Laube Records TD, 148 All-Purpose Yards in 44-7 Loss at Western Michigan

Saturday, October 1

Kalamazoo, Mich.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-2 , 3-0

Western Michigan

2-3 , 1-0

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Laube Records TD, 148 All-Purpose Yards in 44-7 Loss at Western Michigan

10/1/2022 10:32:00 PM | Football

Box Score

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Junior running back Dylan Laube (Westhampton, N.Y.) led the University of New Hampshire in both rushing and receiving and scored a touchdown, but the Wildcats were defeated 44-7 by FBS school Western Michigan University at Waldo Stadium on Saturday night.

Laube rushed 22 times for 73 yards and had six catches for 63 yards, including a 26-yard touchdown. Sophomore quarterback Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) completed 22 of 34 passes for 161 yards and one TD. He completed passes to eight different targets.

Grad student and captain Pop Bush (Nocatee, Fla.) finished with a team-high six tackles and was also credited with a pass breakup. Junior Max Oxendine (Chester, Va.) and sophomore Josiah Silver (Hampton, Va.) both had four tackles. Silver had a sack and also converted a fake punt on a 22-yard run.

After WMU took a 28-0 lead at 12:07 of the second quarter, UNH ran 48 offensive plays for 194 yards in comparison to the Broncos' 31 plays for 86 yards (spanning the final 42:07 of the game).

Jack Salopek completed 13 of 23 passes for 252 yards and three TDs. Jefferson La'Darius was the top ground gainer with 36 rushing yards. Corey Crooms was the top receiver with five catches for 109 yards.

UNH moves to 3-2 overall and remains atop the CAA standings at 3-0. WMU is now 2-3.

UP NEXT

New Hampshire returns to action Oct. 8 for Homecoming against Stony Brook University. Opening kickoff is 3:30 p.m.
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FIRST QUARTER

The Broncos scored on the first play from scrimmage on a 75-yard flea-flicker from Salopek to Crooms to give the home team a 7-0 lead 18 seconds into the game.
UNH responded with a 13-play drive that consumed 6:39 off the clock but the drive, slowed by an unsportsmanlike penalty, stalled at the WMU 40 and the Wildcats were forced to punt.
La'Darius capped a 9-play, 96-yard drive with a 5-yard TD run up the middle to extend the lead to 14-0 at 3:34.
On 3^rd-and-8, WMU scored on a 76-yard screen pass to Sean Tyler down the right sideline to take a 21-0 lead at 1:13.
Sophomore cornerback Jonathan Collins Jr. (Williamstown, N.J.) intercepted Salopek's pass in the end zone to give possession back to New Hampshire with 13 seconds on the clock.

SECOND QUARTER

New Hampshire played WMU even with 7 points apiece in the second quarter with the Wildcats outgaining the Broncos in total yards, 68-44.
A UNH bad snap in punt formation set up 1^st-and-10 for the Broncos at the UNH 14, and four plays later Salopek found Josh Burgett in the back of the end zone for a 3-yard TD and 28-0 lead at 12:07.
Facing 2^nd-and-9 at the WMU 26, UNH called a timeout. Out of that break, Brosmer threw a jump ball toward the left pylon, where Laube won the ball in the air at the WMU 2 and went into the end zone for the touchdown. Nick Mazzie (Boxford, Mass.) kicked the PAT to trim the deficit to 28-7 at 2:15.

THIRD QUARTER

WMU converted an interception at the UNH 38 into a 34-yard field goal by Palmer Domschke and 31-7 lead at 3:04.

FOURTH QUARTER

The Broncos turned a fumble recovery into a 6-play, 37-yard touchdown drive to extend the margin to 37-7 at 14:23.
Charles Briscoe III (Bowie, Md.) partially blocked a punt to set up 1^st-and-goal at the WMU 8. Myles Thomason (Montclair, N.J.) ran the ball into the end zone but a holding play negated the score, and on the next play WMU scored on a 97-yard interception return to take a 44-7 lead at 5:23.

GAME NOTEBOOK

Western Michigan won the turnover battle with four takeaways (two fumble recoveries and two interceptions) in comparison to UNH's one (interception).
WMU outgained the Wildcats 356-205.
New Hampshire had the edge in time of possession at 38:56 to 21:04.
The Broncos' defense recorded seven sacks as part of 17 tackles for loss.

UNH NOTEBOOK

The 26-yard TD reception was Laube's first touchdown catch of the season. He now has seven total TDs with a breakdown of five rushing, one receiving and one punt return.
Laube, who entered the game ranked No. 2 in the nation (FCS) in all-purpose yards at 188.5 yards per game, amassed 148 all-purpose yards at Western Michigan.
It was the second career interception for Collins, Jr. His first interception was in the 2021 season opener at Stony Brook University.
Sean Lehane (Milford, Mass.) punted seven times for an average of 48.6 yards, including a career long of 61 in the fourth quarter.
Redshirt freshman Caleb Burke (Johnstown, Pa.) recorded his first career catch with a 10-yard reception in the third quarter; he finished with four catches for 27 yards.

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