PRE-GAME

• Western Michigan is taking on Connecticut for the first time since 2003 and for only the second time in the all-time series
• Western Michigan is 2-8 against teams currently in the Big East with both all-time wins coming against Louisville (prior to the Cardinals joining the conference)
• Western Michigan's last game against a Big East team came in the 2007 opener at West Virginia after closing out the 2006 season against Cincinnati in the 2007 International Bowl
• WMU safeties coach Rich Nagy, a Fairfield, Conn., native, played football at Trinity in Hartford, Conn., as a running back
• Former WMU secondary coach Clayton Bates (2006) is the running backs coach/special teams coordinator at UConn
• Jordan White earned Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week for the second straight week after hauling in 14 catches for 132 yards and a TD against No. 24 Illinois
• John Potter moved into second on WMU's all-time career scoring list with eight points at Illinois
• White moved into a tie with Steve Neal for the second most 100-yard receiving games, recording the 14th of his career at Illinois
• Alex Carder registered his sixth career 300-yard passing game, tying Chad Munson and Tony Kimbrough for third on the career list
• WMU facing an Outland Trophy candidate for the second-straight week (Akeem Spence - Illinois; Kendall Reyes - Connecticut)

FIRST QUARTER

• Game captains are Lewis Toler and Brian Fields; both Delaware natives
• WMU wins coin toss and defers
• Jon Hoffing gets first career start
• Ben Armer matches career long punt on second punt of day (65 yards)
• 97 total yards of offense in first quarter; 70 yards worth of penalties
• WMU holds fourth opponent scoreless in first quarter this season; outscoring opponents 38-7 in first; only team to score in first quarter is Illinois
• WMU had minus two yards rushing

SECOND QUARTER

• Alex Carder 25-yd TD pass to Jordan White gives White 19 for career, tying Allan Boyko for sixth all-time at WMU
• John Potter with 86 straight made PATs
• UConn's second play ran in WMU territory at the 5:20 mark of the quarter
• Jordan White over 100 yards in a game for the fourth time this season and 15^th time in career
• John Potter hits 39-yard FG (3-4 on FGs 30-39 yds)

THIRD QUARTER

• WMU flagged 12 times for 81 yards through six minute mark of quarter
• WMU gives up a scoring drive that results in a FG but goes for negative yards for the second straight week (-6 yds at Illinoi; -4 yds at Connecticut)
• Alex Carder over 300 yards passing for seventh time in career; third time this season

FOURTH QUARTER

• UConn takes first lead of game on 26-yd TD pass; scoring 17 unanswered points
• Alex Carder throws for a new career high in passing yards (405 at the 5:53 mark of the quarter)
• Robert Arnheim with career highs in receptions (10) and receiving yards (113)
• Chleb Ravenell with a career high in receptions (8)
• Jordan White over 10 catches in a game for third straight game
• WMU has three receivers over 100 yards for first time since 2008 (at CMU)
• All of WMU's yards are passing yards - 0 rushing yards
• First win over BCS team since Nov. 8, 2008
• First win ever over Big East team (WMU has beaten Louisville twice but before 2005 when they joined the Big East)
• Carder finishes with 479 yards passing yards - a school record