2011 Connecticut Huskies football team

2011 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Big East Conference
2011 record	5–7 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach	Paul Pasqualoni (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	George DeLeone (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Don Brown (1st year)
Home stadium	Rentschler Field (Capacity: 40,000)
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Big East football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#17 West Virginia $+		5	–	2					10	–	3
#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

1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 0 3 0 3 • Huskies 7 14 14 0 35 Date: September 3, 2011 Location: Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT Game start: 12:00 pm EST Television network: ESPN3

1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 3 0 10 8 21 • Commodores 14 0 0 10 24 Date: September 10 Location: Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN Game start: 7:30 pm EST Game attendance: 32,119 Television network: SNY

1 2 3 4 Total • Cyclones 0 7 10 7 24 Huskies 10 0 3 7 20 Date: September 16 Location: Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT Game start: 8:00 pm EST Television network: ESPN2

1 2 3 4 Total • Huskies 0 10 0 7 17 Bulls 0 3 0 0 3 Date: September 24 Location: University at Buffalo Stadium Buffalo, NY Game start: 6:00 pm EST Television network: SNY/Big East Network

1 2 3 4 Total • Broncos 0 17 0 21 38 Huskies 0 7 10 14 31 Date: October 1 Location: Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT Game start: 3:30 pm EST Television network: SNY

1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 3 6 0 7 16 • #16 Mountaineers 3 7 23 10 43 Date: October 8 Location: Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV Game start: 12:00 pm EST Television network: SNY/Big East Network

1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 3 0 7 0 10 • Huskies 3 3 10 0 16 Date: October 15 Location: Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT Game attendance:

1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 3 10 7 20 • Panthers 14 7 7 7 35 Date: October 26 Location: Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA Television network: ESPN

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.

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.

The day after the Fiesta Bowl Head Coach Randy Edsall left the University to accept the same position at Maryland.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.Don Brown was brought in to replace Todd Orlando at defensive coordinator. Orlando left to take the same position at Florida International.

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