2013 Connecticut Huskies football team

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2013 Connecticut Huskies football
Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg
Conference American Athletic Conference
2013 record3–9 (3–5 The American)
Head coach Paul Pasqualoni (games 1–4)
T. J. Weist (interim, games 5–12)
Offensive coordinator T. J. Weist (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorHank Hughes (1st season)
Home stadium Rentschler Field
(Capacity: 40,000)
Seasons
  2012
2014  
2013 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 UCF $ 80    121 
No. 15 Louisville  71    121 
Cincinnati  62    94 
Houston  53    85 
SMU  44    57 
Rutgers  35    67 
Connecticut  35    39 
South Florida  26    210 
Memphis  17    39 
Temple  17    210 
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the American Athletic Conference. [1] They were led by third year head coach Paul Pasqualoni for the first four games then interim head coach T. J. Weist for the rest of the season. They played their home games at Rentschler Field.

University of Connecticut Public research university in Connecticut

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land grant, National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881.

2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

American Athletic Conference US college sports conference

The American Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 12 member universities and six associate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Member universities represent a range of private and public universities of various enrollment sizes located primarily in urban metropolitan areas in the Northeastern, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States.

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After starting the year 0–4 and going 10–18 since being hired in 2011, head coach Paul Pasqualoni was fired on September 30. [2]

They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:30 PMNo. 11 (FCS) Towson * ESPN3 L 18–3330,689 [3]
September 147:30 PM Maryland *
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
ESPN3L 21–3238,916 [4]
September 218:00 PMNo. 15 Michigan *
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
ABC L 21–2442,704 [5]
September 283:30 PMat Buffalo *ESPN3L 12–4120,952 [4]
October 1212:00 PM South Florida
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
AAN L 10–1337,861 [4]
October 1912:00 PMat Cincinnati ESPNU L 16–4128,847 [4]
October 2612:00 PMat No. 21 UCF AANL 17–6237,924 [4]
November 88:30 PMNo. 16 Louisville
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
ESPN2 L 10–3127,104 [4]
November 163:00 PMat SMU ESPN3L 21–3814,639 [4]
November 237:00 PMat Temple ESPN3W 28–2120,045 [4]
November 3012:00 PM Rutgers
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
ESPNUW 28–1722,163 [4]
December 71:00 PM Memphis
  • Rentschler Field
  • East Hartford, CT
ESPN3W 45–1017,086 [4]

Game summaries

Towson

1234Total
# 11 (FCS) Tigers7661433
Huskies730818
Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–11993TOW, 28–27

Maryland

1234Total
Terrapins01314532
Huskies733821
Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–12012UCONN, 24–21

Michigan

1234Total
#15 Wolverines7071024
Huskies0147021
Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12010MICH, 30–10

@ Buffalo

1234Total
Huskies390012
Bulls14146741
Overall recordLast meetingResult
16–42012UCONN, 24–17

South Florida

1234Total
Bulls730313
Huskies370010
Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–52012USF, 13–6

@ Cincinnati

1234Total
Huskies307616
Bearcats7207741
Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–72012CINCI, 34–17

@ UCF

1234Total
Huskies0
#21 Knights0
Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting

Louisville

1234Total
Cardinals0
Huskies0
Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–52012UCONN, 23–20

@ SMU

1234Total
Huskies0
Mustangs0
Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–11989SMU, 31–30

@ Temple

1234Total
Huskies00141428
Owls7140021
Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–92012TEMP, 17–14

Rutgers

1234Total
Scarlet Knights737017
Huskies14001428
Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–222012RUTG, 19–3

Memphis

1234Total
Tigers307010
Huskies02117745
Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting

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