List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games

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The Connecticut Huskies (UConn) football team has represented the University of Connecticut in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football since the team's founding in 1896. The Huskies have played in six post-season bowl games, all following their transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A in 2000 [Note 1] and entry into the Big East Conference [Note 2] for football in 2004. UConn's longest bowl invitation streak is four seasons, from 2007 to 2010.

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.

National Collegiate Athletic Association Non-profit organization that regulates many American college athletes and programs

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Under head coach Randy Edsall, the Connecticut Huskies football program has enjoyed success. Prior to his hiring, UConn only appeared in two post-season football contests, during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. During his first tenure as head coach (1999–2011), the Huskies played in five bowl games including one Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game. The team also shared two Big East conference championships and were ranked at various times in the Associated Press (AP), Coaches', and Harris polls, as well as the BCS standings. [3] During the six years between Edsall's departure after the 2010 season and return for the 2017 season, [4] UConn played in only one bowl game: in 2015, under former head coach Bob Diaco.

A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in association football and professional baseball. In other sports such as Australian rules football, the head coach is generally termed a senior coach.

Randy Edsall American football coach

Randy Douglas Edsall is an American football coach who is currently in his second stint as the head coach at the University of Connecticut. He was director of football research-special projects for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) previously in 2016. He was the head coach at the University of Maryland from 2011 to 2015. Edsall was previously the head coach at Uconn from 1999 until the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, and oversaw the program's promotion from the NCAA Division I-AA level to Division I-A. He is UConn's all-time leader in wins and games coached.

NCAA Division I Football Championship

The NCAA Division I Football Championship is a annual post-season college football game, played since 2006, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). From 1978 to 2005, the game was known as the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship.

Multiple future National Football League (NFL) draft picks have had superior performances for Connecticut in bowl games, including the first UConn player ever to be picked in the first round of the draft: running back Donald Brown. [5] Brown made appearances in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, where he led all Connecticut rushers with 72 yards—tied for fifth-best in UConn bowl game history—and the 2009 International Bowl, where he rushed for 261 yards and a touchdown and was named the game's most valuable player (MVP)—the best rushing performance in Connecticut bowl game history. Dan Orlovsky earned MVP honors for his UConn-bowl game-best passing performance in 2004; he was drafted in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. Wide receiver Marcus Easley was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.

National Football League Professional American football league

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL's 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, six teams from each conference advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, which is usually held in the first Sunday in February, and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC.

2009 NFL Draft

The 2009 NFL Draft was the seventy-fourth annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. The draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, on April 25 and 26, 2009. The draft consisted of two rounds on the first day starting at 4:00 pm EDT, and five rounds on the second day starting at 10:00 am EDT. To compensate for the time change from the previous year and in an effort to help shorten the draft, teams were no longer on the clock for 15 minutes in the first round and 10 minutes in the second round. Each team now had 10 minutes to make their selection in the first round and seven minutes in the second round. Rounds three through seven were shortened to five minutes per team. This was the first year that the NFL used this format and it was changed again the following year for the 2010 NFL Draft. The 2009 NFL Draft was televised by both NFL Network and ESPN and was the first to have cheerleaders. The Detroit Lions, who became the first team in NFL history to finish a season at 0–16, used the first selection in the draft to select University of Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford.

Running back position in American and Canadian football

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The Huskies' first post-season bowl game was in 2004, when they participated in the 2004 Motor City Bowl in Detroit, Michigan on December 27 against the Toledo Rockets. The most recent UConn bowl game occurred on December 26, 2015, when the Huskies faced the Marshall Thundering Herd in the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl. A loss in that game brought Connecticut to an overall bowl record of three wins and three losses, a .500 winning percentage.

2004 Motor City Bowl

The 2004 Motor City Bowl, part of the 2004–05 NCAA football bowl games season, occurred on December 27, 2004 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit Largest city in Michigan

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Michigan State of the United States of America

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Appearances per Bowl
Bowl GameAppearances
Motor City Bowl*1
Meineke Car Care Bowl*1
International Bowl 1
PapaJohns.com Bowl*1
Fiesta Bowl 1
St. Petersburg Bowl 1
*This bowl game's name has changed one or more
times since UConn's last appearance. See the linked
articles for the name change history.

