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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, September 28
Durham, N.H.
1 PM
University of New Hampshire
2-2 , 1-0
23
vs
6
Duquesne
2-2
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Duquesne
0
0
0
6
6
New Hampshire
10
3
3
7
23
Team Stats
DUQ
UNH
Total Yards
233
433
Pass Yards
183
202
Rushing Yards
50
231
Penalty Yards
18
50
1st Downs
10
20
3rd Downs
3
6
4th Downs
1
2
TOP
23:42
36:18
1st Quarter
DUQ 0, UNH 3
UNH - Hughes,Jason 45 yd field goal 8 plays, 42 yards, TOP 3:44
DUQ 0, UNH 10
UNH - Laube,Dylan 5 yd run (Hughes,Jason kick), 7 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:31
2nd Quarter
DUQ 0, UNH 13
UNH - Hughes,Jason 39 yd field goal 8 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:16
3rd Quarter
DUQ 0, UNH 16
UNH - Hughes,Jason 38 yd field goal 7 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:06
4th Quarter
DUQ 0, UNH 23
UNH - Gray,Evan 72 yd run (Hughes,Jason kick), 1 plays, 57 yards, TOP 0:10
DUQ 6, UNH 23
DUQ - COLES JR., K. 12 yd pass from PARR, Daniel (PARR, Daniel passfailed) 5 plays, 61 yards, TOP 1:40
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
17
TD
0
YDS
202
INT
0
Players Mentioned
QB
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DE
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K/P
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DT
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WR
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CB
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/ FootballPrince Smith, Jr. had his first interception of the season as part of an impressive defensive performance Saturday. (Helene Bartsch photo)
Photo by: Helene Bartsch
Defense, Gray Pace 'Cats in Family Weekend Win
9/28/2019 9:27:00 AM | Football
Homecoming Up Next, vs. Elon on Saturday
DURHAM, N.H. – Senior defensive end Brian Carter (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) had a couple of quarterback sacks to lead the defense and senior running back Evan Gray (Centreville, Va.) rushed for 99 yards to pace the offense as the University of New Hampshire football team put together a complete game to knock off Duquesne University, 23-6, on Saturday afternoon in Wildcat Stadium.
Watch Highlights
The Wildcats evened their overall record at 2-2 with their second straight victory, this one in front of a Family Weekend crowd of 7,920. They are 1-0 in Colonial Athletic Association games.
Family Weekend & Game Photos
UNH plays its Homecoming contest against No. 24 Elon, a CAA rival, next Saturday, Oct. 5 (3:30 p.m., NBC Sports Boston).
Group tickets, with options including all you-can-eat-barbecue seating in the Touchdown Tents, are available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000. Group tickets for the game start at $9.
Gray broke free for a 72-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach at 23-0. He had 10 carries for 99 yards. Last week, Gray had his first career 100-yard plus game with 123 yards on seven carries.
The UNH defense came up with four sacks, interceptions by Prince Smith Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Pop Lacey (Reading, Pa.) and did not allow the Dukes to score until less than a minute remained in the game.
The balanced Wildcat offense piled up 231 rushing yards and a season-high 433 total yards
Freshman quarterback Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) completed 17 of his 31 passes for 202 yards. All the numbers were career highs.
Junior Jason Hughes (Atkinson, N.H.) kicked a career-high three field goals for the Wildcats. He was successful from a career-best 45 yards, 39 and 38 yards.
It was the first time a Wildcat kicker had three field goals in a game since Mike MacArthur had three against Albany on Nov. 16, 2013. UNH as a team had three against Stony Brook in a game in 2017.
Duquesne is now 2-2.
NEXT UP
Watch Highlights
The Wildcats evened their overall record at 2-2 with their second straight victory, this one in front of a Family Weekend crowd of 7,920. They are 1-0 in Colonial Athletic Association games.
Family Weekend & Game Photos
UNH plays its Homecoming contest against No. 24 Elon, a CAA rival, next Saturday, Oct. 5 (3:30 p.m., NBC Sports Boston).
Group tickets, with options including all you-can-eat-barbecue seating in the Touchdown Tents, are available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000. Group tickets for the game start at $9.
Gray broke free for a 72-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach at 23-0. He had 10 carries for 99 yards. Last week, Gray had his first career 100-yard plus game with 123 yards on seven carries.
The UNH defense came up with four sacks, interceptions by Prince Smith Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Pop Lacey (Reading, Pa.) and did not allow the Dukes to score until less than a minute remained in the game.
