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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, September 21
Durham, N.H.
6 PM
University of New Hampshire
1-2 , 1-0
27
vs
24
Rhode Island
0-3 , 0-2
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Rhode Island
0
7
3
14
24
New Hampshire
7
7
7
6
27
Team Stats
URI
UNH
Total Yards
432
413
Pass Yards
312
184
Rushing Yards
120
229
Penalty Yards
35
14
1st Downs
23
16
3rd Downs
6
4
4th Downs
2
2
TOP
34:34
25:26
1st Quarter
URI 0, UNH 7
UNH - Love,Malik 78 yd pass from Brosmer,Max (Hughes,Jason kick) 2 plays, 78 yards, TOP 0:44
2nd Quarter
URI 0, UNH 14
UNH - Brosmer,Max 2 yd run (Hughes,Jason kick), 16 plays, 75 yards, TOP 9:05
URI 7, UNH 14
URI - A. Dorsey 4 yd run (Carrick kick), 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:02
3rd Quarter
URI 7, UNH 21
UNH - Espanet,Brian 2 yd pass from Brosmer,Max (Hughes,Jason kick) 5 plays, 86 yards, TOP 2:31
URI 10, UNH 21
URI - Carrick 40 yd field goal 8 plays, 55 yards, TOP 4:21
4th Quarter
URI 10, UNH 24
UNH - Hughes,Jason 34 yd field goal 6 plays, 13 yards, TOP 2:07
URI 17, UNH 24
URI - Coulter 5 yd pass from Priore (Carrick kick) 11 plays, 65 yards, TOP 5:32
URI 24, UNH 24
URI - Bryant 2 yd run (Carrick kick), 13 plays, 77 yards, TOP 4:16
URI 24, UNH 27
UNH - Hughes,Jason 29 yd field goal 7 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:25
Game Leaders
CMP
12
TD
2
YDS
184
INT
1
Players Mentioned
QB
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LB
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WR
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K/P
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LB
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CB
/ FootballJunior Jason Hughes reacts after his game-winning kick Saturday night. (Gil Talbot photo)
Hughes Field Goal in Final Seconds Lifts 'Cats to 1st Win
9/21/2019 11:10:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.H. – Junior kicker Jason Hughes (Atkinson, N.H.) nailed a 29-yard field goal as time expired to lead the University of New Hampshire football team to its first win of the season, 27-24, over Rhode Island in Wildcat Stadium on Saturday night.
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The dramatic finish in front of 7,519 fans earned Ricky Santos his first win as interim head coach of the Wildcats and the team its first victory in the Colonial Athletic Association as well.
UNH improved to 1-2 on the season and plays the second match of a three-game homestand Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. (NBC Sports Boston) against Duquesne University.
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The Duquesne game celebrates Family Weekend at UNH. Group tickets, with options including all you-can-eat-barbecue seating in the Touchdown Tents, are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling 603-862-4000. Group tickets for the game start at $9.
Freshman quarterback Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) led the Wildcats down the field to the winning score after Rhode Island had rallied from 24-10 down to tie the game with one minute and 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
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Brosmer scrambled for one first down and then completed a 41-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Brian Espanet (Hopedale, Mass.) to get UNH within field goal range.
Hughes then converted the 29-yarder for the triumph. He had kicked a 34-yard field goal to open the fourth quarter.
It was the first time UNH won a game with a late field since Connor McCormick had a 27-yarder with 16 seconds left to beat Richmond, 20-19, on Oct. 12, 2002.
Brosmer passed for two touchdowns for the second game in a row and also ran for his first career TD, a 2-yarder in the second quarter. His touchdown passes were to senior Malik Love (Alcoa, Tenn.), a 78-yard play just 44 seconds into the game, and to Espanet for two yards.
Senior running back Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) went over 100 yards rushing in a game for the first time in his career with seven carries for 123 yards.
Senior cornerback Prince Smith Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) led the defense with a career-high 13 tackles and sophomore safety Pop Bush (Nocatee, Fla.) came up with the defense's first turnover of the season with a third quarter interception.
URI fell to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the CAA.
NEXT UP
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The dramatic finish in front of 7,519 fans earned Ricky Santos his first win as interim head coach of the Wildcats and the team its first victory in the Colonial Athletic Association as well.
UNH improved to 1-2 on the season and plays the second match of a three-game homestand Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. (NBC Sports Boston) against Duquesne University.
Watch Highlights
The Duquesne game celebrates Family Weekend at UNH. Group tickets, with options including all you-can-eat-barbecue seating in the Touchdown Tents, are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling 603-862-4000. Group tickets for the game start at $9.
Freshman quarterback Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) led the Wildcats down the field to the winning score after Rhode Island had rallied from 24-10 down to tie the game with one minute and 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Watch Postgame Video Recap with Natalie Noury
Brosmer scrambled for one first down and then completed a 41-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Brian Espanet (Hopedale, Mass.) to get UNH within field goal range.
