University of New Hampshire Athletics
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
Players Mentioned
Quinlen 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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