UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Manny Asam Chris Setian Seamus O’Neill 2013 FOOTBALL POSTSEASON PACKET University of New Hampshire Football 2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Saturday, November 30 Saturday, December 7 Friday, December 13 or Friday, December 20 or Saturday, January 4 Saturday, December 14 Saturday, December 21 Toyota Stadium - Frisco, Texas #1 *North Dakota St. (11-0) *South Carolina St. (9-3) 3:30 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/^GamePlan *North Dakota St., 38-7 1 p.m. (ET) ESPN3 Furman, 30-20 Furman (7-5) ESPN Saturday, December 14 Noon (ET) *North Dakota St., 48-18 #8 *Montana (10-2) *Coastal Caro. (10-2) 2 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/^GamePlan Coastal Caro., 42-35 1 p.m. (ET) ESPN3 Coastal Caro., 48-24 Bethune-Cookman (10-2) December 20 #5 *Maine (10-2) ESPN2 Fri., Dec. 20 *New Hampshire (7-4) 2 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/^GamePlan New Hampshire, 41-27 8 p.m. (ET) Noon (ET) ESPN3 New Hampshire, 45-7 Lafayette (5-6) ESPN3 Saturday, December 14 7 p.m. (ET) #4 *Southeastern La. (10-2) New Hampshire, 20-17 *Sam Houston St. (8-4) 8 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/^GamePlan *Southeastern La., 30-29 3 p.m. (ET) ESPN3 Sam Houston St., 51-20 Toyota Stadium Southern Utah (8-4) #3 *Eastern Wash. (10-2) Frisco, Texas *Northern Ariz. (9-2) 4 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/^GamePlan *Eastern Wash., 41-17 January 4, 2014 NATIONAL CHAMPION 8 p.m. (ET) ESPN3 South Dakota St., 26-7 2 p.m. (ET) South Dakota St. (8-4) ESPN3 ESPN2 Saturday, December 14 4 p.m. (ET) *Eastern Wash., 35-24 #6 *McNeese St. (10-2) *Jacksonville St. (9-3) 7 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/*GamePlan Jacksonville St., 31-10 8 p.m. (ET) ESPN3 Jacksonville St., 55-14 Samford (8-4) December 21 #7 *Towson (10-2) ESPNU Sat., Dec. 21 *Fordham (11-1) 1 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/^GamePlan Towson, 48-28 2 p.m. (ET) 1 p.m. (ET) ESPN3 Fordham, 37-27 Sacred Heart (10-2) ESPN2 Friday, December 13 8 p.m. (ET) #2 *Eastern Ill. (11-1) Towson, 49-39 *Butler (9-3) 2 p.m. (ET) ESPN3/^GamePlan *Eastern Ill., 51-10 1 p.m. (ET) ESPN3 Tennessee St., 31-0 Tennessee St. (9-3) *Denotes host institution. ^ - More information can be found at: http://espngameplan.espn.com Refer to www.NCAA.com/fcs for more information. University of New Hampshire Football GAME 15 at NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY 2013 UNH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES CONTACT: Mike Murphy, Associate Director of Athletic Communications O: (603) 862-3906 | C: (603) 969-0774 | Email: [email protected] vs SECONDARY: Doug Poole, Associate Director of Athletic Communications O: (603) 862-2585 | C: (603) 969-5433 | Email: [email protected] Game 15 | Road Game 9 | No. 15 UNH (10-4, 6-2 CAA) at No. 1 North Dakota State (13-0, 8-0 Missouri Valley) UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS FOOTBALL Friday, December 20, 2013 • 8 p.m. (Eastern) Fargodome (19,000) • Surface: Synthetic Turf • Fargo, N.D. Live Stats: www.ncaa.com/game/football/fcs/2013/12/20/new-hampshire-north-dakota-st Quick Hitters The Dec. 20 NCAA semifinal game will be the first meeting between 2013 UNH Schedule and Results the University of New Hampshire and North Dakota State University SEPT. 7 Sat. @ Central Michigan • ESPN3 L, 21-24 football programs. 14 Sat. COLGATE W, 53-23 28 Sat. @ #21/17 Lehigh L, 27-34 UNH enters Saturday’s game on a six-game winning streak and the OCT. 5 Sat. @ #3/2 Towson* • CSN-NE L, 28-44 12 Sat. RHODE ISLAND* W, 59-19 Wildcats have won nine of 10. The ‘Cats also had a six-game win 19 Sat. #12/11 VILLANOVA* • CSN-NE W, 29-28 streak last season. The last time they won seven straight was in 2005 26 Sat. @ Stony Brook* W, 31-13 (school-record 11 wins in ‘05). NOV. 2 Sat. @ William & Mary* L, 0-17 9 Sat. #22/18 JAMES MADISON* • NBCSN W, 33-17 North Dakota State, the top seed and two-time defending national 16 Sat. @ Albany* W, 37-20 champion, has won 22 consecutive games. The Bison were last de- 23 Sat. #4/4 MAINE* • CSN-NE W, 24-3 feated Oct. 13, 2012 by Indiana State (17-14 at Fargodome). 