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Rivalry Revisited

Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:18 PM.

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[Foxboro] For UMass, it doesn't get much better than beating rival UConn in East Hartford. While neither teams were are to be considered amongst elite teams, both showed up to put up a hell of a game. In the first half is more like it. The first half presented a back and forth showing between both schools. UMass took the lead heading into half with a 59 yard pass by Pagel. When asked about the play leading into half, Pagel responded, "They played us short and I called for route adjustments and the rest is history. Coach Wilson constantly enforces Go Hard or Go Home! We went hard as the half ended!"

Go hard they did! The team after half showed more confidence and mixed it up more on both sides of the ball. The offense started to run with more authority even though their starting HB, M. Cox, went down in the 2nd quarter and was lost for the game. "I had some complication with my hamstring halfway through the 1st half. I tried stretching, but progress was slow. I expect to be back to 100% for next week!" stated Cox.

Coach Wilson seemed to have given the Minutemen a new edge. They stuck with the Spread offense and even ran quite a few successful options. Defensively, there were more zone blitzes than what we are used to from our Minutemen.

If not anything, the Minutemen are undefeated as of now. That is a reason to celebrate! Especially with Indiana coming here next week and the following week traveling to Ann Harbor to take on #9 Michigan.

Massachusetts Minutemen at Connecticut Huskies
Aug 13, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Massachusetts Minutemen (1-0)	3	10	7	14	34
Connecticut Huskies (0-1)	0	7	0	7	14

Team Stats Comparison
	MASS	CONN
Total Offense	467	299
Rushing Yards	173	36
Passing Yards	294	263
First Downs	19	11
Punt Return Yards	8	0
Kick Return Yards	28	25
Total Yards	503	324
Turnovers	1	3
3rd Down Converstion	4-8 (50%)	5-11 (45%)
4th Down Conversion	1-2 (50%)	1-4 (25%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-2-2 (100%)	3-1-0 (33%)
Penalties	1 - 10	2 - 8
Posession Time	26:14	12:54

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		MASS	CONN
2:14	(MASS) B. Levengood, 21 Yd FG	3	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		MASS	CONN
6:10	(CONN) R. Griffin, 1 Yd pass from J. McEntee (C. Christen kick)	3	7
3:14	(MASS) B. Levengood, 34 Yd FG	6	7
0:29	(MASS) R. Blanchflower, 59 Yd pass from K. Pagel (B. Levengood kick)	13	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		MASS	CONN
1:29	(MASS) A. Williams, 1 Yd run (B. Levengood kick)	20	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		MASS	CONN
5:45	(MASS) A. Williams, 7 Yd run (B. Levengood kick)	27	7
3:59	(CONN) M. Matson, 43 Yd pass from J. McEntee (C. Christen kick)	27	14
2:18	(MASS) J. Broadnax, 24 Yd pass from K. Pagel (B. Levengood kick)	34	14

Massachusetts Minutemen
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
K. Pagel	15/20	294	2	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Williams	16	89	5.5	2
M. Cox	9	82	9.1	0
K. Pagel	7	-27	-3.8	0
J. Broadnax	5	27	5.4	0
C. Burns	1	2	2.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Michel	4	30	7.5	0
R. Blanchflower	3	98	32.6	1
M. Cox	2	62	31	0
A. Williams	2	18	9.0	0
J. Broadnax	2	42	21.0	1
B. Dowling	1	40	40.0	0
A. Hill	1	4	4.0	0
BLOCKING	PANCAKE		SACK
S. Milhim	1		1
Q. Sales	0		2
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
D. Thellen	10	0	1	0
A. Tharpe	4	0	0	0
P. McIntyre	4	0	0	0
C. Birt	4	0	0	0
Q. Smith	4	0	1	0
K. Nelms	3	0	0	0
E. Saint Vil	3	0	0	0
C. Thompson	3	2	0	0
D. Adeoba	2	0	0	0
Q. Sales	1	0	0	0
R. Delaire	1	0	0	0
T. Brandt	1	0	0	0
B. Potvin	1	0	0	0
C. Hunte	1	0	0	0
G. Clemons	1	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
B. Levengood	2/2	4/4	10	34
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Cox	1	26	26.0	0
G. Hilliard	1	2	2.0	0
PUNT RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Cox	1	6	6.0	0
Q. Smith	1	2	2.0	0

Connecticut Huskies
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
J. McEntee	24/35	263	2	2
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
L. McCombs	11	57	5.1	0
J. McEntee	3	-28	-9.3	0
D. Shoemate	1	6	6.0	0
M. Matson	1	1	1.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
L. McCombs	9	54	6.0	0
R. Griffin	6	89	14.8	1
M. Matson	4	68	17.0	1
S. Phillips	2	35	17.5	0
D. Shoemate	1	8	8.0	0
M. Smith	1	9	9.0	0
R. Frank	1	0	0.0	0
BLOCKING	PANCAKE		SACK
R. Griffin	3		0
S. Greene	2		0
J. Bennet	1		0
R. Frank	1		0
A. Masters	0		2
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
Y. Smallwood	16	1	0	0
T. Brown	12	0	1	0
B. Jones	10	0	0	0
S. Moore	7	0	0	0
T. Mack	5	0	0	0
G. Stlouis	4	0	0	0
J. Johnson	3	0	0	0
B. Wreh Wilson	3	0	0	0
D. Gratz	3	0	0	0
T. Williams	3	1	0	0
R. Wirth	3	2	0	0
J. Joseph	2	0	0	0
G. Davis	1	0	0	0
J. Delahunt	1	0	0	0
B. Steg	1	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
C. Christen	0/0	2/2	2	0
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
C. Wagner	2	82	41.0	0
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
B. Wreh Wilson	1	25	25.0	0