2015 UNH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Game 1 at San Jose State CONTACT: Mike Murphy, Associate Athletic Director of Communications O: (603) 862-3906 | C: (603) 969-0774 | Email: [email protected] at SECONDARY: Doug Poole, Associate Director of Athletic Communications O: (603) 862-2585 | C: (603) 969-5433 | Email: [email protected] Game 1 | Road Game 1 | No. 9/7 UNH (0-0, 0-0 CAA) at San Jose State (0-0, 0-0 Mountain West) UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS FOOTBALL Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 • 10 p.m. (Eastern) Spartan Stadium (30,456) • Surface: Field Turf • San Jose, Calif. Live stats and Audio: www.unhwildcats.com Quick Hitters 2015 UNH Schedule and Results Under the direction of 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell, UNH SEPT. 3 Thurs. at San Jose State (ET) 10 pm is coming off one of its most successful seasons in program history – 12 Sat. at Colgate 6 pm 19 Sat. at Stony Brook * 7 pm the Wildcats established records for consecutive wins (12), wins in a 26 Sat. CENTRAL CONNectICUT STATE 6 pm single season (12) and consecutive home wins (14) en route to advanc- OCT. 3 Sat. ELON * 3:30 pm ing to the NCAA semifinals for the second consecutive year. And UNH 17 Sat. at William & Mary * 12 pm climbed to the top of the national polls for the first time since 2006. 24 Sat. at Delaware * 3:30 pm 31 Sat. RHODE ISLAND * 1 pm The 2015 season opener at San Jose State will be the 200th game in NOV. 7 Sat. RICHMOND * 3 pm Coach Mac’s tenure. He’s compiled a 126-73 overall record for a .633 14 Sat. at Albany * 7 pm winning percentage. 21 Sat. Maine * 1 pm New Hampshire has an 11-5 record in season openers in the Coach Home games in BOLD CAPS Mac era with a split of 4-0 at home and 7-5 on the road. * CAA conference game # Indicates ranking at date of game This marks the fifth consecutive year the Wildcats open on the road. One year ago, Toledo pulled away in the second half for a 54-20 victory. In 2013, Central Michigan kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired 2015 San Jose State Schedule and Results to prevail 24-21. In 2012, UNH was a 38-17 victor at College of the Holy SEPT. 3 Thurs. NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 pm PT Cross. The ‘Cats also traveled to Toledo in 2011 (58-22 loss). 12 Sat. at Air Force * 8:15 pm MT 19 Sat. at Oregon State 5 pm PT UNH went 4-1 on the road in the 2014 season. Following the aforemen- 26 Sat. FRESNO STATE * 7:30 pm PT tioned season-opening loss at Toledo, the Wildcats prevailed 29-26 at OCT. 3 Sat. at Auburn TBA No. 17 Richmond, 48-14 at Elon, 41-14 at Rhode Island and 20-12 at 10 Sat. at UNLV * 6 pm PT Maine. 17 Sat. SAN DIEGO STATE * TBA 24 Sat. NEW MEXICO * 4 pm PT UNH has lost five consecutive matchups against FBS opponents, but NOV. 6 Fri. BYU 8:30 PM PT the Wildcats won five straight against that competition spanning the 14 Sat. at Nevada * 1 pm PT 2004-09 seasons. [See page 5 for more details.] 21 Sat. at Hawaii * 6 pm HT 27 Sat. BOISE STATE * 12:30 pm PT New Hampshire received five of a possible 24 first-place votes and was selected third overall in the 2015 CAA Football Preseason Poll that was Home games in BOLD CAPS released July 28. Villanova University (14 first-place votes) and James * Mountain West conference game Madison University (five) rank 1-2 in the poll. # Indicates ranking at date of game Senior linebacker Akil Anderson, junior defensive back Casey De- RADIO Andrade and junior center Tad McNeely were voted to the CAA Pre- Wildcat Sports Radio Network season All-Conference Team. Flagship: WGIR-610 AM Affiliates: WQSO 96.7 FM, WPKX- 930 AM UNH boasts the longest active streak for consecutive FCS playoff ap- Play-by-Play: Bob Lipman pearances at 11 years (2004-14) as well as the longest streak of being Color Analyst: Tim O’Sullivan ranked in the Top 25 at 156 weeks (dating back to Sept. 13, 2004). The Wildcats went 12-2 last year to record double digits in wins for the sixth time in Coach Mac’s tenure. They had 10 wins in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2013, and tallied 11 victories in 2005. 