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Saturday, November 25
2 PM
University of New Hampshire
8-4 , 5-3
14
vs
0
Central Connecticut State
8-4 , 6-0
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Central Conn. State
0
0
0
0
0
New Hampshire
0
7
0
7
14
Team Stats
CCSU
UNH
Total Yards
248
369
Pass Yards
118
308
Rushing Yards
130
61
Penalty Yards
57
55
1st Downs
14
21
3rd Downs
4
8
4th Downs
0
3
TOP
22:31
37:29
2nd Quarter
CCSU 0, UNH 7
UNH - Lorden,Nick 41 yd pass from Knight,Trevor (Ellman,Morgan kick) 4 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:30
4th Quarter
CCSU 0, UNH 14
UNH - Gray,Evan 1 yd run (Pedinoff,Max kick), 5 plays, 11 yards, TOP 3:17
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
26
TD
1
YDS
299
INT
1
CMP
1
TD
0
YDS
9
INT
0
Players Mentioned
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/ FootballQuinlen Dean (54) returns one of three UNH interceptions
Photo by: Joey Walker
No. 21 'Cats Shut Out CCSU, 14-0, Advance to NCAA 2nd Round
11/25/2017 3:14:00 PM | Football
UNH to battle No. 4 Central Arkansas on Dec. 2 (3 p.m. ET, ESPN3)
DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore linebacker Quinlen Dean (Greenbelt, Md.) and junior linebacker Jared Kuehl (Plymouth, N.H.) led No. 21 New Hampshire to a 14-0 triumph over Central Connecticut State University on Saturday afternoon in a first-round game in the NCAA Division I FCS Championship tournament in Wildcat Stadium.
The Wildcats improved their record to 8-4 and advance to a second-round game at Central Arkansas next Saturday at 3 p.m. (Eastern time). Central Arkansas is the No. 4 seed in the tournament and had a first-round bye. Central Connecticut closes its season at 8-4.
Dean had 12 tackles, three of them for a loss, and an interception. Kuehl had seven tackles and also came up with two turnovers, one an interception and the other a fumble recovery.
It was UNH's first win by shutout since a 17-0 defeat of Richmond on Oct. 9, 2010.
The Wildcats had not shut out an opponent by a 14-0 score since a game on Oct. 21, 1950 against Springfield.
Junior quarterback Trevor Knight (Amherst, N.H.) completed 26 of his 42 passes for 299 yards and a touchdown. He connected with redshirt freshman Nick Lorden (Milford, N.H.) for a 41-yard score in the second period.
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1st QUARTER
2ND QUARTER
3RD QUARTER
4TH QUARTER
'CAT NIPS
TEAM STATS
Rushing: CC 37-130. UNH 37-61.
Passing: CC 9-18-3-118 0 TD. UNH 27-43-1-308, 1 TD.
Total Offense: CC 55-248. UNH 80-369.
1st Downs: CC 14. UNH 21.
Time of Possession: CC 22:31. UNH 37:29.
Penalties: CC 8-57. UNH 7-55.
Turnovers: CC 4. UNH 1.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: CC – Drew Jean-Guillaume 11-60. UNH – Evan Gray 15-36, 1 TD.
Receiving: CC – Jose Garcia 3-62. UNH – Malik Love, 10-123.
Passing: CC – Tanner Kingsley 9-16-2-118, 0 TD. UNH – Knight 26-42-299, 1 TD.
Tackles: CC– Seth Manzanares 9-5-14. UNH – Quinlen Dean, 9-3-12.
The Wildcats improved their record to 8-4 and advance to a second-round game at Central Arkansas next Saturday at 3 p.m. (Eastern time). Central Arkansas is the No. 4 seed in the tournament and had a first-round bye. Central Connecticut closes its season at 8-4.
Dean had 12 tackles, three of them for a loss, and an interception. Kuehl had seven tackles and also came up with two turnovers, one an interception and the other a fumble recovery.
It was UNH's first win by shutout since a 17-0 defeat of Richmond on Oct. 9, 2010.
The Wildcats had not shut out an opponent by a 14-0 score since a game on Oct. 21, 1950 against Springfield.
