UNHFOOTBALL-2012CAAFootballCo-Champions
2012 GAME SUMMARIES
Towson 64, UNH 35
Wofford 23, UNH 7
Game Eleven • November 17, 2012 Cowell Stadium • Kingston, R.I.
Game Twelve • December 1, 2012 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, S.C.
TOW (7-4, 6-2) 14 16 13 21 -64 UNH (8-3, 6-2) 14 14 0 7 -35
UNH (8-4, 6-2) 0 0 7 0 -7 WOF (9-3, 6-2) 7 6 10 0 -23
1st 14:44 UNH Vailas 77-yd run (Vailas pass failed) 0-6 8:36 TOW West 4-yd run (Soven kick) 7-6 4:55 TOW Booker 1-yd run (Soven kick) 14-6 0:26 UNH Vailas 9-yd run (Orlando pass from Vailas) 14-14 2nd 11:51 TOW Soven 43-yd field goal 17-14 6:49 TOW Banks 19-yd pass from Enders (Soven kick) 24-14 6:36 TOW Booker 37-yd run (Soven kick failed) 30-14 3:52 UNH Ciccone 18-yd pass from Vailas (Harris pass from Vailas) 30-22 0:00 UNH Thames 65-yd blocked FG return (Vailas pass failed) 30-28 3rd 10:30 TOW Holder 3-yd pass from Enders (Soven kick) 37-28 1:30 TOW Enders 8-yd run (Soven kick blocked) 43-28 4th 8:23 TOW West 5-yd run (Soven kick) 50-28 8:08 TOW Boateng 26-yd fumble recovery (Soven kick) 57-28 5:34 UNH Harris 16-yd pass from Goldrich (MacArthur kick) 57-35 2:54 TOW Enders 19-yd run (Soven kick) 64-35
1st 11:51 WOF Breitenstein 54-yd run (Redfern kick) 2nd 1:13 WOF Breitenstein 6-yd run (Redfern kick missed) 3rd 12:15 UNH Muller 14-yd fumble recovery (MacArthur kick) 9:58 WOF Breitenstein 26-yd run (Redfern kick) 2:57 WOF Redfern 33-yd field goal
0-7 0-13 7-13 7-20 7-23
INDIVIDUAL WILDCAT LEADERS
INDIVIDUAL WILDCAT LEADERS
RUSHING UNH - Andy Vailas 8-110, 2 TDs PASSING UNH - Sean Goldrich 9-18-1, 108, TD RECEIVING UNH -Joey Orlando 3-47
RUSHING UNH - Nico Steriti 11-51 PASSING UNH - Sean Goldrich 17-29-2, 113 RECEIVING UNH -R.J. Harris 11-78
TEAM STATISTICS
TEAM STATISTICS
TOW UNH First Downs................................... 31 18 Rushes/Yardage............................. 57/415 29/204 Passing Yardage............................ 245 141 Pass Comp.-Att./INT.................... 20-28/0 12-27/1 Total Offense................................. 660 345 Punts/Average............................... 1/30.0 3/33.3 Fumbles/Lost................................ 1/0 3/2 Penalties/Yards.............................. 7/37 2/20
UNH WOF First Downs................................... 17 25 Rushes/Yardage............................. 34/73 71/454 Passing Yardage............................ 165 25 Pass Comp.-Att./INT.................... 21-39/2 4-6/0 Total Offense................................. 238 479 Punts/Average............................... 6/34.3 2/47.0 Fumbles/Lost................................ 5/1 5/3 Penalties/Yards.............................. 4/27 4/31
DURHAM, N.H. – Andy Vailas scored a 77-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage and accounted for three TDs, but No. 19/16 Towson stormed past the No. 7/7 University of New Hampshire football team, 64-35, in Saturday’s CAA regularseason finale at Cowell Stadium. Terrance West rushed 19 times for 236 yards and two touchdowns for Towson (7-4, 6-2 CAA), which claims a share of the CAA championship with UNH (8-3, 6-2), Richmond (8-3, 6-2) and Villanova (8-3, 6-2). Vailas was the Wildcats’ leading rusher with a career-high 110 yards on eight carries, two of which went for TDs, and the signal caller went 3-for-9 through the air for 33 yards and a TD. Vailas scored on a nine-yard rush late in the first quarter and completed an 18yard TD strike to Brian Ciccone with just under four minutes remaining in the second quarter. It was Ciccone’s first career TD reception. Steven Thames (four tackles) scored on a 65-yard blocked field-goal return with no time left in the first half to draw the Wildcats within 30-28 at the intermission, but the Tigers outscored the ‘Cats 34-7 in the second half en route to their fourth consecutive victory. Jared Smith (four tackles) blocked the aforementioned field goal and added a blocked PAT. R.J. Harris (two catches-20 yards, TD) scored UNH’s final TD on a 16-yard