Summary table

Key
#Number of bowl games
†Attendance record
‡Former attendance record
WWin
LLoss
Attendance records are correct as of the end of the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . [6] [7]
#SeasonBowl gameResultOpponentStadiumLocationAttendance
1 2004 2004 Motor City Bowl W 39–10 Toledo Rockets Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 52,552‡
2 2007 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl L 24–10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina 53,126
3 2008 2009 International Bowl W 38–20 Buffalo Bulls Rogers Centre Toronto, ON 40,184†
4 2009 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl W 20–7 South Carolina Gamecocks Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama 45,254‡
5 2010 2011 Fiesta Bowl L 48–20 Oklahoma Sooners University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona 67,232
6 2015 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl L 16–10 Marshall Thundering Herd Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 14,652

Game summaries

2004 Motor City Bowl

2004 Motor City Bowl
1234Total
Connecticut17133639
Toledo073010
Date December 27, 2004
Stadium Ford Field
Location Detroit, Michigan

The first bowl game in Connecticut history came at the conclusion of the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season, the first year UConn was a full member of the Big East Conference for football. [8] The season before, UConn finished with a 9–3 overall record, but did not receive a bowl invitation due to the lack of conference affiliation. [9] Even as a full member of the Big East, UConn was shut out of the conference-affiliated bowl picture. Pittsburgh, Boston College (in its last year in the Big East before leaving to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)), West Virginia, and Syracuse all finished ahead of the Huskies in a four-way tie for first place; they filled four of the five conference bowl slots. The remaining slot was filled by Notre Dame, who was not a member of the Big East Conference for football but had a contract allowing them to be selected in place of a Big East team. [10] Fortunately for UConn, the Big Ten did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all of its contracted bowl slots, allowing the Motor City Bowl to pick the Huskies. [11] UConn's opponent would be the Toledo Rockets of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), who earned their berth by winning the 2004 MAC Championship Game. [12]

2004 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 28, 2004 and ended on December 4, 2004. The postseason concluded on January 4, 2005 with the Orange Bowl, which served as the season's BCS National Championship Game.

Big East Conference (1979–2013) U.S. college athletic conference, 1979–2013

The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013. The conference's members participated in 24 NCAA sports. The conference had a history of success at the national level in basketball throughout its history, while its shorter football program, created by inviting one college and four other "associate members" into the conference, resulted in two national championships.

2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Pittsburgh won a share of The Big East Conference championship and were awarded with a BCS berth to the 2005 Fiesta Bowl.

The 2004 Motor City Bowl was played on December 27, 2004 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The game was anticipated to be a high-scoring affair, [13] with both teams' quarterbacks among the top seven nationally in passing that year. [14] However, Toledo quarterback Bruce Gradkowski had broken his throwing hand during the MAC Championship Game and was largely ineffective; he was only able to complete six of twelve passes for 43 yards and did not play in the second half. [15] Connecticut scored what was then a Motor City Bowl-record 17 points in the first quarter, from a field goal, a 32-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Dan Orlovsky to wide receiver Jason Williams on a 4th-down-and-6 play, and a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown by Larry Taylor. [16] In the second quarter, after Toledo finally scored on a one-yard rushing touchdown by Gradkowski, UConn added 13 more points to the scoreboard. The Rockets would not come back in the second half; the Huskies won the game 39–10. [17] Orlovsky was named the game's most valuable player (MVP); he completed 20 of 41 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns. [16]

Ford Field stadium

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Bruce Gradkowski American football player

Bruce Raymond Gradkowski is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Toledo. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Gradkowski was also a member of the St. Louis Rams, Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders, Cincinnati Bengals, and Pittsburgh Steelers. His younger brother, Gino, is currently playing in the NFL.

2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl

2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl
1234Total
Connecticut730010
Wake Forest00141024
Date December 29, 2007
Stadium Bank of America Stadium
Location Charlotte, North Carolina

Following two seasons where they struggled to replace graduated quarterback Dan Orlovsky and lost more games than they won, [18] Connecticut returned to bowl eligibility in 2007, finishing the regular season with a record of 9–3 and claiming a share of the Big East Conference championship. Fellow conference co-champion West Virginia, who beat the Huskies 66–21 that year, earned the Big East's automatic BCS bowl bid; UConn had to settle for the Meineke Car Care Bowl. [19] Their opponent was Wake Forest, the previous season's Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion. [20]

In the first half, Connecticut took a 10–0 lead off of a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown by Larry Taylor and a field goal. Wake Forest dominated the second half, taking the lead late in the third quarter off of 20-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Riley Skinner to tight end John Tereshinski. The Demon Deacons added ten more points in the fourth quarter off of a field goal and a nine-yard touchdown run by running back Micah Andrews. The final score was 24–10 in favor of Wake Forest. UConn earned only nine first downs and failed to score an offensive touchdown. [21]

2009 International Bowl

2009 International Bowl
1234Total
Buffalo3170020
Connecticut71071438
Date January 3, 2009
Stadium Rogers Centre
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The UConn marching band performs prior to kickoff. 2009 International Bowl pregame UCMB.jpg
The UConn marching band performs prior to kickoff.

