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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, September 7
Worcester, Mass.
1 PM
University of New Hampshire
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Holy Cross
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3rd
4th
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New Hampshire
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10
Holy Cross
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Team Stats
UNH
HC
Total Yards
367
315
Pass Yards
203
253
Rushing Yards
164
62
Penalty Yards
54
30
1st Downs
18
15
3rd Downs
5
5
4th Downs
1
1
TOP
30:34
29:26
2nd Quarter
UNH 0, HC 3
HC - Ng,Derek 28 yd field goal 5 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:39
3rd Quarter
UNH 3, HC 3
UNH - Hughes,Jason 21 yd field goal 15 plays, 79 yards, TOP 7:35
4th Quarter
UNH 3, HC 6
HC - Ng,Derek 20 yd field goal 8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 2:53
UNH 10, HC 6
UNH - Washington,Car. 19 yd run (Hughes,Jason kick), 5 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:35
UNH 10, HC 13
HC - Lang,Joe 0 yd fumble recovery (Ng,Derek kick)
Game Leaders
CMP
8
TD
0
YDS
106
INT
1
CMP
7
TD
0
YDS
97
INT
1
Players Mentioned
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Carlos Washington, Jr. carried 18 times for 107 yards and a score on Saturday. (Gil Talbot photo)
Defense Shines, But 'Cats Edged in Opener at Holy Cross
9/7/2019 6:04:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire football team's defense turned in a big effort against Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon at Fitton Field, but it was not quite enough and the Wildcats dropped their season opener, 13-10.
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UNH interim head coach Ricky Santos made his debut as the leader on the sidelines. Santos took over as head coach when Sean McDonnell announced on Aug. 26 that he was taking a leave of absence to deal with health issues.
The Wildcats play their FBS game at Florida International University on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.
They face the University of Rhode Island in their home opener in Wildcat Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. Group tickets with options including all you-can-eat-barbecue seating in the Touchdown Tents, is available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000.
Sophomore safety Pop Bush (Nocatee, Fla.) had nine tackles Saturday to lead a Wildcat defense that gave up 315 yards of offense and did not allow a touchdown.Sophomore running back Carlos Washington, Jr. (Fort Washington, Md.) carried 18 times for 107 yards and scored UNH's only TD on a 19-yard run in the fourth quarter.
That score gave the Wildcats their only lead at 10-6 with 6:52 left in the game.
Bush and the UNH defense stopped Holy Cross on the UNH 2-yard line with two minutes left in the game. But on the next play, a UNH fumble coming out of the end zone was recovered by Joe Lang for the winning score.
The Wildcats used a pair of young quarterbacks in the game.
Redshirt freshman Bret Edwards (Lowell, Mass.) started and played the first half.
Freshman Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) played the second half and led UNH on its scoring drives to a field goal and the TD.
Brosmer completed eight of his 16 passes for 106 yards. Edwards completed seven of his 18 for 97 yards. Each had one pass intercepted.
"First and foremost, our kids fought all the way to the end," Santos said. "You've got to give credit to the senior leadership. I thought the defense did a phenomenal job of giving us a chance to win. That team we faced today played their butts off. That's a great-coached team and they played hard."
The Wildcats turned the ball over three times, but were unable to collect any turnovers themselves.
"At the end of the day we've got to be cleaner," Santos said. "We had too many penalties and we had a couple of turnovers. We didn't do a good job getting the ball out. The theme of the whole game was missed opportunities. On offense, we have to be much better. We've got to be better at the quarterback position and we've got to be smarter with the ball."
Holy Cross is now 1-1 on the season.
NEXT UP
- Florida International lost its season opener at Tulane, 42-14, on Aug. 29.
- FIU played its home opener against Western Kentucky on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.
- The Panthers were 9-4 overall and 6-2 in Conference USA last season.
- It will be UNH's third time playing in Florida.
