'Cats Play Host to #24 Delaware on Family Weekend (Oct. 20; 3:30 pm, NBC Sports Boston)

UNH (1-5, 0-3 CAA) vs. #24/25 Delaware (4-2, 2-1 CAA)

Saturday, October 20 • 3:30 p.m.
Wildcat Stadium • Durham, N.H.
Live Stats

TV: NBC Sports Boston • Channel Finder // NBC Sports Philadelphia+ • Channel Finder: PBP: Brendan Glasheen, Color: Mike Murphy
NBC Sports Boston in New Hampshire
XFinity: Channel 52 / 852
DirectTV: Channel 630
DISH Network: Channel 159

CBS Sports Digital • PBP: Jeff McCarragher, Color: Steve DeOssie
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Radio: Wildcat Sports Radio Network: PBP: Bob Lipman, Color: Justin McIsaac
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Family Weekend / 'Cats Care
Presented by Medtronic
•What better way to welcome parents, siblings, cousins and other Wildcat fans than with the back-by-popular-demand Family Weekend game? Make Wildcat football part of your action-packed lineup of festivities that also includes a campus Walk Through Wellness, a cookout at Hamel Recreation Center and much more available at www.unhwildcats.com/familyweekend. Wear pink to help the Wildcats and Medtronic welcome cancer-awareness groups and celebrate survivors of breast cancer with their families and friends.

The first 200 UNH Students in attendance can enjoy FREE pulled pork sliders in the Blue Monster Seating Section!

Quick Hitters
New Hampshire is led by 20th-year head coach Sean McDonnell, who has guided the Wildcats to the NCAA FCS tournament each of the last 14 years (longest active streak in the nation).

UNH has a 12-21 lifetime record, including 6-11 at home, against Delaware. These teams have not met since the Blue Hens' 31-14 win in Delaware on Oct. 24, 2015. In the most recent matchup in Durham (Cowell Stadium), UNH prevailed 43-14 on Nov. 15, 2014.

The 'Cats have won five of the last seven meetings dating back to the 2004 season. Prior to that, Delaware won 7 of 8 spanning the 1992-2003 seasons.

New Hampshire has an 11-4 record at Wildcat Stadium that includes 1-2 this season and 6-3 in CAA conference games.

Since 2008, UNH has a 53-9 home record (.855 win percentage) that includes 35-6 (.854 win percentage) against CAA conference teams.

Since the start of the Wildcats' 14-year playoff run, they are 70-15 at home (.824 win percentage) with a 47-15 mark against CAA teams for a .758 win percentage.

UNH has not lost consecutive home games since 2004, when the 'Cats lost 9-7 to William & Mary (Sept. 18) and 38-21 to UMass (Oct. 16).

Senior wide receiver Neil O'Connor climbed to No. 9 in the nation in receptions per game (7.5) following his career-high 14 catches last week vs. Stony Brook. He recorded his 200th career reception with his fifth catch of that game. His 209 career catches is No. 3 on the program's all-time list.

UNH recorded more first downs (19-15) and had the advantage in both time of possession (33:29) and turnovers (+1), and the total offense yards were nearly even with Stony Brook holding a 317-312 edge. But the visiting Seawolves won by 28 points, 35-7, Oct. 13 at Wildcat Stadium.

Junior safety Rick Ellison had an interception each of the past two games against Holy Cross and Stony Brook, and he ranks fourth on the team with 36 tackles.

A pair of UNH running backs are approaching 1,000 career yards. Trevon Bryant enters Saturday's game vs. Delaware with 972 career rushing yards (34 games). Evan Gray has 884 rushing yards in 31 games.

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