2015 UNH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Game 2 at Colgate 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 2 | Road Game 2 | No. 12/15 UNH (0-1, 0-0 CAA) at Colgate (0-1, 0-0 Patriot) UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS FOOTBALL Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 • 6 p.m. Andy Kerr Stadium (10,221) • Surface: FieldTurf • Hamilton, N.Y. Video, Audio and Live stats: 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 43-13 L 12 Sat. at Colgate 6 pm is coming off one of its most successful seasons in program history – 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 marked the 200th game in NOV. 7 Sat. RICHMOND * 3 pm Coach Mac’s tenure. He’s compiled a 126-74 overall record for a .630 14 Sat. at Albany * 7 pm winning percentage. 21 Sat. Maine * 1 pm On the offensive side of the ball, four Wildcats made their first career Home games in BOLD CAPS start in the 2015 season opener at San Jose State last Thursday. They * CAA conference game were Andrew Lauderdale at right guard and Dalton Crossan at run- # Indicates ranking at date of game ning back as well as Mike Kelly and Aaron Lewis-Cenales at wide re- ceiver. 2015 Colgate Schedule and Results SEPT. 5 Sat. at Navy 48-10 L On the other side of the ball, defensive ends Jae’Wuan Horton and 12 Sat. NEW HAMPSHIRe 6 pm Cam Shorey made their first career start at San Jose State. 19 Sat. YALE 1 pm 26 Sat. at Holy Cross * 12 pm OCT. 2 Fri. at Cornell 7 pm UNH went 4-1 on the road in the 2014 season. Following the season- 10 Sat. at Princeton 1 pm opening loss at FBS program Toledo, the Wildcats prevailed 29-26 at 17 Sat. at Georgetown * 1 pm No. 17 Richmond, 48-14 at Elon, 41-14 at Rhode Island and 20-12 at 31 Sat. FORDHAM * 1 pm Maine. NOV. 7 Sat. at Lafayette * 1 pm 14 Sat. LEHIGH * 1 pm New Hampshire received five of a possible 24 first-place votes and was 21 Sat. BUCKNELL * 1 pm selected third overall in the 2015 CAA Football Preseason Poll that was released July 28. Villanova University (14 first-place votes) and James Home games in BOLD CAPS Madison University (five) rank 1-2 in the poll. * Patriot League conference game Senior linebacker Akil Anderson, junior defensive back Casey De- Andrade and junior center Tad McNeely were voted to the CAA Pre- RADIO season All-Conference Team. Wildcat Sports Radio Network Flagship: WGIR-610 AM UNH boasts the longest active streak for consecutive FCS playoff ap- Affiliates: WQSO 96.7 FM, WPKX- 930 AM, WZEI 101.5 FM, pearances at 11 years (2004-14) as well as the longest streak of being WTSL 1400 AM / 94.3 FM, WTSV 1230 AM ranked in the Top 25 at 156 weeks (dating back to Sept. 13, 2004). Play-by-Play: Bob Lipman Color Analyst: Tim O’Sullivan 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 157 WEEKS IN A ROW: UNH owns the nation’s longest streak of Top 25 appearances with 157 in a row, a stretch that dates back to STATS FCS Poll (Sept. 7) Sept. 13, 2004, and is an amazing 83 weeks longer than Montana Rank Team (record) Votes (1st) LW 1. Sam Houston State (0-1) 3132 (31) 3 State, which has the country’s second-longest ranked streak. 