reception from Sean Goldrich late in the fourth. Goldrich went 9 of 18 for 108 yards with a touchdown and an interception. West, who set a career high with 261 rushing yards in last year’s game against New Hampshire, scored on a four-yard run in the first quarter that staked Towson to a 7-6 lead and added a five-yard scamper early in the fourth that ballooned the Tigers’ advantage to 50-28. Towson quarterback Grant Enders went 20 of 28 for 245 yards and two TDs, and he added 11 carries for 39 yards and two rushing scores. Dominique Booker rushed 13 times for 89 yards and two touchdowns as Towson racked up 415 rushing yards and 660 total yards of offense. The Tigers held the Wildcats to 141 passing yards and forced three turnovers, highlighted by a 26-yard fumble recovery TD from Brian Boateng that capped a 27-point Tigers’ run for a 57-28 bulge with 8:08 left in the contest. Matt Evans tallied a team-leading 12 tackles for New Hampshire, which saw its 10-game home winning streak snapped. The Wildcats surrendered 64 points at Cowell Stadium for the first time since a 64-42 loss to Massachusetts on Nov. 19, 1988.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The 11th-ranked UNH football team forced three turnovers, highlighted by a 14-yard TD on a fumble recovery by Cody Muller, but No. 9 Wofford College defeated the Wildcats, 23-7, in Saturday’s NCAA second-round playoff game at Gibbs Stadium. UNH, the co-CAA Champions, lost in the NCAA second round for the second straight season and dropped its third consecutive postseason contest to finish its season with a record of 8-4. Wofford, the co-Southern Conference champions, improved to 9-3. Junior fullback Eric Breitenstein gashed UNH for 247 rushing yards and all three Wofford touchdowns on 22 carries. The Terriers, who only attempted six passes, accumulated 454 rushing yards on 77 carries. Sean Goldrich went 17 of 29 for 113 yards; the redshirt freshman was intercepted twice, lost a fumble and was sacked four times. Manny Asam racked up a game-high 12 tackles and forced a fumble. Playing in his final collegiate game, Matt Evans totaled 11 tackles and also forced a fumble. Hayden Knudson established a career high with 10 tackles and recovered a fumble. Muller added seven stops, five solo, and Jared Smith capped his UNH career with four tackles and a fumble recovery. Senior co-captain Alan Buzbee collected six tackles, including 1.5 for loss, and forced a fumble. R.J. Harris notched 11 receptions for 78 yards; the All-CAA wide receiver ended his campaign with 84 catches (No. 4 in school single-season history) and 1,059 receiving yards (No. 6 in school single-season history). An early gamble paid huge dividends for Wofford when Breitenstein took a fourth-and-one handoff through the middle of the line and scampered 54 yards for a touchdown at 11:51 of the first quarter for a 7-0 lead. Wofford made it 13-0 on Breitenstein’s six-yard TD rush with 1:13 left in the half. Kasey Redfern’s PAT clanked off the left upright, so the Terriers settled for a 13-0 lead. UNH’s defense produced the first Wildcat points of the game. Buzbee forced a Donovan Johnson fumble that was scooped up by Muller and returned 14 yards for a TD that sliced Wofford’s lead to 13-7 at 12:15 of the third quarter. Breitenstein scored his third touchdown of the contest when he rumbled 26 yards to restore Wofford’s 13-point lead, 20-7, with 9:58 left in the third. The lead increased to 23-7 courtesy of Redfern’s 33-yard field goal at 2:57 of the third quarter. The 454 rushing yards were the most surrendered by a UNH team since allowing 430 yards on the ground in a 49-36 victory against Rhode Island on Oct. 27, 2007. It also marked the second straight game an opponent eclipsed 400 yards rushing (Towson, 415, Nov. 17) and was five yards shy of the most rushing yards ever yielded by a New Hampshire team (459, vs Massachusetts, Nov. 13, 1965).
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