2012 Connecticut Huskies football team

2012 Big East Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2012 Connecticut Huskies football
2012 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Big East Conference
2012 record	5–7 (2–5 Big East)
Head coach	Paul Pasqualoni (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	George DeLeone (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Brown (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rentschler Field; (Capacity: 40,000)
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was led by second year head coach Paul Pasqualoni and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. They finished the season 5–7, 2–5 in Big East play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:30 pm	UMass*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT (The U Game)	SNY	W 37–0	35,270
September 8	12:00 pm	NC State*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	L 7–10	34,202
September 15	12:30 pm	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ACC Network	W 24–21	35,491
September 22	2:00 pm	at Western Michigan*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN3	L 24–30	10,328
September 29	12:00 pm	Buffalo*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	W 24–17	34,666
October 6	12:00 pm	at No. 21 Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	L 3–19	50,870
October 13	1:00 pm	Temple	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPN3	L 14–17 ^OT	37,279
October 19	8:00 pm	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN	L 10–40	36,715
November 3	7:00 pm	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPNU	L 6–13	36,190
November 9	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	W 24–17	33,503
November 24	12:00 pm	at No. 18 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	Big East Network	W 23–20 ^3OT	45,618
December 1	3:30 pm	Cincinnati	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ABC	L 17–34	33,112
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Venues	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields (1896–1952) Memorial Stadium (1953–2002) Rentschler Field (2003–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Rhode Island Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Civil Conflict Jonathan the Husky University of Connecticut Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2012 Big East Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 13 Louisville $+		5	–	2		11	–	2
Cincinnati +		5	–	2		10	–	3
Rutgers +		5	–	2		9	–	4
Syracuse +		5	–	2		8	–	5
Pittsburgh		3	–	4		6	–	7
Connecticut		2	–	5		5	–	7
Temple		2	–	5		4	–	7
South Florida		1	–	6		3	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll