Morgan's Three TD Tosses Lead Football Past UAlbany, 31-14

Saturday, November 2

Albany, N.Y.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

5-4 , 3-2

UAlbany

3-6 , 1-4

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New Hampshire

UAlbany

Logan Tomlinson snares a 12-yard TD reception

Photo by: UAlbany Athletics

11/2/2024 3:51:00 PM | Football

Box Score

Wildcats score on 86-yard TD pass, 50-yard INT return to earn fifth win of year

ALBANY, N.Y. – Senior quarterback Seth Morgan (Pittsburgh, Pa.) threw for three touchdowns, junior wide receiver Caleb Burke (Johnstown, Pa.) hauled in an 86-yard scoring reception, and graduate student safety Wande Owens (Cooksville, Md.) scored a TD on a 50-yard interception return to lead the UNH football team to Saturday afternoon's 31-14 CAA victory against the UAlbany Great Danes at Casey Stadium.

The Wildcats (5-4, 3-2 CAA) snapped a two-game skid and handed the Great Danes (3-6, 1-4 CAA) their third consecutive loss.

Morgan went 13 of 20 for 208 yards and played turnover-free football. Graduate student wide receiver Logan Tomlinson (Manchester, Conn.) had a team-leading six catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Burke paced the team with 90 receiving yards.

Junior Myles Thomason (Montclair, N.J.) led the ground attack with 17 rushes for 57 yards.

In addition to his Pick-6, Owens led the defense with 10 tackles (seven solo). Senior defensive end Josiah Silver (Hampton, Va.), the nation's leader in sacks, added another as part of a six-tackle performance.

UAlbany quarterback Trey Lindsey went 11-for-23 for 117 yards and a touchdown. He also was the Great Danes' top rusher with 10 carries for 58 yards. QB Myles Burkett went 7-for-13 for 47 yards and an interception.

UP NEXT

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HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST QUARTER

UAlbany punted on its first possession, and UNH wasted no time in taking a 7-0 lead at 10:48 of the first. On the second play from scrimmage, Morgan launched a deep pass down the left sideline that Burke caught in stride before racing 86 yards for his sixth touchdown of the season. It was Morgan's 16^th TD pass of the year. Junior place kicker Nick Mazzie (Boxford, Mass.) was successful on the PAT.
The Wildcats seized a 14-0 lead at 1:59 when Owens intercepted Burkett's pass at midfield and dashed 50 yards for a Pick-6.

SECOND QUARTER

Morgan's second TD pass of the game, and 16^th of the season, was a 12-yard throw to Tomlinson at 13:32 of the second. The graduate student receiver battled UAlbany cornerback KC Eziomume's tight coverage to make a lunging grab in the right corner of the end zone for his seventh TD reception of the year.
The Wildcats notched their second takeaway at 5:27 of the second when graduate student defensive tackle Jacoby Sherard (Lawrenceville, N.J.) sacked Burkett at UAlbany's 45, forcing a fumble that was recovered by junior defensive end Zach Garron (Bedford, N.H.) at the Great Danes' 35.
That set up a short field and a five-play, 13-yard drive that resulted in Mazzie's 40-yard field goal for a 24-0 lead at 3:35.

THIRD QUARTER

The Great Danes threatened to get on the board with a 15-play, 50-yard drive that took 6:34 off the clock, but the Wildcats turned UAlbany over on downs when Burkett threw an incompletion on 4th-and-3 from the UNH 14 at 4:49 of the third.

FOURTH QUARTER

UAlbany avoided the shutout at 9:56 of the fourth on a 1-yard QB keeper by Trey Lindsey that capped a 15-play, 88-yard drive.
Lindsey pitched to Faysal Aden for the successful 2-point conversion to trim UNH's lead to 24-8.
The Wildcats responded and put the game out of reach with a 13-play, 70-yard drive that melted 7:10 off the clock and resulted in Morgan's third TD toss (18^th of season), a three-yarder to sophomore tight end Colby Ramshaw (Londonderry, N.H.), who scored his second touchdown of the year at 2:42.
Lindsey threw a seven-yard TD pass to Aden with 1:16 to play, but the PAT failed.

GAME NOTEBOOK

UNH takes an 8-5 all-time lead in the series, which includes wins in the last three meetings.
The Wildcats have won back-to-back games at Casey Stadium for the first time since winning their first two trips to Albany in 2013 and 2015.
The Morgan-to-Burke 86-yard TD pass was the longest for UNH since Max Brosmer connected with Dylan Laube for an 87-yard touchdown in an NCAA Division I FCS Championship first-round victory against Fordham at Wildcat Stadium on Nov. 26, 2022.
The 86 yards represented a career-long pass for Morgan and a career-long reception for Burke; the two previously teamed up for a personal-best 68-yard TD connection versus Stonehill on Sept. 14.
Owens' Pick-6 was UNH's first since Randall Harris took an INT 25 yards for a touchdown against Monmouth at Wildcat Stadium on Sept. 1, 2022.
The 50-yard INT return was UNH's longest since Pop Bush returned a 65-yarder at Stony Brook on Sept. 2, 2021.
Owens' Pick-6 is the longest UNH INT returned for a touchdown since Evan Horn (50 yards) versus Elon on Oct. 5, 2019. Oleh Manzyk had a 55-yard Pick-6 earlier in that game.
UNH jumped out to a 24-0 lead in a game for the first time since Sept. 2, 2023, when it scored the first 34 points of an eventual 51-17 triumph at Stonehill.
It was the first time the Wildcats blanked an opponent in the first half since Sept. 16, 2023, when they led Dartmouth, 10-0.
UNH blanked Elon in the second half of a 17-10 road win on Oct. 12.