Junior quarterback Trevor Knight (Amherst, N.H.) completed 26 of his 42 passes for 299 yards and a touchdown. He connected with redshirt freshman Nick Lorden (Milford, N.H.) for a 41-yard score in the second period.
NEXT UP
- UNH advances to play at No. 4 seed Central Arkansas on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m.
- Central Arkansas lost its first game of the season at Kansas State, 55-19, and has won its last 10 games.
- The Bears are the Southland Conference champions.
- Their wins include a 41-30 decision over Sam Houston State, the No. 6 seed in the tournament and also a member of the Southland Conference.
1st QUARTER
- The teams played a scoreless period.
- UNH had a 20-play drive from its own 1-yard line to open the game, but it ended with a missed Max Pedinoff (Newtown, Pa.) field goal attempt.
- The long drive helped UNH to an 11:17 to 3:43 edge in possession time in the period.
2ND QUARTER
- Lorden went up for a nice catch on the 41-yard TD reception with 11:56 left in the half.
- Kuehl intercepted a Tanner Kingsley pass that had been deflected by junior defensive end Jae'Wuan Horton (Stafford, Va.) to stop one CCSU drive.
- Dean also had his interception in the period.
3RD QUARTER
- The teams played a scoreless third quarter.
- UNH had 122 yards of offense.
- The Wildcat defense held Central Connecticut to 60 yards in the period.
4TH QUARTER
- Sophomore running back Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) scored on a 1-yard run with 1:04 left to seal the win.
- Pedinoff kicked the extra point for 14-0.
'CAT NIPS
- Rebounding from last week's 15-0 loss at Albany, it was the first time UNH had been shut out one week and shut a team out the next week in 64 years.
- The Wildcats lost at Delaware, 48-0, on Oct. 17, 1953.
- They won at St. Lawrence, 34-0, on Oct. 24, 1953.
- Sophomore Malik Love (Alcoa, Tenn.) led all receivers with 10 catches for 123 yards.
- The defense came up with four turnovers: Sophomore Isiah Perkins (Williamstown, N.J..) joined Kuehl and Dean with an interception.
- Senior defensive tackle Rick Holt (Portsmouth, N.H.) forced the fumble that Kuehl recovered.
- Dean has two interceptions this season and five for his career.
- It was Kuehl's first pick of the season and second of his career.
- Perkins leads the Wildcats with five interceptions and has six for his career.
- Gray's touchdown was his seventh of the season and eighth of his career.
- Junior Neil O'Connor (Leominster, Mass.) had four catches for 50 yards.
- Knight and O'Connor keep climbing UNH season and career Top 10 lists.
- O'Connor has 91 catches for 1,341 yards this season.
- He ranks third on the list for catches in a season.
- Knight has 247 completions for 3,017 yards this season.
- His is sixth on the list for yards in a season.
- He is the fifth Wildcat QB to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season.
- Knight moved into the No. 8 spot in career yards with 4,855.
- Redshirt freshman defensive back Alonzo Addae (Pickering, Ontario) had a career-high six tackles.
- Horton, Holt and redshirt freshman defensive end Brian Carter (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) each had a quarterback sack.
- The Wildcats had 308 yards of total offense.
- The defense held Central Connecticut to 248 yards of offense. That's the lowest total of yards allowed this year.
- UNH turned the ball over once when Knight was intercepted.
- The Wildcats missed two field goals and had one blocked.
- Central Connecticut played without suspended starting quarterback Jacob Dolegala.
TEAM STATS
Rushing: CC 37-130. UNH 37-61.
Passing: CC 9-18-3-118 0 TD. UNH 27-43-1-308, 1 TD.
Total Offense: CC 55-248. UNH 80-369.
1st Downs: CC 14. UNH 21.
Time of Possession: CC 22:31. UNH 37:29.
Penalties: CC 8-57. UNH 7-55.
Turnovers: CC 4. UNH 1.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: CC – Drew Jean-Guillaume 11-60. UNH – Evan Gray 15-36, 1 TD.
Receiving: CC – Jose Garcia 3-62. UNH – Malik Love, 10-123.
Passing: CC – Tanner Kingsley 9-16-2-118, 0 TD. UNH – Knight 26-42-299, 1 TD.
Tackles: CC– Seth Manzanares 9-5-14. UNH – Quinlen Dean, 9-3-12.
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