 Connecticut began the 2010 season with a 30 – 10 loss at Michigan. They dropped to 3 – 4 after seven games with losses to Temple, Rutgers, and Louisville as Zach Frazer was benched and Cody Endres was dismissed from the team. Frazer returned as the starter and the Huskies turned their season around by winning five straight games, good enough to win a share of the Big East conference championship and the right to play in a BCS bowl, even though they were not ranked in the final BCS standings. UConn played in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, losing 48 – 20 to Oklahoma. Following the game, coach Randy Edsall left the Huskies to take the head coaching position at Maryland.