1 National POLLS 156 WEEKS IN A ROW: UNH owns the nation’s longest streak of Top 25 appearances with 156 in a row, a stretch that dates back to STATS FCS Preseason Top 25 (Aug. 10) Sept. 13, 2004, and is an amazing 83 weeks longer than Montana Rank Team (record) Votes (1st) LW 1. North Dakota State (0-0) 3671 (144) State, which has the country’s second-longest ranked streak. 2. Illinois State (0-0) 3423 (3) New Hampshire is No. 9 in the STATS FCS Preseason Top 25 3. Sam Houston State (0-0) 3264 Poll (formerly known as The Sports Network Poll), and the Wildcats 4. Villanova (0-0) 3249 are No. 7 in the FCS Coaches Preseason Poll. 5. Coastal Carolina (0-0) 2900 Last season, UNH was ranked in the Top 5 in 12 of 15 weeks, 6. Eastern Washington (0-0) 2830 including each of the last 11. 7. Jacksonville State (0-0) 2705 8. Chattanooga (0-0) 2590 THE CLIMB to NO. 1: The University of New Hampshire football 9. UNH (0-0) 2570 team ascended to the top of The Sports Network Poll on Nov. 10. Northern Iowa (0-0) 2212 10, 2014 and retained the No. 1 rank the last two weeks of the 11. Montana State (0-0) 2038 regular season. 12. James Madison (0-0) 1766 Prior to the 2014 season, the last time UNH was ranked No. 13. Montana (0-0) 1710 1 in the poll was Oct. 9, 2006; it was the last of five weeks in ‘06 14. Youngstown State (0-0) 1662 the Wildcats held the top spot, as the ‘Cats then lost consecutive 15. Liberty (0-0) 1623 games to James Madison (42-23) and Northeastern (36-35 in OT). 16. South Dakota State (0-0) 1390 17. Eastern Kentucky (0-0) 1073 School Consecutive Weeks Ranked 18. Richmond (0-0) 1016 UNH 156 19. Southeastern Louisiana (0-0) 791 Montana State (2nd in FCS) 73 20. Fordham (0-0) 663 21. Indiana State (0-0) 635 UNH WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS: 22. Idaho State (0-0) 627 Week STATS Coaches 23. Harvard (0-0) 620 Preseason 9 7 24. Stephen F. Austin (0-0) 554 25. McNeese State (0-0) 440 FCS COACHES POLL (preseason) Rank Team 2014 Record 2014 final 1. North Dakota State (24) 15-1 1 2. Illinois State 13-2 2 3. Villanova 11-3 7 4. Sam Houston State 11-5 6 5. Coastal Carolina (1) 12-2 5 6. Eastern Washington 11-3 4 7. UNH 12-2 3 8. Chattanooga 10-4 8 9. Jacksonville State (1) 10-2 9 10. Northern Iowa 9-5 10 11. Montana State 8-5 20 12. Montana 9-5 11 13. James Madison 9-3 19 14. Liberty 9-5 17 15. South Dakota State 9-5 13 16. Youngstown State 7-5 25 17. Eastern Kentucky 9-4 21 18. Richmond 9-5 16 19. Southeastern Louisiana 9-4 12 20. Indiana State 8-6 18 21. Fordham 11-3 14 22. Harvard 10-0 15 23. McNeese State 6-5 NR 24. Idaho State 8-4 NR 25. Eastern Illinois 5-7 NR 2 University of New Hampshire Football: Rise Up and Earn It DEPTH charts New Hampshire San Jose State WILDCATS OFFENSE Spartans OFFENSE LT 79 AUSTIN HETER (Sr., 6-4, 292) WR 15 TYLER Winston (Jr., 6-2, 191) 66 Dayne Herron (R-Fr., 6-4, 286) 9 Justin Holmes (Fr., 6-2, 214) LG 69 ALEXANDER MORRILL (Jr., 6-2, 301) 1 Tae’on Mason (Fr., 6-0, 170) 67 Curtis Nealer (Jr., 6-3, 300) LT 72 WES SCHWEITzER (Sr., 6-5, 314) C 53 TAD McNEELY (Jr., 6-2, 290) 79 Troy Kowalkski (Fr., 6-5, 261) LG 62 JEREMIAH KOLONE (So., 6-3, 300) 73 Jake Kennedy (So., 6-3, 297) 54 Charles Nelson (Fr., 6-4, 295) RG 62 GEORGE KALLAS (Sr., 6-2, 302) C 68 KEONI Taylor (So., 6-2, 293) 74 Will McInerny (So., 6-7, 280) 50 Nick Diaz (Jr., 6-3, 299) RT 75 ANDREW LAUDERDALE (Jr., 6-6, 277) RG 74 CHRIS GONzALEz (So., 6-3, 305) 78 Danny Riley (Sr., 6-4, 266) or 56 DOUG BLACKSILL (Sr., 6-5, 285) TE 87 JORDAN POWELL (Jr., 6-3, 244) RT 75 Nate VELICHKO (So., 6-7, 300) 88 Matt Torrey (R-Fr., 6-2, 237) or 77 Evan Sarver (Jr., 6-5, 282) QB 5 SEAN GOLDRICH (Sr., 6-3, 219) TE 18 Billy FREEMAN (Jr., 6-3, 232) 10 Chris McCormick (Jr., 6-2, 198) 89 Josh Oliver (Fr, 6-5, 247) or 14 Adam Riese (Jr., 6-1, 213) 83 Matt Spadaro (Fr., 6-5, 253) 86 LeVander Moore (Jr., 6-4, 222) RB 27 DALTON CROSSAN (Jr., 5-11, 206) QB 6 JOE Gray (Sr., 6-2, 207) 8 Trevon Bryant (So., 5-8, 186) or 5 KENNY POTTER (Jr., 6-2, 212) WR 84 AARON LEWIS-CENALES (So., 6-0, 193) 8 Malik Watson (Jr., 6-3, 208) 83 Amechie Walker, Jr.