The balanced Wildcat offense piled up 231 rushing yards and a season-high 433 total yards
Freshman quarterback Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) completed 17 of his 31 passes for 202 yards. All the numbers were career highs.
Junior Jason Hughes (Atkinson, N.H.) kicked a career-high three field goals for the Wildcats. He was successful from a career-best 45 yards, 39 and 38 yards.
It was the first time a Wildcat kicker had three field goals in a game since Mike MacArthur had three against Albany on Nov. 16, 2013. UNH as a team had three against Stony Brook in a game in 2017.
Duquesne is now 2-2.
NEXT UP
- No. 24 Elon lost to No. 2 James Madison, 45-10, at home Saturday to fall to 2-3.
- Halftime of Homecoming will be presented by Dr. Pepper and feature a contest allowing two UNH students to compete for $7,500 in tuition payments.
- Fans are encouraged to wear pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
- UNH lost, 30-9, at No. 9 Elon last season.
- The Wildcats beat the No. 7 Phoenix, 16-6, when the teams last met in Durham on Nov. 11, 2017.
1st QUARTER
- Hughes kicked a career-long 45-yard field goal with 3:44 left to open the scoring.
- Laube scored his first career rushing TD from 5 yards out to boost UNH's lead to 10-0 with 15 seconds to go.
- The UNH defense held Duquesne to 14 yards of offense in the period.
2ND QUARTER
- Hughes had a 39-yard field goal with 1:16 left in the half for the only points in the period.
- UNH had a 225 to 10 edge in total offensive yards in the half.
3RD QUARTER
- Hughes kicked a 38-yard field goal, his third of the day, for the only points of the period with 3:06 left.
- Prince Smith, Jr. picked off his first pass of the season midway through the quarter.
4th QUARTER
- Lacey got his first interception of the season to set up UNH's final score.
- Gray busted his 72-yard run for a TD on the next play with 2:46 left.
- Duquesne's Kareem Coles, Jr. scored on a 12-yard pass from Daniel Parr with 58 seconds to go.
COACH'S COMMENT
"I thought we did a really good job. We were explosive in two phases of the game. Offense needs to be a little cleaner, but we established the run, which we wanted to do. Defensively, I thought we did a tremendous job of being physical up front. They had 23 rushes for 50 yards. We felt like going into it that was what they were going to try to do. They were going to try to run the ball down our throats a little, but we did a good job of dictating the terms of engagement."
Interim head coach Ricky Santos
CAT NIPS
- Santos took over as interim head coach of the Wildcats when Sean McDonnell announced Aug. 26 he was taking a leave of absence for health reasons.
- UNH's 231 yards rushing were two yards better than last week's previous season high.
- Duquesne had 23 rushes for 50 yards.
- Junior safety Evan Horn (Lebanon, Pa.) had a sack and senor defensive end Josh Kania (Milton, Ga.) and junior defensive tackle Elijah Lewis (New Castle, Del.) had half a sack each.
- Carter and Lacey led the Wildcats with six tackles each.
- Senior cornerback Isiah Perkins (Williamstown, N.J.) had three pass breakups.
- Brosmer rushed seven times for 39 yards.
- Sophomore Carlos Washington, Jr. (Fort Washington, Md.) had 18 carries for 68 yards.
- Eight players caught passes for UNH.
- Senior Malik Love (Alcoa, Tenn.) had four receptions for 53 yards.
- Six players had two catches each.
- UNH had a 36:18 to 23:42 edge in time of possession.
TEAM STATS
Rushing: Duquesne 23-50. UNH 45-231.
Passing: Duquesne 14-32-2 1 TD. UNH 17-31-0, 0 TDs
Total Offense: Duquesne 55-233. UNH 76-433.
1st Downs: Duquesne 10. UNH 20.
Time of Possession: Duquesne 23:42. UNH 36:18.
Penalties: Duquesne 3-18. UNH 7-50.
Turnovers: Duquesne 2. UNH 1.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Duquesne – Mark Allen, 13-50. UNH – Gray 10-99.
Receiving: Duquesne – Coles, 5-54, TD. Love 4-53.
Passing: Duquesne – Parr, 14-32-2 1 TD. UNH – Brosmer, 17-31-0, 202.
Tackles: Brendan Thompson – 3-5-8. UNH – Carter, 4-2-6; Lacey, 4-2-6.
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