More than just the Brice Cowell Musket on the line when Maine & UNH meet Saturday

November 20, 2024

When UNH travels to Orono this weekend, the Wildcats and Black Bears will be playing for the same trophy, but two very different things as well. Rick Santos’ team enters with a chance to finish the season with eight wins and maybe an at-large FCS playoff berth if enough teams in the Top 25 slip up on the final weekend of the season. Meanwhile, Maine’s resurgence under Jordan Stevens could……

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New Hampshire 33, Monmouth 20 — Wildcats earn complete win

November 9, 2024

By Allen Lessels NEFJ Staff DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire football team put together its most complete game of the year to knock off Monmouth, 33-20, on Saturday in Wildcat Stadium in front of 5,108 fans to keep its FCS tournament hopes alive. The Wildcats improved to 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the Coastal Athletic Association. They have two games remaining in the regular season and know……

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UNH looking for strong finish after ending losing skid

Photo: UNH Twitter
November 4, 2024

This past Saturday, UNH ended a two-game losing streak with a thorough beating of Albany, 31-14. That win bot the Wildcats to 5-4 overall and 3-2 in the CAA with three weeks left in the season. Two of those games (Monmouth and Stony Brook) the next two weeks are in Durham with the final matchup being the rivalry showdown with Maine up in Orono on November 23rd. UNH probably won’t…

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No. 17 URI 26, No. 24 UNH 9 – Rams continue to roll with first road win vs. Wildcats in 29 years

October 19, 2024

Image courtesy of @TheStoneFreeman (Twitter) By Allen Lessels NEFJ Contributor DURHAM, N.H. – The University of Rhode Island football team, ranked No. 16 in the Stats Perform poll and No. 17 in the AFCA FCS Coaches poll, managed something Saturday that it had not been able to accomplish in nearly three decades. The Rams, doing damage in all three facets of the game – offense, defense and special teams –……

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Harvard 28, (No. 16) UNH 23 – Crimson upset Wildcats

October 5, 2024

CAMBRIDGE – Facing a similar situation to the one it faced against Brown last weekend on Friday night, Harvard wasn’t going to let history repeat itself. The Crimson led 28-23 with a 4th-&-1 at the UNH 32 with 1:15 left in their Friday night showdown. Instead of trying a field goal to make it an eight-point game, Harvard went for it. Xaviah Bascon scooted up the middle, broke free for……

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New Hampshire 38, Bryant 17 — Morgan leads Wildcats to victory

September 21, 2024

By Allen Lessels NEFJ Correspondent DURHAM, N.H. – Senior quarterback Seth Morgan, a transfer who was at Virginia Military Institute first and played at Division II Shepherd University last season, had another standout game on Saturday and led the University of New Hampshire to a 38-17 win over Bryant University in front of a Family Weekend crowd of 11,302 in Wildcat Stadium. It was Bryant’s first-ever Coastal Athletic Association game……

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