No.13 'Cats Fall at No. 2 JMU, Face Albany Next

Saturday, November 9

Harrisonburg, Va.

3:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

5-4 , 4-2

James Madison

9-1 , 6-0

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2nd

3rd

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New Hampshire

James Madison

Prince Smith Jr. defends pass intended for Brandon Polk

Photo by: JMU Athletics

11/9/2019 8:05:00 PM | Football

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va. – True freshman quarterback Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) and senior running back Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) each scored a rushing touchdown and redshirt freshman Dylan Laube (Westhampton, N.Y.) rolled up 238 all-purpose yards, but it was not enough and the No. 23 University of New Hampshire football team lost at No. 2 James Madison, 54-16, on Saturday afternoon.

UNH is now 5-4 overall and 4-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association. James Madison is 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the league.

The Wildcats have two games remaining in the regular season. They play at UAlbany on Saturday, Nov. 16 and then wrap up the regular season with a Border Battle game against Maine, presented by Buffalo Wild Wings, on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 1 p.m. at home in Wildcat Stadium.

Group and individual tickets for the Maine game are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling 603-862-4000. Group ticket options include all-you-can-eat barbecue seating in the Touchdown Tents. Group tickets start at $9.

Laube had 180 yards in return yardage on a school record eight return opportunities. He also had 15 yards rushing and 43 on a pair of pass receptions.

Redshirt freshman safety Max Oxendine (Chester, Va.) led the Wildcats with 12 tackles. Sophomore safety Pop Bush (Nocatee, Fla.) and true freshman linebacker Oleh Manzyk (Langhorne, Pa.) had eight tackles each.

James Madison had 221 yards rushing and 537 total yards of offense. UNH had 93 rushing yards and 243 yards of total offense.

NEXT UP

Albany knocked off Delaware, 21-17, in Delaware Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Great Danes improved to 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the CAA.
UNH beat Albany, 24-10, last year on Nov. 10 in Durham.
The Wildcats lost in their last visit to Albany, 15-0, on Nov. 10, 2017.

NEXT HOME GAME
•Versus Maine, Nov. 23, 2019, 1 p.m. • Senior Day • Tickets
• Free UNH Wildcats Scarves (First 1,000 fans) • Border Battle, Presented by Buffalo Wild Wings

• The Brice-Cowell Musket will be on the line when the Wildcats welcome the rival Maine Black Bears to Wildcat Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 23 (1 p.m., NBC Sports Boston) for Senior Day.
•The first 1,000 fans in attendance for the home finale will receive a free Wildcat scar. For tickets, call 603-862-4000 or CLICK HERE.

1^st QUARTER

Brosmer opened the scoring with a 1-yard run with 11:12 left in the period to cap off UNH's first possession.
The drive covered 76 yards in 7 plays.
Ethan Rathke hit a 40-yard field goal for JMU with 6:00 left.
Ben DiNucci connected with Brandon Polk for a 58-yard TD pass with 3:21 left.
Junior Jason Hughes (Atkinson, N.H.) nailed a 44-yard field goal with 2:42 left in the period to tie it 10-10.

2^ND QUARTER

JMU scored three touchdowns to open a 30-10 lead at the half.
Percy Agyei-Obese scored on a 24-yard run, Dylan Stapleton caught a 12-yard scoring pass from DiNucci and DiNucci scored on a 1-yard run.

3^RD QUARTER

Agyei-Obese scored on runs of 20 and 3 yards in the first 5:02 of the quarter.
Gray scored on an 18-yard run with 3:26 left in the period to cut JMU's lead to 44-16.

4^th QUARTER

Ratke hit a 29-yard field goal with 12:14 left.
Quarterback Cole Johnson scored on a 33-yard run with 5:06 left.

'CAT NIPS

A 49-yard option pass from receiver Benyeal Hill Jr. (Stafford, Va.) to senior Malik Love (Alcoa, Tenn.) was a highlight of UNH's first scoring drive.
Laube's eight kick returns broke the previous record of seven set by Dontra Peters in 2011.
Carlos Washington Jr. (Fort Washington, Md.) led UNH with 11 carries for 58 yards.
Love was tops in receiving with five catches for 67 yards.
Brosmer completed 12 of his 21 passes for 101 yards.
Senior Drew Sanborn (Amherst, N.H.) averaged 42.8 yards on four punts.
The field goal by Hughes was his 13^th of the year.
UNH coach Ricky Santos was named interim head coach of the Wildcats when Sean McDonnell announced shortly before the season began that he was taking a leave of absence for medical reasons.

TEAM STATS
Rushing: UNH 33-93. JMU 41-221.
Passing: UNH 13-23-150-1 0 TD. JMU 20-27-316-0, 2 TDs.
Total Offense: UNH 56-243. JMU 65-537.
1^st Downs: UNH 10. JMU 26.
Time of Possession: UNH 29:07. JMU 30:53.
Penalties: UNH 1-5. JMU 4-40.
Turnovers: UNH 1. JMU 0.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: UNH – Washington, Jr., 11-58. JMU – Percy Agyei-Obese 21-130, 3 TDs.
Receiving: UNH – Love 5-67. JMU – Brandon Polk 5-136, 1 TD.
Passing: UNH – Brosmer 12-21-0, 150, 0 TD.       JMU – DiNucci 19-24-0, 293, 2 TDs.
Tackles: UNH – Oxendine 5-7-12.                            JMU – Wayne Davis 1-6-7.