

On February 2, 2011, Paul Pasqualoni announced that 16 student-athletes had signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Connecticut. [7] Four; Kenton Adeyemi, Dalton Gifford, Michael Nebrich and Sean McQuillan; entered school in January to participate in spring practice.

Awards watchlists

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:00 pm Fordham *
 ESPN3 W 35–334,562
September 107:30 pmat Vanderbilt *
 SNY L 21–2432,119
September 168:00 pm Iowa State *
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
 ESPN2 L 20–2437,195
September 246:00 pmat Buffalo *
SNY/BIG EAST Network W 17–318,215
October 13:30 pm Western Michigan *
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
SNYL 31–3836,648
October 812:00 pmat No. 16 West Virginia
SNY/BIG EAST NetworkL 16–4356,179
October 153:30 pm South Florida Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
SNY/BIG EAST NetworkW 16–1037,162
October 268:00 pmat Pittsburgh
ESPN L 20–3540,219
November 512:00 pm Syracuse
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
 ESPNU W 28–2138,769
November 1912:00 pm Louisville
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
BIG EAST NetworkL 20–3434,483
November 2612:00 pm Rutgers
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
ESPN2W 40–2237,857
December 312:00 pmat Cincinnati
ESPNL 27–3527,930
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Fordham

1234Total
Rams00303
•Huskies71414035

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

Vanderbilt

1234Total
Huskies3010821
•Commodores14001024

Recap:

Iowa State

1234Total
•Cyclones0710724
Huskies1003720

Recap:

Buffalo

1234Total
•Huskies0100717
Bulls03003

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Western Michigan

1234Total
•Broncos01702138
Huskies07101431

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West Virginia

1234Total
Huskies360716
•No. 16 Mountaineers37231043

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South Florida

1234Total
Bulls307010
•Huskies3310016

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Pittsburgh

1234Total
Huskies0310720
•Panthers1477735

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Syracuse

1234Total
Orange0714021
•Huskies7071428

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Louisville

1234Total
•Cardinals14071334
Huskies01001020

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Rutgers

1234Total
Scarlet Knights01001222
•Huskies141016040

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Cincinnati

1234Total
Huskies0661527
•Bearcats14147035

Recap:

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  2. ↑ "George DeLeone Set to Join Staff; What About Joe Moorhead? - UConn Hu…". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012.
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