30 Sat. LAFAYETTE ^ W, 45-7 DEC. 7 Sat. @ #10/8 Maine % W, 41-27 UNH has a 4-4 road record this season but has won three straight and 14 Sat. @ #7/7 Southeastern Louisiana $ W, 20-17 20 Fri. @ #1/1 North Dakota State Ω ESPN2 8 p.m. four of the last five away from home. NDSU is 7-0 at Fargodome. Home games in BOLD CAPS * conference game UNH is making a national-best 10th consecutive appearance in the # Indicates ranking at date of game FCS Championship and its first ever appearance in the semifinals. ^ NCAA first round game % NCAA second round game $ NCAA quarterfinal game Ω NCAA semifinal game The Wildcats have a 9-9 record during this 10-year streak with a 6-1 record in first round games, 2-2 mark in the second round (all on the 2013 North Dakota State Schedule and Results road) and 1-6 in the quarterfinals (1-5 on the road). AUG. 30 Fri. @ Kansas State W, 24-21 SEPT. 7 Sat. FERRIS STATE W, 56-10 This is New Hampshire’s 12th overall appearance in the FCS tourna- 21 Sat. DELAWARE STATE W, 51-0 ment. The Wildcats have a 9-11 tourney record that includes 7-8 on 28 Sat. @ #6 South Dakota State * W, 20-0 the road. They played 11 consecutive road playoff games spanning OCT. 5 Sat. #4 NORTHERN IOWA * W, 24-23 2006-12 (4-7 record). 12 Sat. MISSOURI STATE * W, 41-26 19 Sat. @ Southern Illinois * W, 31-10 The Wildcats won multiple playoff games for the first time in a sin- 26 Sat. @ Indiana State * W, 56-10 gle season in 2013 by defeating Lafayette (45-7), Maine (41-27) and NOV. 9 Sat. ILLINOIS STATE * W, 28-10 16 Sat. @ #15 Youngstown State * W, 35-17 Southeastern Louisiana (20-17). 23 Sat. SOUTH DAKOTA W, 42-0 UNH has a 5-2 record vs. nationally-ranked teams and has won each DEC. 7 Sat. FURMAN % W, 38-7 14 Sat. #11 COASTAL CAROLINA $ W, 48-14 of the last five matchups. 20 Fri. #15 NEW HAMPSHIRE Ω Prior to this season, UNH had never played more than 13 games in a RADIO season, which it did three consecutive years on two occasions – 2004, Wildcat Sports Radio Network 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Flagship: WGIR-610 AM - WPKX-930 AM - WQSO-96.7 FM Affiliates: WZEI-101.5 FM This will mark the 13th consecutive week with a game for the Wild- Play-by-Play: Bob Lipman cats since their open week Sept. 21. Color Analyst: Chris Chandler UNH has a 1,000-yard rusher (Nico Steriti-1,021) and 1,000-yard re- ceiver (Justin Mello-1,020) in the same season for the second time in TELEVISION: ESPN2 school history. It first happened in 1993. ONLINE: ESPN3 Play-by-Play: Anish Shroff Mello and R.J. Harris will become the first UNH teammates with Color Analyst: Kelly Stouffer 1,000 receiving yards in the same season with 29 receiving yards for Sideline Reporter: Cara Capuano Harris (971). 139 WEEKS IN A ROW: UNH owns the nation’s longest streak of Top-25 appearances with 139 in a row, a stretch that dates 2013 CAA Football Standings back to Sept. 13, 2004, and is an amazing 83 weeks longer Team Conference Overall than Montana State, which has the country’s second-longest Maine 7-1 10-2 ranked streak. Towson, with 37 weeks, has the CAA’s second- Towson 6-2 10-2 longest streak: UNH 6-2 8-4 School Consecutive Weeks Ranked Villanova 5-3 6-5 UNH 139 Delaware 4-4 7-5 Montana State (2nd in FCS) 56 William & Mary 4-4 7-5 Towson (2nd in CAA) 38 Richmond 4-4 6-6 UNH WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS: James Madison 3-5 6-6 WEEK THE SPORTS NETWORK FCS COACHES Stony Brook 3-5 5-6 Preseason 10 8 Rhode Island 2-6 3-9 Sept. 2 11 8 Albany 0-8 1-11 Sept. 9 12 9 Sept. 16 11 9 THIS WEEK’S CAA SCHEDULE Date Time Sept. 23 10 7 UNH at Maine Sat. 2 p.m. Fordham at Towson Sat. 1 p.m. Sept. 30 19 18 Oct. 7 25 22 Oct. 14 25 23 Oct. 21 20 22 Oct. 28 16 17 Nov. 4 25 NR Nov. 11 23 NR Nov. 18 21 24 Nov. 25 15 15 THE SPORTS NETWORK TOP 25 - Nov. 25 FCS TOP 25 COACHES POLL - Nov. 25 Rank Team Record Previous Rank Team Record Previous 1. North Dakota State (143) 11-0 1 1. North Dakota State (25) 11-0 1 2. Eastern Illinois 11-1 2 2. Eastern Illinois 11-1 2 3. Eastern Washington 10-2 3 3. Eastern Washington 10-2 3 4. Montana 10-2 5 4. Towson 10-2 5 5. Towson 10-2 7 5. Montana 10-2 6 6. McNeese State 10-2 6 6. McNeese State 10-2 8 7. Southeastern Louisiana 10-2 8 7. Southeastern Louisiana 10-2 10 8. Northern Arizona 9-2 10 8.