University of New Hampshire Athletics
The Wildcats celebrate a first-half touchdown against Maine.
11/20/2021 6:30:00 PM | Football
Washington Jr., Laube Hit 100-Yard Rushing Mark
DURHAM, N.H. – Senior quarterback Tommy Herion (Chicago, Ill.) passed for three touchdowns in his first career start and UNH had a season-high 238 yards rushing, but the University of New Hampshire football team could not hold off Maine and dropped a 33-20 game on Senior Day in Wildcat Stadium.
The Black Bears took possession of the Brice-Cowell Musket that stays with the winner of the game each year.
UNH lost its eighth consecutive game and finished the season with a 3-8 overall record and was 2-6 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Maine won five of its last six games and finished the season at 6-5 overall and 4-4 in the CAA.
Junior Carlos Washington Jr. (Fort Washington, Md.) rushed for 101 yards on nine carries and sophomore Dylan Laube (Westhampton, N.Y.) for 100 on 11 carries to lead the Wildcats. It was the first time the Wildcats had two 100-yard rushers in a game since 2017.
Herion staked UNH to a 20-7 lead five minutes into the second period with his touchdown passes, the first of his career. They went for 5 yards to senior Nick Lorden (Milford, N.H.), 4 yards to Washington and 10 yards to junior Brian Espanet (Hopedale, Mass.).
Herion completed 15 of his 30 passes for 156 yards. He was intercepted four times in the second half.
Junior defensive end Gunner Gibson (Hailey, Idaho) had three sacks for the Wildcats among his nine tackles and forced a fumble.
Freshman defensive end Josiah Silver (Hampton, Va.) and sophomore linebacker Bryce Shaw (Raynham, Mass.) led UNH with 11 tackles each. Silver also had a sack.
Silver finished the season with 11.5 sacks to lead the Wildcats this season and Gibson was next with eight.
UNH sophomore linebacker Oleh Manzyk (Feasterville, Pa.) was injured after making a tackle in the second period and taken from the field on a stretcher. He was treated and released from a local hospital for an upper body injury.
Maine scored the final 26 points of the game on a pair of Joe Fagnano TD passes and four field goals by grad student Jonny Messina. Fagnano completed 21 of his 34 passes for 249 yards and the two scores. Elijah Barnwell rushed 13 times for 111 yards.
PHOTO GALLERY
1st QUARTER
2ND QUARTER
3RD QUARTER
4th QUARTER
GAME NOTES
The Black Bears took possession of the Brice-Cowell Musket that stays with the winner of the game each year.
UNH lost its eighth consecutive game and finished the season with a 3-8 overall record and was 2-6 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Maine won five of its last six games and finished the season at 6-5 overall and 4-4 in the CAA.
Junior Carlos Washington Jr. (Fort Washington, Md.) rushed for 101 yards on nine carries and sophomore Dylan Laube (Westhampton, N.Y.) for 100 on 11 carries to lead the Wildcats. It was the first time the Wildcats had two 100-yard rushers in a game since 2017.
Herion staked UNH to a 20-7 lead five minutes into the second period with his touchdown passes, the first of his career. They went for 5 yards to senior Nick Lorden (Milford, N.H.), 4 yards to Washington and 10 yards to junior Brian Espanet (Hopedale, Mass.).
Herion completed 15 of his 30 passes for 156 yards. He was intercepted four times in the second half.
Junior defensive end Gunner Gibson (Hailey, Idaho) had three sacks for the Wildcats among his nine tackles and forced a fumble.
Freshman defensive end Josiah Silver (Hampton, Va.) and sophomore linebacker Bryce Shaw (Raynham, Mass.) led UNH with 11 tackles each. Silver also had a sack.
Silver finished the season with 11.5 sacks to lead the Wildcats this season and Gibson was next with eight.
UNH sophomore linebacker Oleh Manzyk (Feasterville, Pa.) was injured after making a tackle in the second period and taken from the field on a stretcher. He was treated and released from a local hospital for an upper body injury.
Maine scored the final 26 points of the game on a pair of Joe Fagnano TD passes and four field goals by grad student Jonny Messina. Fagnano completed 21 of his 34 passes for 249 yards and the two scores. Elijah Barnwell rushed 13 times for 111 yards.
PHOTO GALLERY
1st QUARTER
- Herion connected with senior Lorden for a 5-yard pass to open the scoring with 7:30 left in the quarter.
- Redshirt freshman Sean Lehane (Milford, Mass.) kicked the conversion,
2ND QUARTER
- Washington scored on a 4-yard pass from Herion 1:14 into the period to up UNH's lead to 13-0.
- Freddie Brock's 29-yard rushing TD with 11:59 left in the quarter cut the lead to 13-7.
- Herion answered with a 10-yard TD pass to Espanet.
- Jordan Conn (Woodbridge, Conn.) kicked the conversion for 20-7.
- Jonny Messina kicked 34 and 37-yard field goals and Fagnano hit Shawn Bowman for a 16-yard pass as Maine tied it at 20 at the half.
- The 37-yard field goal was the last play of the half.
3RD QUARTER
- Fagnano hit Andre Miller with a 30-yard TD pass with 7:42 left in the period for a 27-20 lead.
- Messina's 34-yard field goal with 3:17 left in the quarter made it 30-20.
4th QUARTER
- Maine closed out the scoring with Messina's 33-yard field goal with 6:05 left in the quarter.
GAME NOTES
- Espanet caught three passes for 48 yards and the score.
- Laube had three catches for 41 yards.
- Laube had 294 all-purpose yards.
- UNH's previous high in rushing yardage this game was 193 against Dartmouth.
- The Wildcats had 394 total yards of offense.
- The only total better this season was 400 against Towson.
- Sophomore defensive back Randall Harris (Walled Lake, Mich.) had eight tackles.
- Redshirt freshman linebacker Zedane Williams (Springfield, Mass.) had seven tackles and forced a fumble.
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