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Junior Trevor Knight passed for a pair of touchdowns in Tuesday's final scrimmage.
Knight, O'Connor Pace Offense in Scrimmage; Maine Up Next
8/22/2017 4:11:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.H. – Junior quarterback Trevor Knight (Amherst, N.H.) threw a pair of touchdown passes to lead an impressive showing by the offense in the Blue-White game in Wildcat Stadium on Tuesday afternoon that closed out fall camp for the University of New Hampshire football team.
The Wildcats now turn their attention to their season-opening game against Maine on Thursday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m., back in Wildcat Stadium.
Knight completed 13 of his 23 passes for 175 yards and the two scores.
In total, the Wildcats completed 27 of their 51 passes for 391 yards and three touchdowns and had one interception. The total included an option pass from junior receiver Neil O'Connor (Leominster, Mass.) to sophomore receiver Malik Love that covered 53 yards for a score that ended the offense's first possession of the scrimmage.
O'Connor was one of three Wildcat receivers to lead the team with three catches and he caught a 14-yard scoring pass from Knight.
Senior Jerickson Fedrick (Salem, N.H.) led all rushers with six carries for 67 yards, including a 52-yard TD run. He also caught a pass for 19 yards.
OPENING NIGHT
The Wildcats open the 2017 season with a "Thursday Night Throwdown" game against rival Maine on Thursday, Aug. 31 in Wildcat Stadium at 7 p.m. A postgame fireworks display, a giveaway for UNH students, music and other family entertainment in Wildcat Village will be among the highlights of Opening Night.
Tickets for the Maine game, season tickets, individual game tickets for all games and group tickets for Wildcat Stadium, which features the Service Credit Union Victory Club, are now on sale. Information on tickets and the stadium is available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000.
HOME SWEET HOME
The Maine game is the first of five regular season games scheduled for Wildcat Stadium. In its other home games, UNH plays Rhode Island for Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m., Bryant on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m., Towson on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. and Elon on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m.
ON THE ROAD
The Wildcats play their first road game at Georgia Southern, an FBS School, on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. and they are at Holy Cross on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. Other road games are at Stony Brook on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m., at James Madison on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 3:30 p.m., at William & Mary on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. and at Albany on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Wildcats now turn their attention to their season-opening game against Maine on Thursday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m., back in Wildcat Stadium.
Knight completed 13 of his 23 passes for 175 yards and the two scores.
In total, the Wildcats completed 27 of their 51 passes for 391 yards and three touchdowns and had one interception. The total included an option pass from junior receiver Neil O'Connor (Leominster, Mass.) to sophomore receiver Malik Love that covered 53 yards for a score that ended the offense's first possession of the scrimmage.
O'Connor was one of three Wildcat receivers to lead the team with three catches and he caught a 14-yard scoring pass from Knight.
Senior Jerickson Fedrick (Salem, N.H.) led all rushers with six carries for 67 yards, including a 52-yard TD run. He also caught a pass for 19 yards.
OPENING NIGHT
The Wildcats open the 2017 season with a "Thursday Night Throwdown" game against rival Maine on Thursday, Aug. 31 in Wildcat Stadium at 7 p.m. A postgame fireworks display, a giveaway for UNH students, music and other family entertainment in Wildcat Village will be among the highlights of Opening Night.
Tickets for the Maine game, season tickets, individual game tickets for all games and group tickets for Wildcat Stadium, which features the Service Credit Union Victory Club, are now on sale. Information on tickets and the stadium is available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000.
HOME SWEET HOME
The Maine game is the first of five regular season games scheduled for Wildcat Stadium. In its other home games, UNH plays Rhode Island for Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m., Bryant on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m., Towson on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. and Elon on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m.
ON THE ROAD
The Wildcats play their first road game at Georgia Southern, an FBS School, on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. and they are at Holy Cross on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. Other road games are at Stony Brook on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m., at James Madison on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 3:30 p.m., at William & Mary on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. and at Albany on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Team Wild beat Team 'Cats, 24-17.
- O'Connor passed for one touchdown and caught a touchdown pass Tuesday.
- In last year's Blue-White fall game O'Connor caught scoring passes of 62 and 72 yards.
- He led the Wildcats with six touchdown catches last season. The team had 20 passing TDs last year.
- Sophomore Ivan Niyomugabo (Penacook, N.H.) completed two of his five passes for 11 yards. He threw one interception.
- Redshirt freshman quarterback Christian Lupoli (East Haven, Conn.) was six for 11 passing for 53 yards.
- Redshirt freshman quarterback Will Pollard (Intervale, N.H.) completed five of 11 passes for 99 yards. He rushed four times for 24 yards and a 1-yard score.
- Sophomore runningback Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) rushed four times for 20 yards. He also had two catches for 34 yards, including a 20-yard TD pass from Knight.
CAPTAINS
Safety D'Andre Drummond-Mayrie (Lawrence, Mass.), center Jake Kennedy (Amherst, N.H.), running back Donald Goodrich (York, Maine) and running back Trevon Bryant (St. Augustine, Fla.) are the Wildcat captains. Bryant injured his knee during spring practice and will not play this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- O'Connor, Love and junior Michael Hershman (Mansfield, Mass.) each had three catches.
- Love totaled 66 yards with his catches and Hershman had 27 yards total.
- Senior Max Pedinoff (Newtown, Pa.) kicked a 27-yard field goal.
- Junior Hayden Middleton (Dover, N.H.) made a 26-yard field goal.
- Senior Morgan Ellman (Scotch Plains, N.J.) missed on a 38-yard field goal attempt.
- Sophomore Prince Smith, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) had an interception for the only turnover of the day.
- Redshirt freshman linebacker Carson Leary (Brandon, Vt.) and redshirt freshman defensive back Alonzo Addae (Pickering, Ohio) had five tackles each.
- Junior linebacker Jared Kuehl (Plymouth, N.H.), redshirt freshman linebacker Steven Harper (Roselle, N.J.) and redshirt defensive end Brian Carter (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) had four tackles each.
- Junior defensive tackle Ryan Sosnak (Bethel Park, Pa.) and Carter each had a sack and a half.
- Leary, Harper and sophomore defensive end Robbie Schumacher (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) each had a sack.
COACH'S COMMENTS
- "I've got a feeling the offense executed pretty well and I've got a good feeling that the defense didn't play the way they're capable of playing, didn't run to the ball the way they're capable of doing it."
- "I think we've got four really good running backs that can play for us. I think it's going to be by committee. You look at all of them. They do things well. I was very pleased with the way Jerickson Fedrick ran today. 42 (DeUnte Chatman) has had a good camp. 22 (Evan Gray) has had a good camp. 48 (Donald Goodrich) has had a heckuva camp. We've got guys I think can play for us. It's a good problem to have.
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