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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, November 11
Durham, N.H.
2 PM
University of New Hampshire
7-3 , 5-2
16
vs
6
Elon
8-2 , 6-1
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Elon
0
0
0
6
6
New Hampshire
0
7
9
0
16
Team Stats
ELON
UNH
Total Yards
315
336
Pass Yards
284
271
Rushing Yards
31
65
Penalty Yards
17
35
1st Downs
18
20
3rd Downs
6
7
4th Downs
1
1
TOP
21:43
38:17
2nd Quarter
ELON 0, UNH 7
UNH - Malone-Woods,J. 11 yd pass from Knight,Trevor (Ellman,Morgan kick) 9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 4:16
3rd Quarter
ELON 0, UNH 13
UNH - Gray,Evan 2 yd run (Knight,Trevor passintercepted), 17 plays, 84 yards, TOP 8:47
ELON 0, UNH 16
UNH - Pedinoff,Max 31 yd field goal 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 1:08
4th Quarter
ELON 6, UNH 16
ELON - D. McNair 23 yd pass from D. Cheek (D. Cheek passfailed) 4 plays, 66 yards, TOP 0:55
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
32
TD
1
YDS
271
INT
0
Players Mentioned
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/ FootballJunior linebacker Jared Kuehl sacks Elon quarterback Davis Cheek.
Photo by: Joey Walker
Defense Shines, No. 18 'Cats Upset No. 7 Elon, 16-6
11/11/2017 7:41:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.H. – Junior linebacker Jared Kuehl (Plymouth, N.H.) led an impressive defensive performance and junior quarterback Trevor Knight (Amherst, N.H.) completed 32 of his 42 passes for 271 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 18 New Hampshire to a 16-6 triumph over No. 7 Elon in front of a Salute to Service crowd of 7,294 in Wildcat Stadium on Saturday.
The Wildcats improved to 7-3 overall and 5-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association. They snapped Elon's win streak at eight games and handed the Phoenix their first league loss of the season. Elon is 8-2 overall and 6-1 in the CAA.
UNH has one regular season game remaining at Albany on Saturday. Albany dropped to 4-6 overall and 1-6 in the CAA with a 22-3 loss at Delaware on Saturday.
Kuehl had six tackles including a quarterback sack and also had a fumble recovery.
The Wildcats opened a 16-0 lead before giving up a touchdown with just over three minutes to play.
Elon was averaging 24.4 point a game coming into Saturday. The Wildcats heled the Phoenix to 31 yards rushing and 315 yards of total offense. Elon had averaged 187.9 rushing yards and 394 total yards a game.
COMING UP
- The Wildcats close out the regular season with a game Saturday at Albany at 1 p.m.
- Individual and group tickets for all UNH home games are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling 603-862-4000.
1st QUARTER
- UNH had 107 yards of offense and Elon 75 in a scoreless first period.
2ND QUARTER
- Knight connected with sophomore tight end Justin Malone-Woods (San Diego, Calif.) for an 11-yard TD pass with 3:32 left in the period.
- Senior Morgan Ellman (Scotch Plains, N.J.) kicked the extra point.
- UNH had 205 yards of offense in the first half.
- Elon had 165 yards of offense in the half.
- It was the first time this year that Elon was held scoreless in the first half.
- Knight was 19 for 24 in the first half for 188 yards.
3RD QUARTER
- The Wildcats opened the half with a 17-play, 84-yard scoring drive that took 8 minutes, 47 seconds.
- Sophomore Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) capped it with a 2-yard scoring run with 6:08 left.
- A Knight pass for the two-point conversion was intercepted and it was 13-0.
- Junior linebacker Jared Kuehl recovered an Elon fumble two plays later.
- Elon forced a Max Pedinoff (Newtown, Pa.) punt that was fumbled and Nick Lubischer (Red Bank, N.J.) recovered.
- The Wildcats took advantage of the turnover with Pedinoff's 31-yard field goal to make it 16-0 with 2:32 left.
4TH QUARTER
- Davis Cheek connected with De'Sean McNair for a 23-yard TD pass to break up the shutout.
- Cheek's conversion pass was incomplete and UNH led 16-6 with 3:16 left.
'CAT NIPS
- The touchdown for Malone-Woods was his first of the season and second of his career.
- Gray's touchdown was his sixth of the season and seventh of his career.
- Pedinoff made one 31-yard field goal and missed another.
- He has made four of his six field goal attempts this season.
- Sophomore Malik Love (Alcoa, Tenn.) had 11 catches for 64 yards.
- Junior Kieran Presley (Amherst, Mass.) had a pair of catches for 58 yards.
- Junior Neil O'Connor (Leominster, Mass.) had eight catches for 74 yards.
- Sophomore defensive back Prince Smith, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) and sophomore linebacker Quinlen Dean (Greenbelt, Md.) each had seven tackles to lead the Wildcats.
- Junior defensive end Jae'Wuan Horton (Stafford, Va.) had the other quarterback sack to go with Kuehl's.
- Senior defensive tackle Rick Holt (Portsmouth, N.H.) had six tackles and a fumble recovery.
- Elon was called for two penalties for 17 yards.
- But Kuehl drew a holding penalty on a pass play in the second quarter that negated an Elon touchdown.
- UNH had a 38:17 to 21:43 edge in time of possession.
- The Wildcats came up with three Elon turnovers.
- UNH turned the ball over once.
- Gray led UNH rushers with 18 carries for 38 yards.
- Sophomore safety Pop Lacey (Reading, Pa.) and running backs Donald Goodrich (York, Maine) and Jerickson Fedrick (Salem, N.H.) were among the Wildcats who missed the game because of injury.
TEAM STATS
Rushing: E 22-31. UNH 44-65.
Passing: E 21-46-284-0, 1 TD. UNH 32-42-71-0, 1 TD.
Total Offense: E 68-315. UNH 86-336.
1st Downs: E 18. UNH 20.
Time of Possession: E 21:43. UNH 38:17.
Penalties: E 2-17. UNH 635.
Turnovers: E 3. UNH 1.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: E – De'Sean McNair 11-63. UNH – Evan Gray 18-38, 1 TD.
Receiving: E – Cole Taylor 5-83. UNH – Malik Love, 11-64.
Passing: E – Davis Cheek 21-46-0-284, 1 TD. UNH – Knight 32-42-271, 1 TD.
Tackles: E – Warren Messer 5-7-12. UNH – Prince Smith, Jr. 7-0-7, Quinlen Dean, 6-1-7.
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