2010 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference . The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford , Connecticut . The Huskies finished 8 – 5 , 5 – 2 in Big East play to share the conference title with Pittsburgh and West Virginia . Due to victories over both schools , the Huskies earned the Big East 's automatic bid to a BCS game , and were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they were defeated by Big 12 champion Oklahoma 48 – 20 . It was the first major-bowl appearance in the program 's 115-year history
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2010 Connecticut Huskies football team