Connecticut was selected as a participant in the 2009 International Bowl following a 7–5 regular season where they won their first five games, only to lose five of their last seven contests. [22] Facing the Huskies were the Buffalo Bulls with a regular season record of 8–5, highlighted by an upset win over then-No. 12 [Note 3] and undefeated Ball State in the 2008 MAC Championship Game. [23] This was the second time, after the 2004 Motor City Bowl, that the Huskies faced the MAC champions in a bowl game.

The Huskies, led by running back Donald Brown's 208 yards rushing, dominated the first half statistically, [24] but found themselves down 20–10 midway through the second quarter due to giving up six fumbles, five of which were recovered by Buffalo. UConn would close the gap to 20–17 by halftime, and take the lead for good late in the third quarter off of a 4-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tyler Lorenzen to tight end Steve Brouse. The Connecticut victory was sealed when, late in the fourth quarter, Buffalo quarterback Drew Willy threw a pass that was intercepted by UConn safety Dahna Deleston and returned 100 yards for a touchdown, making the final score 38–20 in favor of the Huskies. [25]

Brown was named player of the game. [26] He finished with 261 rushing yards and one touchdown; his 2,083 rushing yards for the 2008 season was best in the NCAA. [25] Following the game, Brown declared his eligibility for the 2009 NFL Draft; he would become the first Connecticut player ever drafted in the first round. Three other UConn players were drafted in the second round. [5]

2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl

2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl
1234Total
South Carolina00077
Connecticut1030720
Date January 3, 2009
Stadium Legion Field
Location Birmingham, Alabama
Jersey of Jasper Howard held aloft 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl Jasper Howard Jersey.JPG
Jersey of Jasper Howard held aloft

Connecticut was selected as a participant in the 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl following a tumultuous 7–5 regular season, marked by the loss of five games by a total of fifteen points between them, a double-overtime victory at Notre Dame, and the murder of cornerback Jasper Howard. [27] [28] Facing the Huskies were the South Carolina Gamecocks with the same regular season record of 7–5, highlighted by wins over then-No. 4 [Note 3] Mississippi and then-No. 15 [Note 3] Clemson. [27] This game would be the first time UConn would face a Southeastern Conference opponent in a bowl game. [28]

Connecticut took control of the contest in the first quarter, scoring on a one-handed 37-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Kashif Moore and then, after South Carolina failed to convert a fourth down play at their own 32-yard line, kicking a 33-yard field goal to take a 10–0 lead. Running back Andre Dixon scored on a 10-yard rush early in the fourth quarter to put the game away for UConn; the only Gamecock touchdown, on a two-yard run by Brian Maddox, came after the game had effectively been decided. The final score was 20–7 in favor of the Huskies. [29]

Dixon was named player of the game, finishing with 126 rushing yards and one touchdown. [29] Connecticut wide receiver Marcus Easley and South Carolina linebacker Eric Norwood were among four players from the two teams to be selected in the 2010 NFL Draft. [30] [31]

2011 Fiesta Bowl

2011 Fiesta Bowl
1234Total
Connecticut01010020
Oklahoma146141448
Date January 1, 2011
Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium
Location Glendale, Arizona

Connecticut was selected to play in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, their first Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game, following an 8–4 regular season where they split the Big East conference championship with Pittsburgh and West Virginia. The Huskies earned the BCS berth by beating both West Virginia and Pittsburgh in consecutive weeks during the regular season. They faced the Oklahoma Sooners, who beat Nebraska to win the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game. The game marked the first matchup between the Huskies and a Big 12 team in a bowl game, and the first meeting ever in football between Connecticut and Oklahoma.

