Ramshaw's Late TD Lifts UNH Past URI, 24-21 - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Saturday, November 7

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-7 , 2-4

Rhode Island

5-5 , 2-4

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Rhode Island	14	0	0	7	21
New Hampshire	7	10	0	7	24

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UNH celebrates Colby Ramshaw's game-winning TD vs URI (11-7-26)

Photo by: Maya Grainger

11/7/2026 8:14:00 PM | Football

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore quarterback Tommy McLeish (Norfolk, Mass.) threw for two touchdowns and caught another to lift the University of New Hampshire football team to Saturday afternoon's 24-21 victory against the University of Rhode Island at Wildcat Stadium.

With UNH trailing 21-17 and 1:53 remaining, McLeish engineered an 11-play, 64-yard drive capped by a one-yard TD pass to grad student tight end Colby Ramshaw (Londonderry, N.H.) with seven seconds to play to give the Wildcats a 24-21 lead.

McLeish completed 21 of 37 passes for 271 yards and the two scores, and he caught a seven-yard TD pass from sophomore wide receiver Ryan Ricketti (Rocky River, Ohio). Junior wide receiver Logan Perez (Sewell, N.J.) caught four passes for 91 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown. Senior WR Ja'Carree Kelly (Gainesville, Fla.) had five catches for 91 yards.

Grad student running back Myles Thomason (Montclair, N.J.) had a team-high 84 rushing yards on 16 carries.

Sophomore linebacker Trevor Barry (Elma, N.Y.), who entered the game top the FCS national leaderboard in tackles per game, finished with 10 tackles. Grad student safety Jackson Stone (Lebanon, N.H.) finished with nine tackles and had an interception.

URI was led by Brayden Richardson, who recorded almost half of his game-high 138 rushing yards on a 64-yard rushing touchdown. Alex McClelland completed 10 of 24 passes for 142 yards and a touchdown, and he had 17 carries for 50 yards.

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FIRST QUARTER

Richardson broke through the line of scrimmage and raced into the end zone for a 64-yard touchdown that gave the Rams a 7-0 lead at 9:41.
UNH answered quickly when McLeish hit Perez in stride down the left seam for a 52-yard touchdown and Lucas Glassburn (Windermere, Fla.) kicked the PAT to tie the score, 7-7, at 7:38.
On the next possession, the Rams converted 4^th-and-20 at the UNH 26 when McClelland found Sean Byrd in the front-left corner of the end zone to put the visitors back in front, 14-7, at 4:00.

SECOND QUARTER

With the ball at the UNH 45, the Wildcats quickly set up 1^st-and-goal on a 12-yard completion to Ramshaw and 25-yard pass to Ty Carlson (Oswego, N.Y.) that had a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty added to the end. Two plays later, Thomason took the snap out of the shotgun and tossed the ball to Ricketti for an end-around to the right side, but he pulled up and lofted a pass to McLeish in the front of the end zone for a 6-yard TD that once again pulled the Wildcats even, 14-14, at 11:54.
New Hampshire's defense held strong by forcing McClelland into three consecutive incompletions, the last of which was on 4^th-and-11 at the UNH 32.
Jackson Downey (Marblehead, Mass.) blocked a punt to give the Wildcats 1st-and-10 at the UNH 47 with 1:48 remaining. Kelly turned a short pass into a long game to set up 1^st-and-goal at the URI 5 with 30 seconds on the clock. Glassburn's 23-yard field goal on the last play of the half sent the 'Cats into halftime with a 17-14 lead.

THIRD QUARTER

UNH marched 52 yards to the URI 24 but but Glassburn kicked a 41-yard field goal attempt wide left to keep the Wildcats' lead at 17-14 with 6:10 on the clock.
On the next Ram's drive, the visitors got one first down but New Hampshire's defense pushed the visitors backward three consecutive plays, the last of which was a 7-yard sack by Ethan Aghakhan (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and Matthew Sopp (Beverly, Mass.), to force a punt.

FOURTH QUARTER

On the first play of the fourth quarter, Stone intercepted McClelland's downfield pass at the UNH 30, but his 48-yard return was negated by a holding penalty during the return.
UNH still led 17-14 midway through the fourth quarter, but that changed when McClelland punched it into the end zone and a 3^rd-and-goal play from the UNH 1 to give the Rams a 21-17 lead at 3:47.
The 'Cats were held to a 3-and-out but UNH's defense also limited Rhode Island to a 3-and-out to give possession back to the 'Cats at the UNH 36 with 1:53 remaining.
McLeish completed a 36-yard pass down the middle to Kelly to quickly move the ball to the URI 28. Thomason gained 12 yards on two rushes to set up 1^st-and-10 at the URI 16.
Following a false start penalty against the Wildcats, McLeish connected with Kelly for a 12-yard gain for 3^rd-and-3 at the URI 9 with 43 seconds to play.
McLeish extended the drive with a four-yard pass to Ty Carlson (Oswego, Ill.) to set up 1^st-and-goal at the URI 5.
The Rams were penalized for pass interference and holding the next two snaps to give UNH 1^st-and-goal at the 1-yard line.
Denzell Gibson (Bellwood, Ill.) was stopped inches short of the goal line and then McLeish's pass was incomplete to the right flat to make it third down from the 1.
McLeish completed a shovel pass up the middle to Ramshaw at the URI 1 and he continued into the end zone to put New Hampshire back in front. Glassburn's PAT kick made it 24-21 with seven seconds left.
UNH executed a squib kick that the Rams downed at the URI 29 with no time coming off the clock. McClelland's pass to the right sideline was broken up by Malik Diaby (Tolland, Conn.) at the UNH 45 and time expired to end the game.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Stone has a team-high three interceptions this season, and he has a total of three career picks.
Kelly surpassed 1,000 career receiving yards. He has 518 yards this season – his first as a Wildcat – and 1,021 career.
Barry has 197 career tackles, including 119 this season.
Ramshaw has two TD catches this season and leads all current 'Cats with nine career.
Six of UNH's 10 games have been decided by seven points or less and the 'Cats are 3-3 in those games.

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