'Cats Top Towson for McDonnell's 100th CAA Win

Saturday, September 11

Durham, N.H.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-0 , 2-0

Towson

1-1 , 0-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Towson

New Hampshire

Dylan Laube scored a pair of touchdowns for the 'Cats. (Gil Talbot photo)

9/11/2021 10:58:00 PM | Football

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Laube's 2 TDs, Edwards TD Passes, Horn's Picks Lead to 2-0 Start

DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore quarterback Bret Edwards (Lowell, Mass.) passed for a pair of touchdowns, sophomore Dylan Laube (Westhampton, N.Y.) scored two TDs and grad student safety Evan Horn (Lebanon, Pa.) collected a couple of interceptions to lead the University of New Hampshire football team to a 26-14 win over Towson in front of 10,247 in Wildcat Stadium on Saturday night.

Head coach Sean McDonnell notched his 100^th regular season Colonial Athletic Association victory, becoming just the third coach to reach that milestone. Retired coaches Andy Talley (Villanova) at 142 and Jimmye Laycock (111) also hit the century mark.

UNH improved to 2-0 for the season. Both are CAA wins.

The Wildcats now hit the road for a pair of games. They play at Lafayette of the Patriot League on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 12:30 p.m. and face Pittsburgh in their FBS matchup Saturday, Sept. 25.

UNH returns to Wildcat Stadium to play James Madison for Homecoming on Oct. 2. Season and single game tickets for all home games are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling the Box Office at 603-862-4000.

The Wildcat defense, after collecting three turnovers in an opening win over Stony Brook, came up with four interceptions against Towson. The two interceptions were the first of the season for Horn and give him 13 for his career.

Redshirt freshman safety Noah Stansbury (Orange, N.J.) and senior safety Pop Bush (Nocatee, Fla.) also had interceptions. It was Bush's second pick in as many games and third of his career.

Senior defensive tackle Elijah Lewis (New Castle, Del.) had nine tackles, including a pair of sacks. Sophomore Derek Thompson (Bear, Del.) also had nine tackles.

Edwards completed 24 of his 32 passes for 261 yards and the two scores.

Laube scored his first TD on a 32-yard run in the second quarter and his next on a 2-yard pass from Edwards in the fourth. He rushed 11 times for 77 yards and caught a pair of passes for 13 yards.

Junior Sean Coyne (Portsmouth, R.I.) led UNH receivers with nine catches for 113 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown.

COMING UP

UNH's Homecoming game against James Madison on Oct. 2 at 3:30 p.m. is the second of five home games.
Season tickets and individual game tickets are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling the Whittemore Center Box Office at 603-862-4000.
Wildcat football league and home games may be viewed on FloSports, which may be accessed through www.unhwildcats.com.
UNH resumes its in-state series against Dartmouth in Wildcat Stadium on Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. for Family Weekend.
Richmond is in Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. for Halloweekend.
UNH closes out the regular season with its rivalry game against Maine in the Border Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket at home on Nov. 20 at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats play Sept. 18 at Lafayette, Sept. 25 at Pittsburgh in their FBS game, Oct. 23 at Elon, Nov. 6 at UAlbany and Nov. 13 at Rhode Island.

1^st QUARTER

Washington opened the scoring with a 4-yard run with 6:49 left in the period.
A pass for the conversion failed.

2^ND QUARTER

Laube rushed for a 32-yard TD with 13:26 left in the quarter.
Jordan Conn (Woodbridge, Conn.) kicked the conversion kick to make it 13-0.
Towson answered with a Devin Matthews 2-yard touchdown run and it was 13-7.
Edwards connected with Coyne for a 54-yard TD with 2:39 left in the half.
Conn's kick made it 20-7.
The Wildcat defense had three interceptions in the first half.

3^RD QUARTER

The teams played a scoreless third period.

4^th QUARTER

Towson scored on a Jeff Miller to Caleb Smith 11-yard pass to open the quarter.
The conversion kick made it 20-14 with 12:21 left in the period.
UNH answered quickly.
Edwards hit Laube for a 2-yard TD pass with 10:00 left in the period.
A pass for the conversion came up short and it was 26-14.

'CAT NIPS

Junior Carlos Washington Jr. (Fort Washington, Md.) carried 10 times for 69 yards.
He scored UNH's first TD on a 4-yard run in the first quarter.
Towson starting quarterback Chris Ferguson, a transfer from Maine, completed 6 of his 16 passes and was intercepted twice.
Miller replaced Ferguson late in the first half and completed 12 of his 27 passes and was also picked off twice.
Horn and sophomore linebacker Bryce Shaw (Raynham, Mass.) each had eight tackles.
Horn also broke up three passes.
Junior Gunner Gibson (Hailey, Idaho) had a sack.
Freshman Dylan Ruiz (Kissimmee, Fla) had a quarterback hurry that led to one of Horn's picks.
UNH had 400 yards of total offense on 60 plays.
Towson had 352 yards of offense on 86 plays.
UNH rushed for 139 yards and Towson for 154.