Hughes then converted the 29-yarder for the triumph. He had kicked a 34-yard field goal to open the fourth quarter.
It was the first time UNH won a game with a late field since Connor McCormick had a 27-yarder with 16 seconds left to beat Richmond, 20-19, on Oct. 12, 2002.
Brosmer passed for two touchdowns for the second game in a row and also ran for his first career TD, a 2-yarder in the second quarter. His touchdown passes were to senior Malik Love (Alcoa, Tenn.), a 78-yard play just 44 seconds into the game, and to Espanet for two yards.
Senior running back Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) went over 100 yards rushing in a game for the first time in his career with seven carries for 123 yards.
Senior cornerback Prince Smith Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) led the defense with a career-high 13 tackles and sophomore safety Pop Bush (Nocatee, Fla.) came up with the defense's first turnover of the season with a third quarter interception.
URI fell to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the CAA.
NEXT UP
- UNH faces Duquesne, a Northeast Conference team out of Pittsburgh, for the first time on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in Wildcats Stadium.
- There will be $1 hot dogs for sale at concession stands and the first 500 UNH students will receive an exclusive UNH t-shirt courtesy of The Cottages of Durham.
- The Dukes are 2-1 following a 35-31 win over Dayton on Saturday.
- They beat Div. 2 Walsh, 44-3, in their opener and fell at Youngstown State, 34-14, on Sept. 14.
- Duquesne finished 9-4 overall and was 5-1 in the Northeast Conference to win share of its fifth title last season.
- The Dukes knocked off No. 16 Towson, 31-10, in the first round of the FCS playoffs.
- Senior running back A.J. Hines is on the watch list for the Walter Payton Award that goes to the best offensive player in the FCS.
- Hines carried 28 times for 140 yards and two scores in Duquesne's first two games.
- He did not play against Dayton.
- Mark Allen, a 5-foot-7 and 185-pound grad transfer from Penn State, carried 30 times for 168 yards and a pair of scores Saturday.
1st QUARTER
- The Wildcats struck quickly. Brosmer hit Love with a pass across the middle and the senior receiver broke the play 78 yards to a score.
- Hughes kicked the conversion and UNH led, 7-0, 44 seconds into the game.
2ND QUARTER
- Brosmer faked a handoff and ran the ball two yards for his first career TD with 11:36 left in the second quarter to put UNH up 14-0.
- The 16-play scoring drive covered 75 yards and took nine minutes, 5 seconds.
- URI scored on a 4-yard run by Ahmere Dorsey to cut it to 14-7 with 5:02 left in the half.
3RD QUARTER
- Brosmer connected Espanet on a 2-yard TD pass on a fourth down play to put UNH up 21-7 with 9:09 left in the third period.
- URI's C.J. Carrick answered with a 40-yard field goal and it was 21-10 with 4:46 left in the period.
4TH QUARTER
- Hughes kicked a 34-yarder with 14:23 left in the quarter and UNH led 24-10.
- Isaiah Coulter scored on a 5-yard pass from Vito Priore and Zoe Bryant scored on 2-yard run to lead the Rams rally.
- Carrick kicked the conversion to tie the game 24-24 with 1:30 left.
- Hughes drilled his 29-yarder for the winner as the clocked went to 0:00.
'CAT NIPS
- Santos took over as interim head coach of the Wildcats when Sean McDonnell announced he was taking a leave of absence for health reasons.
- The Wildcats rushed for a season-high 229 yards and had a season-high 413 yards of total offense.
- Brosmer completed 12 of his 23 passes for 184 yards and the two scores.
- He also had two touchdown passes last week in his first collegiate start at Florida International University.
- Love had four ctahces for 92 yards.
- Espanet had his second touchdown catch in as many games.
- Junior safety Evan Horn (Lebanon, Pa.) had nine tackles, including a sack.
- Freshman linebacker Oleh Manzyk (Langhorne, Pa.) had UNH's other sack and seven tackles.
- He had 2.5 tackles for loss.
- Senior linebacker Cameron Brusko (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Bush had eight tackles each.
- Bush returned his interception 29 yards.
- UNH was called for two penalties of 14 yards.
- The Rams had five penalties for 35 yards.
- Rhode Island had 432 yards of offense.
TEAM STATS
Rushing: URI 34-120. UNH 35-229.
Passing: URI 28-28-1 1 TD. UNH 12-23-1, 2 TDs
Total Offense: URI 72-432. UNH 58-413.
1st Downs: URI 23. UNH 16.
Time of Possession: URI 34:34. UNH 25:26.
Penalties: URI 5-35. UNH 2-14.
Turnovers: URI 1. UNH 1.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: URI – Bryant, 19-63. UNH – Gray 7-123..
Receiving: URI – Aaron Parker, 9-144. Love 4-92 TD.
Passing: URI – Priore, 28-38-312-1 1 TD. UNH – Brosmer, 12-23-1, 184 2 TDs.
Tackles: URI – Brian Campbell, 5-3-8. UNH – Smith, 8-5-13.
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