Oklahoma converted their first two possessions into touchdowns to take a 14–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Huskies struck back as cornerback Dwayne Gratz intercepted a pass from Sooner quarterback Landry Jones and returned it for a touchdown; after multiple field goals, the score was 20–10 in Oklahoma's favor at halftime. In the second half, Oklahoma added two more touchdowns on a 59-yard pass and an interception return for a touchdown to extend their lead to 34–10; Connecticut responded by returning the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown. Although the Huskies would kick another field goal to reduce their deficit to 34–20, the Sooners would put the game away in the fourth quarter, scoring two more touchdowns to make the final score 48–20. Connecticut failed to score a single offensive touchdown in the game. [32]

Following the game, Randy Edsall left UConn to become head coach of the Maryland Terrapins football team. [33] He was replaced by Paul Pasqualoni. [34]

2015 St. Petersburg Bowl

2015 St. Petersburg Bowl
1234Total
Connecticut703010
Marshall760316
Date December 26, 2015
Stadium Tropicana Field
Location St. Petersburg, Florida

UConn would fail to become bowl-eligible during Pasqualoni's three-year tenure as head coach. His replacement, Bob Diaco, following a 2–10 season in 2014, would return the Huskies to bowl eligibility in his second year with the team. The Huskies finished the regular season with a 6–6 record in 2015, highlighted by a 20–17 victory over the otherwise-undefeated Houston Cougars. [35] Connecticut accepted a bid to play in the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl against the Marshall Thundering Herd, who were looking to finish with at least ten wins for the third consecutive season. [36]

Marshall scored first, on a 16-yard pass from quarterback Chase Litton to tight end Ryan Yurachek. UConn responded on the next drive, scoring on an eight-yard touchdown run by Ron Johnson. The Thundering Herd added two field goals, the second as the second quarter clock expired, to make the score 13–7 at halftime. Marshall's first three drives in the second half ended in a turnover on downs after going for it on 4th-and-2 from the Connecticut 17-yard line, a missed 43-yard field goal attempt, and an interception. Despite this, the Huskies were unable to make progress against the Herd's defense, scoring only a single field goal to cut the lead to 13–10 at the end of the third quarter. Marshall added a field goal late in the fourth quarter; after UConn's last drive ended with an incomplete pass, Marshall was able to run out the clock. The final score was 16–10 in the Herd's favor. [37]

Individual statistics

The below tables list the top five (including ties) performers by yardage in the indicated statistic. [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]

Key
Pos.Position
QBQuarterback
RBRunning back
FBFullback
WRWide receiver
TETight end
Avg.Average yards per run/pass/reception
(Yards divided by carries/completed passes/receptions)
LongLongest single run or reception
TDTouchdowns
Comp.Completed passes
Att.Attempted passes
Pct.Pass completion percentage
(Completed passes divided by attempted passes)
Int.Interceptions
Rec.Receptions

Rushing

PlayerPos.GameCarriesYardsAvg.TDLong
Donald Brown RB2009 International Bowl292619.0175
Andre Dixon RB2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl331263.8115
Jordan Todman RB2011 Fiesta Bowl321213.8019
Bryant ShirreffsQB2015 St. Petersburg Bowl19753.9015
Donald BrownRB2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl13725.5058
Cornell BrockingtonRB2004 Motor City Bowl15724.8015

Passing

PlayerPos.GameComp.Att.Pct.YardsAvg.TDInt.
Dan Orlovsky QB2004 Motor City Bowl204148.8%2395.821
Zach Frazer QB2011 Fiesta Bowl193948.7%2235.702
Zach FrazerQB2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl92142.9%10711.910
Tyler Lorenzen QB2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl132650.0%987.501
Bryant ShirreffsQB2015 St. Petersburg Bowl101759.0%868.601

Receiving

PlayerPos.GameRec.YardsAvg.TDLong
Keron Henry WR2004 Motor City Bowl910912.1044
Anthony Sherman FB2011 Fiesta Bowl36321.0041
Kashif MooreWR2011 Fiesta Bowl46215.5028
Ryan Griffin TE2011 Fiesta Bowl44812.0015
Matt CutaiaWR2004 Motor City Bowl24723.5041

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In August 2006 the NCAA changed the name of Division I-A to Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Division I-AA to Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). [1] In this article the old names are used to refer to events that occurred prior to August 2006.
  2. ↑ The American Athletic Conference operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 through 2013. [2] See 2010–13 Big East Conference realignment for more information. This article uses the name "Big East" to refer to the conference for the years 2013 and earlier.
  3. 1 2 3 All rankings are based on the Associated Press (AP) Poll unless otherwise noted.

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The 2013 Fight Hunger Bowl is an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2013 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The 12th edition of the Fight Hunger Bowl, it featured the Washington Huskies, from the Pac-12 Conference, against the BYU Cougars, an independent team. The game began at 6:30 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. It was the last Fight Hunger Bowl game played at AT&T Park.

The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies of the American Athletic Conference and the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA, played on December 26, 2015 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game was the final contest of the 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football season for both teams. It ended in a 16–10 victory for Marshall.

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