How do you follow up your 17th playoff appearance in the last 21 seasons? You keep adding to the culture. UNH signed nine new recruits during National Signing Day on Wednesday, with Rick Santos and his staff continuing to add to the legacy that is the Wildcats’ football program. “Our staff did an incredible job identifying, evaluating, and building relationships with this year’s class,” Santos said in a statement released……
Image courtesy of UNH Athletics Aesthetically, the UNH’s playoff game against 14th-seeded South Dakota State on Saturday was a football fans dream. With a wind chill of zero, snow falling and ice covering the field, it was what playoff football dreams are made of. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, that dream was an absolute nightmare with a 41-3 loss. UNH (8-5) was making its 17th playoff appearance in the last 21…
Image courtesy of Alex Miller By Allen Lessels NEFJ Correspondent DURHAM – They did what they had to do. Now they wait to see if that’s enough. On the second Saturday in October, the University of New Hampshire football team lost at Rhode Island, 38-27, and its record fell to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the Coastal Athletic Association. To have any chance at qualifying for the NCAA FCS playoffs…
It sort of feels like a win-and-in situation for UNH this weekend. But, if they can beat rival Maine convincingly – much like URI did a week ago – then it should almost guarantee them a spot in the FCS playoffs. The Wildcats are 7-4, 5-2 in the ultra-competitive CAA and looking to make it 17 of the last 21 seasons in the postseason. UNH has also won four straight…
SMITHFIELD- New Hampshire scored on their first two possessions to build an early 14-0 lead en route to an easy 42-14 win over the Bryant Bulldogs in Smithfield.
Big plays were the theme for the Wildcats on Saturday, something that has been elusive at times this season. New Hampshire opened the scoring with a 35 yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Matt Vezza to wide receiver Casey McKinney. The Wildcats would add to their lead on their next possession when Vezza would find tight end Peyton Strickland in the right flat for a 5 yard touchdown pass to make it 14-0.
Another week, another impressive performance from most of the New England CAA teams. No. 12 URI (7-2, 5-0) remained unbeaten in the conference with a thorough beating of in-state rival Bryant (2-6, 0-4). Meanwhile, Maine (4-4, 3-1) remains red hot, winners of four straight now after beating Elon. The Black Bears are just two games behind the Rams in the win column with four weeks left and a head-to-head matchup…
It’s impossible to call a game the first weekend October as important as a playoff game, but this Saturday’s home matchup against Villanova might be for UNH. Both sets of Wildcats will take the field in Durham in fifth and sixth respectively in the CAA Standings. UNH is in fifth at 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the conference after a quality beatdown over Albany last weekend. Villanova visits at 2-2…
Even after a loss, the Wildcats moved up a spot in the latest AFCA Coaches Poll this week. UNH is No. 23 in the country despite a tough 34-29 road loss to FBS opponent Ball State this last weekend. The Wildcats’ had a chance to steal the program’s seventh win over an FBS team all-time, but instead dropped to 2-1 on the year. In defeat, head coach Rick Santos learned…
By Allen Lessels NEFJ Correspondent Durham, N.H. – University of New Hampshire coach Rick Santos called on Nick Reed, a sophomore transfer out of the University of Buffalo, multiple times Saturday night in Wildcat Stadium and he delivered. Again and again. And again and again. Reed boomed four field goals, including a 40-yarder as time ran out in the game, to lift the Wildcats to a 19-16 win over Holy…
There’s no question that UNH and Holy Cross have been the FCS standard in New England for two decades and the last decade respectively. Whether it’s been Coach McDonnell, Coach Santos, Coach Chesney or Coach Curran, the Wildcats and Crusaders have been models of consistency when it comes to competing for championships with a certain attitude and toughness that you’ll only find in the Northeast. UNH has been in the…