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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, October 6
Durham, N.H.
12 PM
University of New Hampshire
1-4 , 0-2
28
vs
0
Holy Cross
1-5 , 0-2
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Holy Cross
0
0
0
0
0
New Hampshire
14
0
14
0
28
Team Stats
HC
UNH
Total Yards
233
439
Pass Yards
130
266
Rushing Yards
103
173
Penalty Yards
60
31
1st Downs
15
23
3rd Downs
1
7
4th Downs
1
1
TOP
25:14
34:46
1st Quarter
HC 0, UNH 7
UNH - Presley,Kieran 1 yd pass from Knight,Trevor (Hughes,Jason kick) 7 plays, 68 yards, TOP 2:57
HC 0, UNH 14
UNH - Coyne, Sean 6 yd pass from Knight,Trevor (Hughes,Jason kick) 6 plays, 55 yards, TOP 2:54
3rd Quarter
HC 0, UNH 21
UNH - Malone-Woods,J. 3 yd pass from Knight,Trevor (Hughes,Jason kick) 4 plays, 17 yards, TOP 1:18
HC 0, UNH 28
UNH - O'Connor,Neil 8 yd pass from Knight,Trevor (Hughes,Jason kick) 12 plays, 86 yards, TOP 5:07
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
22
TD
4
YDS
237
INT
1
CMP
5
TD
0
YDS
29
INT
0
Players Mentioned
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/ FootballTrevor Knight passed for four touchdowns on Saturday (Photo by Helene Bartsch)
Photo by: Helene Bartsch
Knight, Defense Excel in Wildcat Win Over Holy Cross
10/6/2018 5:04:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Trevor Knight (Amherst, N.H.) threw four touchdown passes in his first game at quarterback since the season opener to lead the University of New Hampshire football team to its first win of the season, 28-0, over Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon in front of a STEM Day crowd in Wildcat Stadium.
Highlights
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The UNH defense tossed its first shutout since notching a 14-0 win over Central Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA FCS Division I tournament last year on Nov. 25. It was the team's first regular season shutout in nearly eight years, since stopping Richmond, 17-0, on Oct. 9, 2010, at home in Cowell Stadium.
The Wildcats are 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their second of three straight home games next Saturday against Stony Brook at 3:30 p.m. for Homecoming.
Holy Cross fell to 1-5.
Knight completed 22 of his 38 passes for 237 yards and matched his career-best with the four scores. He had not played since injuring his shoulder in the second period of UNH's first game at Maine on Aug. 30.
Senior wide receiver Neil O'Connor (Leominster, Mass.) led the Wildcats with 10 catches for 108 yards. Senior wide receiver Kieran Presley (Amherst, Mass.) had five catches for 87 yards.
O'Connor and Presley each caught touchdown passes from Knight. Redshirt freshman Sean Coyne (Portsmouth, R.I.) and junior tight end Justin Malone-Woods (San Diego, Calif.) had the other TD catches.
UNH collected a season-high 439 yards of offense.
The Wildcat defense allowed Holy Cross just 233 yards of offense and came up with a pair of interceptions. Junior safety Rick Ellison (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and senior linebacker Jared Kuehl (Plymouth, N.H.) had the picks.
NEXT UP
Highlights
Photo Gallery
The UNH defense tossed its first shutout since notching a 14-0 win over Central Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA FCS Division I tournament last year on Nov. 25. It was the team's first regular season shutout in nearly eight years, since stopping Richmond, 17-0, on Oct. 9, 2010, at home in Cowell Stadium.
The Wildcats are 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their second of three straight home games next Saturday against Stony Brook at 3:30 p.m. for Homecoming.
Holy Cross fell to 1-5.
Knight completed 22 of his 38 passes for 237 yards and matched his career-best with the four scores. He had not played since injuring his shoulder in the second period of UNH's first game at Maine on Aug. 30.
Senior wide receiver Neil O'Connor (Leominster, Mass.) led the Wildcats with 10 catches for 108 yards. Senior wide receiver Kieran Presley (Amherst, Mass.) had five catches for 87 yards.
O'Connor and Presley each caught touchdown passes from Knight. Redshirt freshman Sean Coyne (Portsmouth, R.I.) and junior tight end Justin Malone-Woods (San Diego, Calif.) had the other TD catches.
UNH collected a season-high 439 yards of offense.
