Knight Records Three TDs (Two Pass, One Rush) in 39-17 Win at URI

Saturday, September 24

Kingston, R.I.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-2 , 1-0

University of Rhode Island

0-4 , 0-2

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
New Hampshire	7	8	7	17	39
Rhode Island	7	0	3	7	17

Photo by: Joey Walker

Knight Records Three TDs (Two Pass, One Rush) in 39-17 Win at URI

9/24/2016 5:15:00 PM | Football

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KINGSTON, R.I. – Trevor Knight (Amherst, N.H.) threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another to lead the University of New Hampshire football team to Saturday afternoon's 39-17 victory against the University of Rhode Island at Meade Stadium.

UNH improved to 2-2 overall and 1-0 in the CAA with its sixth consecutive victory against URI, which is now 0-4, 0-2.

NEXT WEEK

UNH returns home Oct. 1 for Homecoming and Family Weekend. The Wildcats play host to the College of William & Mary. Kickoff at Wildcat Stadium is 3:30 p.m.
Buy tickets online at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling (603) 862-4000 or in-person at the Whittemore Center box office.

1^st QUARTER

Both teams scored on a long drive as the teams played to a 7-7 tie in the first quarter.
New Hampshire took a 7-0 lead at 4:51 on a 16-play, 80-yard drive with a mix of nine runs and seven passes that consumed 7:01 off the clock. Facing 3^rd-and-13 from the URI 22, Knight dropped back into the pocket and found Neil O'Connor (Leominster, Mass.) in the left side of the end zone. Morgan Ellman (Scotch Plains, N.J.) kicked the ensuing PAT.
Rhode Island responded immediately with a 10-play, 75-yard drive to tie the score at 1:21. URI utilized a balanced attack of five passes and five rushes, the last of which was a T.J. Anderson leap over the line from the UNH 1.

2^ND QUARTER

D.J. Stewart's interception gave the Rams possession at the UNH 41 with 12:10 on the clock. URI quickly advanced the ball to the 15 but was denied the go-ahead score when Pop Lacey (Reading, Pa.) stripped the ball from Harold Buckner III at the UNH 1 and Isiah Perkins (Williamstown, N.J.) recovered the loose ball in the end zone.
The Wildcats capitalized on a short field to regain the lead, 15-7, at 5:10 of the second quarter. The drive began on the URI 47 with a seven-yard run by Dalton Crossan (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.), and one play later he broke free for a 22-yard run to set up 1^st-and-10 at the URI 18. Following a false start, Knight ran a designed draw out of the shotgun down to the 1-yard line. On the next play, he faked the inside handoff to Crossan and bounced off a defender for the one-yard TD run.
On the ensuing PAT, UNH lined up the swinging gate to the left and Kyle Reisert (Plymouth, N.H.) snapped the ball directly to O'Connor on the left side. O'Connor hesitated briefly then lofted a pass to an open Reisert in the back of the end zone for the two points a 15-7 margin.
UNH's defense forced URI to punt on its last two possessions of the half to send the Wildcats into halftime with an eight-point lead.

3^RD QUARTER

URI took the opening kickoff 64 yards on eight plays and a 24-yard field goal by Justin Rohrwasser lifted the home team within 15-10 at 11:59. Two long pass plays (41 and 22 yards) had set up 1^st-and-goal at the UNH 10, but the Wildcats' defense stiffened inside the red zone to force the field goal attempt.
New Hampshire responded with a 11-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to extend the lead to 22-10 at 7:53. The ground game accounted for 71 of the 75 yards. Crossan had three carries for 13 yards, Knight carried the ball twice for 27 yards and Trevon Bryant (St. Augustine, Fla.) rushed four times for 31 yards, including the final three yards for the touchdown.
On their next possession, the Wildcats marched 61 yards in 15 plays and took 6:15 off the clock to build a 25-10 advantage. Ellman's first field goal of the season, a 24-yarder, capped the drive.

4^TH QUARTER

The Rams closed within one score, 25-17, at 9:54 on Paul Mroz's 12-yard keeper.
UNH's offense scored its third TD of the second half – with its fourth scoring drive of 10+ plays – to reestablish a 15-point lead 32-17, with 5:29 remaining. Knight connected with O'Connor for the second time in the game, this time from 12 yards, to cap the 10-play, 63-yard drive.
The Wildcats' defense scored for the third consecutive week when Josh Kania (Milton, Ga.) forced a Markey Clarke fumble at the URI 5, D'Andre Drummond Mayrie (Lawrence, Mass.) picked up the ball at the 10 and ran into the end zone for a 39-17 lead just 45 seconds after Knight's third TD of the game.

'CAT NIPS

O'Connor finished with career highs in receptions (six), receiving yards (85) and receiving TDs (two); he also converted his first career two-point PAT.
Knight eclipsed 200 passing yards for the first time in his career with 207. He threw for two TDs for the third consecutive week. Knight also had 17 rushes for 64 yards.
With the two-point conversion, Reisert scored his first career points.
True freshman Prince Smith, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) did not record a tackle but did snare his second career interception.

TEAM STATS
Rushing: UNH 49-200. URI 31-85.
Passing: UNH 19-34-207-2, 2 TDs. URI 18-39-310-1, 0 TDs.
Total Offense: UNH 83-407. URI 70-395.
1^st Downs: UNH- 22. URI- 19.
Time of Possession: UNH 33:43. URI- 26:17.
Penalties: UNH 8-54. URI 8-97.
Turnovers: UNH- 2. URI- 3.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: UNH- Dalton Crossan 19-87. URI- Paul Mroz 9-36.
Receiving: UNH- Neil O'Connor 6-85, 2 TDs. URI- Harold Buckner III 6-108
Passing: UNH- Trevor Knight 19-32-207-2, 2 TDs. URI- Paul Mroz 15-29-249-1.
Tackles: UNH- Devaughn Chollette 6-1-7, Kyle Reisert 5-2-7 (1.5 sacks), Jared Kuehl 5-2-7, Ryan Farrell 4-3-7. URI- Ezra Holmes 9-3-12.