UConn is ready for some New Year’s Day football, and the team and fans are gearing up in Glendale, Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl.
The big game is at 8:30 p.m. Eastern and here’s what you need to know:
It airs on ESPN Television, ESPN National Radio and WTIC-UConn Radio Network.
You can catch up on the latest by following NBCCTLive on Twitter. Kevin Nathan is in Arizona and bringing you coverage.
They are playing 9th ranked Oklahoma. The team has lost five straight BCS bowls, including twice in the Fiesta. They switched hotels and practice sites, hoping to change their fortunes for the New Year's Day game against No. 25 Connecticut.
Here’s a numerical roster list for UConn:
- 1 Dwayne Difton WR
- 2 Gilbert Stlouis CB
- 4 Michael Box QB
- 4 Twyon Martin DT
- 5 Blidi Wreh-Wilson CB
- 7 Mike Lang DB
- 8 Lawrence Wilson LB
- 9 Andrew Opoku OLB
- 10 Zach Frazer QB
- 11 Scott McCummings QB
- 13 Chad Christen K/P
- 14 Leon Kinnard QB
- 15 Jerome Junior SAF
- 16 Byron Jones DB, of New Britain
- 17 Blaise Driscoll QB, of Avon
- 17 Frank Guardi WR, of Fairfield
- 18 Johnny McEntee QB
- 19 Kijuan Dabney DB
- 20 Tevrin Brandon CB
- 21 Gary Wilburn CB
- 22 Kelmetrus Wylie TB
- 23 Jordan Todman TB
- 24 D.J. Shoemate TB
- 24 Dwayne Gratz CB
- 25 Harris Agbor SAF
- 26 Marcus Campbell DE, of Bloomfield
- 28 Jory Johnson OLB
- 28 Emmanuel OmokaroOLB, of Brookfield
- 29 Taylor Mack CB
- 30 Matt Edwards OLB
- 31 Nick Williams WR
- 32 Scott Lutrus LB, of Brookfield
- 33 Yawin Smallwood LB
- 34 David Kenney OLB
- 35 Chris Lopes CB
- 36 Michael Osiecki LB, of Seymour
- 37 Jonathan Jean-Louis TB
- 38 Dave Teggart K
- 38 Alex Kantor CB
- 39 Bret Manning FB
- 39 Mark Hinkley LB
- 40 Ty-Meer Brown SAF
- 40 John Yurek SAF
- 41 Brandon Steg LB
- 42 Jordan Huxtable TB
- 43 Lyle McCombs RB
- 44 Robbie Frey TB
- 45 Martin Hyppolite OLB
- 46 Sio Moore LB
- 47 Reuben Frank FB
- 48 Trevardo Williams DE, of Bridgeport
- 49 Anthony Sherman FB
- 50 Tyler Bullock OG
- 51 Tim Willman DT
- 52 Patrick Wilson DE, of Kensington
- 53 Ryan Wirth DT
- 54 Alex Polito DT
- 55 Jerome Williams LB
- 56 Angelo Pruitt DT
- 57 Moe Petrus OC
- 58 Jonathan Louis DE
- 59 Shamar Stephen DT
- 61 Stephen Brown OT
- 62 Ben Chapman OC, of Stonington
- 63 Adam Masters OT
- 64 Teddy Baker OG
- 64 Joseph Danielson OG
- 65 Gus Cruz OG
- 66 Mathieu Olivier OG
- 67 Adam Mueller LS
- 68 Bryan Paull OC
- 69 Steve Greene OG
- 70 Gary Bardzak OC
- 71 Mike Ryan OT
- 72 Jimmy Bennett OT
- 76 Mark Hansson OT
- 77 Kevin Friend OT
- 78 Zach Hurd OG, of Waterford
- 80 Michael Smith WR
- 81 Corey Manning TE
- 82 Kashif Moore WR
- 83 Isiah Moore WR
- 84 Tebucky Jones WR, of Farmington
- 85 Geremy Davis WR
- 86 Cole Wagner P
- 86 Nasir Abudu WR
- 88 Gerrard Sheppard WR
- 89 John Delahunt TE
- 90 Alex Kaiser TE, of Newington
- 91 Jesse Joseph DE
- 93 Derek Chard LS, of Burlington
- 94 Ryan Griffin TE
- 95 Greg Lloyd DE
- 96 A.J. Portee DE
- 97 B.J. McBryde DT
- 98 Ted Jennings DE
- 99 Kendall Reyes DT