- The Wildcats beat Bethune-Cookman, 45-20, in a second round game of the FCS playoffs on Dec. 4, 2010.
- They lost at South Florida, 42-41 in overtime, on Oct. 23, 1999.
RETURNING HOME
- The ''Cats play their home opener, presented by Core Power, against Rhode Island on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. in Wildcat Stadium.
- Free UNH bucket hats will be given to the first 2,000 fans in attendance.
- Group tickets start at $9 and individual game tickets for UNH's five home games are available by calling 603-862-4000 or at www.unhwildcats.com.
- Season memberships, starting at $99, may also be purchased.
- The Rhode Island game kicks off a stretch of three straight home games.
- The Wildcats play Duquesne on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in a Family Weekend game that will feature $1 hot dogs.
- UNH takes on Elon for Homecoming, with halftime presented by Dr. Pepper, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 3:30 p.m.
- The other home games are against Villanova for STEM Day on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. and against Maine on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 1 p.m. for Senior Day in the battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket.
1st QUARTER
- The teams played to a scoreless first period.
2ND QUARTER
- Holy Cross opened the scoring with a 28-yard Derek Ng field goal with 2:31 left in the half.
- A UNH defensive stand inside its 10-yard line led to the field goal.
- The Wildcats had an edge in offense yardage - 178 yards to 143 - in the first half.
3RD QUARTER
- Junior Jason Hughes (Atkinson, N.H.) tied the game at 3-3 with a 21-yard field goal with 6:59 left in the period.
4TH QUARTER
- Derek Ng put Holy Cross back in front, 6-3, with a 20-yard field goal with 14:15 left in the fourth quarter.
- UNH took its first lead on a 19-yard TD run by Washington, Jr. with 6:52 left in the fourth quarter.
- A Hughes conversion kick made it 10-6 UNH.
- The UNH defense made another goal line stand to stop Holy Cross on the 2-yard line with two minutes left in the game.
- But on the next play, Joe Lang recovered a fumble at the goal line to make it 13-10 Holy Cross with 1:56 to play.
'CAT NIPS
- Senior cornerback Prince Smith, Jr. had eight tackles and led the team with two pass breakups.
- Senior linebacker Cameron Brusko (Bethlehem, Pa.) and junior safety Evan Horn (Lebanon, Pa.) had seven tackles each.
- Brusko had three tackles for a loss and was credited with 1.5 quarterback sacks.
- Sophomore defensive tackle Niko Kvietkus (Southington, Conn.) also had three tackles for a loss, including 1.5 sacks.
- The defense allowed only 62 rushing yards.
- The Wildcats had 367 yards of offense in the game and 164 yards rushing.
- Redshirt freshman Charles Briscoe III (Bowie, Md.) senior Malik Love (Alcoa, Tenn.) and Washington each had four pass receptions to lead UNH.
- Briscoe had 71 yards in receptions, Love had 38 and Washington 22.
- Senior punter Drew Sanborn (Amherst, N.H.) averaged 42 yards on his seven punts.
TEAM STATS
Rushing: UNH 36-164. HC 35-62.
Passing: UNH 15-34-2 0 TD. HC 21-34-0, 0 TDs
Total Offense: UNH 70-367. HC 69-315.
1st Downs: UNH 18. HC 15.
Time of Possession: UNH 30:34. HC 29:26.
Penalties: UNH 7-54. HC 2-30.
Turnovers: UNH 3. HC 0.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: UNH – Washington, 18-107, 1 TD. HC – Domenic Cozier 13-43.
Receiving: UNH – Briscoe, 4-71. HC – Derek Mountain, 6-55.
Passing: UNH – Edwards 7-18-1, 97 yards; Brosmer 8-16-1, 106. HC – Connor Degenhardt 21-34-0, 253 yards.
Tackles: UNH – Bush 9-0-9. HC – Joe Lang 6-0-6, Terrell Prince 6-0-6, Corey Stefanik 5-1-6.
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