Claim: The 2011 Connecticut Huskies football team had a 5-7 record with new head coach Paul Pasqualoni and new offensive and defensive coordinators but the year before they were 8-5.
Evidence: 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. 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. The Huskies finished 8–5, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference title with Pittsburgh and West Virginia. 5–7 (3–4 Big East)