The Wildcat defense allowed Holy Cross just 233 yards of offense and came up with a pair of interceptions. Junior safety Rick Ellison (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and senior linebacker Jared Kuehl (Plymouth, N.H.) had the picks.
NEXT UP
- No. 23 Stony Brook took a 4-1 overall record and 2-0 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association going into a game at No. 23 Towson late Saturday afternoon.
- The Seawolves lost their opener at Air Force, 38-0, in its FBS opener.
- Their conference wins include a come-from-behind 29-27 win at home over Villanova on Sept. 29.
- Stony Brook trailed 27-0 in that game.
- UNH lost 38-24 at Stony Brook last season.
- The Wildcats knocked off Stony Brook, 43-14, the last time the teams met in Wildcat Stadium on Oct. 29, 2016.
- Tickets for all UNH home games are available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000.
- Other UNH home games are against Delaware on Oct. 20 at 3:30 for Family Weekend, against James Madison on Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. for the 125th Anniversary of Football; and against Albany on Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. for UNH Salutes/Military Appreciation Day.
1st QUARTER
- Knight connected with Presley for a 1-yard score to cap UNH's first drive with 11:03 left in the first period.
- The Wildcats took their first lead of the season with the TD.
- Coyne scored on a 6-yard pass from Knight with 5:40 left in the period.
- Sophomore Jason Hughes (Atkinson, N.H.) kicked the conversion after each UNH score on the day.
- Knight completed 10 of his 12 passes for 106 yards and the two scores in the first period.
2ND QUARTER
- The teams were scoreless in the second period.
- Knight completed 17 of his 26 passes for 186 yards in the first half.
- O'Connor caught seven passes for 80 yards in the first half.
3RD QUARTER
- Knight passed for two more touchdowns in the third quarter.
- The first was a 3-yarder to Malone-Woods with 10:08 left in the period.
- The second was to O'Connor for 8 yards with 2:53 left.
4TH QUARTER
- Neither team scored in the fourth period.
- Sophomore Tommy Herion (Chicago, Ill.) came on in relief of Knight late in the third period and played the fourth.
'CAT NIPS
- Junior Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) led UNH rushers with nine carries for 78 yards.
- Senior Trevon Bryant (St. Augustine, Fla.) had 12 carries for 72 yards.
- The Wildcats had a season-high 173 yards rushing.
- Sophomore safety Evan Horn (Lebanon, Pa.) led UNH with eight tackles.
- Ellison and Kuehl each had an interception to go with their interception.
- Ellison's pick was the third of his career.
- Kuehl's was his third as well.
- Junior safety Pop Lacey (Reading, Pa.) had seven tackles.
- Kuehl had five tackles.
- The UNH defense held Holy Cross to 1-for-12 in third down conversions.
- The Wildcats were 7-for-15 on third down.
- O'Connor's 108 yards in receptions marked his second time over the 100-yard mark this year and ninth time in his career.
- UNH had 266 yards of passing offense.
- Herion completed five of his seven passes for 29 yards.
- Eleven receivers caught UNH's 27 passes.
- The team's total of 439 yards of offense was by far its best of the season.
- The previous high for the season was 270 against Colorado.
- Junior Drew Sanborn (Amherst, N.H.) punted five times with an average of 43.2 per kick.
- Three of his kicks were downed inside the Holy Cross 20-yard line.
- STEM Day was presented by Core Power and included numerous science, technology, engineering and mathematic educational activities.
- The attendance was 6,497.
TEAM STATS
Rushing: HC 32-103. UNH 32-173.
Passing: HC 18-33-2-130 0 TD. UNH 27-45-1-266, 4 TDs.
Total Offense: HC 65-233. UNH 77-439.
1st Downs: HC 15. UNH 23.
Time of Possession: HC 25:14. UNH 34:46.
Penalties: HC 5-60. UNH 5-31.
Turnovers: HC 2. UNH 1.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: HC – Geoff Wade, 19-57. UNH – Evan Gray 9-78.
Receiving: HC – Richie DeNicola 3-23. UNH – Neil O'Connor 10-108.
Passing: HC – Geoff Wade 18-33-2, 0 TD. UNH – Knight 22-38-1, 4 TDs.
Tackles: HC – Grant Holloman 5-5-10. UNH – Evan Horn 6-2-8. .
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