2. North Dakota State (0-1) 3123 (22) 1 Last season, UNH was ranked in the Top 5 in 12 of 15 weeks, 3. Coastal Carolina (1-0) 3115 (24) 5 including each of the last 11. 4. Illinois State (0-1) 3068 (20) 2 5. Jacksonville State (1-0) 3047 (24) 7 LAST YEAR’S CLIMB to NO. 1: The University of New Hampshire 6. Villanova (0-1) 2972 (6) 4 football team ascended to the top of The Sports Network Poll on 7. Eastern Washington (0-1) 2688 (6) 6 Nov. 10, 2014 and retained the No. 1 rank the last two weeks of 8. Montana (1-1) 2401 (2) 13 the regular season. 9. South Dakota State (1-0) 2374 (8) 16 Prior to the 2014 season, the last time UNH was ranked No. 10. Chattanooga (0-1) 2040 8 1 in the poll was Oct. 9, 2006; it was the last of five weeks in ‘06 11. Montana State (1-0) 1944 11 the Wildcats held the top spot, as the ‘Cats then lost consecutive 12. UNH (0-1) 1864 9 games to James Madison (42-23) and Northeastern (36-35 in OT). 13. James Madison (1-0) 1776 12 14. Northern Iowa (0-1) 1689 10 School Consecutive Weeks Ranked 15. Liberty (1-0) 1465 15 UNH 157 16. Fordham (1-0) 1446 20 Montana State (2nd in FCS) 74 17. Youngstown State (0-1) 1442 14 18. Cal Poly (1-0) 1144 (1) -- UNH WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS: 19. Eastern Kentucky (1-0) 1127 17 Week STATS Coaches 20. Southeastern Louisiana (1-0) 908 19 Preseason 9 7 21. Indiana State (1-0) 665 21 09/07 12 15 22. Richmond (0-1) 646 18 23. Idaho State (1-0) 498 22 24. Portland State (1-0) 326 -- 25. Harvard (0-0) 324 23 FCS COACHES POLL (Sept. 7) Rank Team 2015 Record LW 1. Coastal Carolina 1-0 5 2. Villanova 0-1 3 3. North Dakota State 0-1 1 4. Sam Houston State 0-1 4 5. Illinois State 0-1 2 6. Jacksonville State 1-0 9 7. Eastern Washington 0-1 6 8. Montana 1-1 12 9. Montana State 1-0 11 10. South Dakota State 1-0 15 11. James Madison 1-0 13 12. Chattanooga 0-1 8 13. Liberty 1-0 14 14. Northern Iowa 0-1 10 15. UNH 0-1 7 16. Fordham 1-0 21 17. Youngstown State 0-1 16 18. Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 19 19. Eastern Kentucky 1-0 17 20. Cal Poly 1-0 -- 21. Indiana State 1-0 20 22. Richmond 0-1 18 23. McNeese State 0-0 23 24. Idaho State 1-0 24 t25. Harvard 0-0 22 t25. William & Mary 1-0 -- 2 University of New Hampshire Football: Rise Up and Earn It DEPTH charts New Hampshire Colgate WILDCATS OFFENSE RAIDERS OFFENSE LT 79 AUSTIN HETER (Sr., 6-4, 292) LT 71 Ryan PAULISH (6-3, 290, So.) 66 Dayne Herron (R-Fr., 6-4, 286) 57 Zach Provin (6-1, 265, So.) LG 69 ALEXANDER MORRILL (Jr., 6-2, 301) LG 79 JOHN WEBER (6-3, 295, Sr.) 67 Curtis Nealer (Jr., 6-3, 300) 66 Max Hartzman (6-3, 290, So.) C 53 TAD McNEELY (Jr., 6-2, 290) C 73 JORDI DALMAU (6-2, 290, Jr.) 73 Jake Kennedy (So., 6-3, 297) 78 Andy Simms (6-3, 271, Fr.) RG 67 Curtis NEALER (Jr., 6-3, 300) RG 68 ZAC Sawin (6-2, 295, Jr.) 62 George Kallas (Sr., 6-2, 302) 64 Matt McDowell (6-1, 275, Sr.) RT 74 GRANT SIEGEL (6-4, 285, Jr.) RT 75 ANDREW LAUDERDALE (Jr., 6-6, 277) 63 Scott Hirshman (6-3, 265, So.) 74 Will McInerny (So., 6-7, 280) TE 80 JOHN QUAZZA (6-6, 250, Sr.) TE 87 JORDAN POWELL (Jr., 6-3, 244) 92 Nick Martinsen (6-2, 220, Fr.) 88 Matt Torrey (R-Fr., 6-2, 237) WR 81 ALEX Greenawalt (6-3, 205, So.) QB 5 SEAN GOLDRICH (Sr., 6-3, 219) 89 Thomas Ives (6-4, 205, Fr.) 10 Chris McCormick (Jr., 6-2, 198) or 82 Owen Buscaglia (6-3, 185, Fr.) RB 27 DALTON CROSSAN (Jr., 5-11, 206) WR 29 JOHN MADDALUNA III (6-1, 190, Jr.) 8 Trevon Bryant (So., 5-8, 186) 28 Cameron Kline (5-11, 190, Sr.) WR 84 AARON LEWIS-CENALES (So., 6-0, 193) WR 25 CONNOR WINGENROTH (5-11, 195, So.) 83 Amechie Walker, Jr. (Fr., 5-9, 168) 87 Owen Rockett (5-10, 195, Sr.) WR 7 JARED ALLISON (Sr., 5-8, 176) QB 15 JAKE Melville (6-1, 195, Jr.) 82 Neil O’Connor (R-Fr., 5-11, 183) 6 Bret Mooney (6-4, 210, So.) WR 24 MIKE KELLY (Sr., 5-9, 186) TB 22 JAMES HOLLAND (5-9, 205, So.) 83 Amechie Walker, Jr. (Fr., 5-9, 168) 20 Demetrius Russell (5-10, 200, Sr.) or 24 John Wilkins (6-0, 230, Jr.) FB 32 DAN GRASSO (6-2, 220, Jr.) WILDCATS DEFENSE 92 Nick Martinsen (6-2, 220, Fr.) DE 80 CAM SHOREY (Jr., 6-5, 250) 97 Kyle Reisert (R-Fr., 6-2, 230) RAIDERS DEFENSE DT 90 RASHID ARMAND (Sr., 6-1, 289) LE 55 Victor STEFFEN (6-3, 275, Sr.) 44 Dab Ukwuani (Sr., 6-3, 261) 98 Curt Mitchell II (6-4, 245, So.) DT 92 JULLIAN TURNER (Sr., 6-1, 294) NT 62 ALEX CAMPBELL (6-3, 275, Jr.) 68 Cyrus Boone (R-Fr., 6-2, 274) 99 Connor Buck (6-3, 255, So.) DE 91 JAE’WUAN HORTON (R-Fr., 6-2, 233) RE 93 BRETT FIELD (6-5, 270, Jr.) 94 Mike Boryeskne (So., 6-1, 236) 91 Ben Anderson (6-4, 260, Jr.) LB 42 AKIL ANDERSON (Sr., 6-1, 211) OLB 47 CHARLES CAIRNIE (6-5, 245, Jr.) 49 Ryan Farrell (Jr., 6-1, 229) 34 Alec Wisniewski (6-2, 190, So.) LB 56 DeVAUGHN CHOLLETTE (Jr., 6-0, 247) ILB 38 KYLE DIENER (6-0, 235, Jr.) 57 Kevin McNally (Jr., 6-1, 238) 42 Trent Williams (6-1, 235, So.) ILB 48 CAMERON BUTTERMORE (6-2, 220, Sr.) CB 28 CASEY DeANDRADE (Jr., 5-11, 212) 42 Trent Williams (6-1, 235, So.) 45 Marquis Carr (So., 5-11, 182) OLB 37 Pat AFRIYIE (6-2, 235, So.) SS 20 DANIEL ROWE (Sr., 6-1, 203) 94 Matt Carandang (6-3, 200, Fr.) 26 Geno Miller (So., 5-11, 200) LCB 2 CHRIS MORGAN (6-0, 205, Jr.) WS 46 HAYDEN KNUDSON (Sr., 6-0, 203) 26 Cortney Mimms (5-10, 165, Fr.) 4 D’Andre Drummond-Mayrie (So., 6-0, 204) SS 7 KEYON Washington (5-7, 170, So.) FS 1 LAMAR EDMONDS (Sr., 5-10, 196) 8 Ben Hunt (6-0, 185, Fr.) 33 Keith Parkinson (Sr., 6-1, 207) FS 31 CHRISTIAN HARDEGREE (5-11, 200, Jr.) CB 23 DOUGIE MOSS (Sr., 5-10, 186) 7 Keyon Washington (5-7, 170, So.) 9 Patrick Mensah (So., 6-0, 199) RCB 23 TY MCCOLLUM (5-10, 170, Sr.) 4 Josh Ford (5-10, 185, Jr.) or 10 Tyler Castillo (5-10, 170, Fr.) WILDCATS SPECIALISTS KO 99