This time, the game was decided in overtime when running back Donald Brown scored on a 7-yard run to give the defending Big East cochampion Huskies a 12-9 victory in front of an announced crowd of 17,194. The Huskies had tied it with 6 minutes, 35 seconds remaining in regulation.

Last year, the teams met at Connecticut and Temple came home with a 22-17 loss after an apparent Owls touchdown erroneously was called back. Replays showed the reception in the end zone by Temple's Bruce Francis was good.

Yesterday, the Owls took possession first in the extra session and gained 16 yards on a pass play. They were hit with a holding call, and a 10-yard penalty was marked off. But the chain crew moved the sideline markers - without instructions from the game officials - to indicate that Temple was facing a first-and-10 situation instead of a first-and-4.

Though the Owls eventually got the first down, and then a 21-yard field goal by Jake Brownell for a 9-6 lead, Temple coach Al Golden was not forgiving.

His team had run one play from the 19-yard line before the mistake was corrected.

"When you're first-and-4, you're playing with house money," Golden said. "They said it was wrong. They ruled it wrong on the field. And they apologized after the game. First-and-four, you're taking shots at the end zone. You are ahead of schedule on second down. How can they do that? That's bad."

Temple fell to 1-1 - and 0-5 in overtime games in its history. Connecticut, now 2-0, had the best chance to win at the end of regulation.

On fourth down, the Huskies stopped fullback Lamar McPherson a nose short of a first down at about Temple's 34-yard line. UConn took over with 4:13 remaining, but it came away empty when Tony Ciaravino missed a 47-yard field-goal attempt on fourth down.

Brown, who rushed for 214 yards on 36 carries, later ended it.

"We needed to come out and make them kick a field goal," said Temple linebacker Amara Kamara, who had 11 tackles. "They outplayed us on that run, and you have to give them credit."

Temple led, 6-0, at halftime, with Brownell having made two field goals, including a 41-yard field goal 4:46 before the break. The Owls had a chance to extend their lead when quarterback Adam DiMichele went deep to Travis Shelton, who had gotten behind the UConn defense, but the wide receiver couldn't come up with the catch.

"I came out of my break, and I kind of lost sight of it for a second," Shelton said. "And then it died on me at the last second."

Temple showed life at the outset. The Owls won the coin toss, but Golden uncharacteristically elected to take the ball instead of deferring to the second half. Temple used four plays to go 75 yards before stalling at the UConn 5-yard line.

From there, Brownell made a 22-yard field goal to put the Owls up, 3-0, just 2:10 into the game.

UConn couldn't capitalize on two scoring opportunities in the first seven minutes of the second period. Huskies quarterback Tyler Lorenzen missed a wide-open Mike Smith in the end zone from Temple's 16, and Ciaravino missed a 34-yard field-goal attempt on the same possession with 9:19 remaining.

Ciaravino, who had connected from 50 yards in UConn's win over Temple last year, also was off on a 44-yard attempt with 6:37 to go.

He cut his team's deficit to 6-3, however, with a 36-yarder with 13:18 remaining in the fourth quarter. Ciaravino knotted the score with a kick from 37 yards with 6:35 to play.

"We should have won this game, but we did enough to lose it," Golden said.