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Football
vs New Hampshire
Saturday, September 22
Durham, N.H.
12:00 PM
Dartmouth College
0-2
31
at
52
New Hampshire
2-1
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Dartmouth
7
10
7
7
31
New Hampshire
21
10
14
7
52
UNH Football Defeats Dartmouth, 52-31
9/22/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Boxscore
DURHAM, N.H. -Two touchdowns 1:44 apart early in the third quarter broke open a close contest and propelled the University of New Hampshire to a 52-31 victory over Dartmouth Saturday.
With the Wildcats leading, 31-17, at halftime, UNH (2-1) quickly pushed the lead to 45-17 with 10:14 remaining in the third period. Keith LeVan caught a 15-yard scoring pass from Ricky Santos at 11:58, and then Santos added a five-yard TD run for the cushion.
UNH was a quick strike team for most of the game and opened the in-state rivalry when Mike Boyle went 91 yards on the opening kick. The Wildcats then forced Dartmouth into an interception on the next series and capitalized about two minutes later when Boyle added a three-yard score for a 14-0 lead.
Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens talked about the difficulty of coming back from UNH's early lead. "Offensively, they are as impressive offensively as any team I've seen," said Teevens. "Spotting them 14 points early certainly didn't help our cause. But from that point offensively, we tried to stay consistent and do our job. Defensively, we knew they were going to push things the field and we wanted to tackle well.
"By and large we did that," said Teevens. "They had to work for most of their drives."
However, Dartmouth (0-2) responded when fullback Julian Collins (Tinton Falls, N.J.) completed an option pass to wide receiver Philip Galligan (Moraga, Calif.) from 12 yards out to make it 14-7 with 7:05 left in the first.
In the second period, the Big Green added a seven-yard TD pass from quarterback Tom Bennewitz (Weston, Conn.) to wide receiver Eric Paul (The Woodlands, Texas) and a 32-yard field goal by Andrew Kempler (Westport, Conn.), trailing by just two touchdowns at the break.
In the third quarter for Dartmouth, tight end Mark Brogna (Pleasanton, Calif.) hauled in a four-yard pass from Bennewitz, before tight end Brett Lowe (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) caught a nine-yard TD toss from quarterback Alex Jenny (Wayland, Mass.).
The starting quarterback, Bennewitz completed 14 of 27 passes for 106 yards as six different players completed passes for the Big Green's flashy offense. Paul led the receivers with six catches for 45 yards, while linebacker Justin Cottrell (Somers Point, N.J.) spearheaded the defense with 13 tackles.
Dartmouth heads into Ivy League action next week, hosting Penn on September 29 in a 12:30 start at Memorial Field.
Team Stats
DART
UNH
Total Yards
373
473
Pass Yards
203
231
Rushing Yards
170
242
Penalty Yards
65
80
1st Downs
25
26
3rd Downs
5
10
4th Downs
2
0
TOP
31:32
28:28
1st Quarter
DART 0, UNH 7
UNH - Boyle, Michael 91 yd kickoff return (Manning, Tom kick)
DART 0, UNH 14
UNH - Boyle, Michael 3 yd run (Manning, Tom kick), 4 plays, 13 yards, TOP 1:43
DART 7, UNH 14
DART - Galligan, Phil 12 yd pass from Collins, Julian (Kempler, Andrew kick) 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 2:01
DART 7, UNH 21
UNH - Simpson, Robert 1 yd run (Manning, Tom kick), 10 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:14
2nd Quarter
DART 14, UNH 21
DART - Paul, Eric 7 yd pass from Bennewitz, Tom (Kempler, Andrew kick) 9 plays, 72 yards, TOP 3:05
DART 14, UNH 24
UNH - Manning, Tom 39 yd field goal 8 plays, 49 yards, TOP 2:13
DART 17, UNH 24
DART - Kempler, Andrew 32 yd field goal 10 plays, 40 yards, TOP 3:03
DART 17, UNH 31
UNH - LeVan, Keith 4 yd pass from Santos, Ricky (Manning, Tom kick) 12 plays, 58 yards, TOP 4:40
3rd Quarter
DART 17, UNH 38
UNH - LeVan, Keith 15 yd pass from Santos, Ricky (Manning, Tom kick) 4 plays, 67 yards, TOP 0:39
DART 17, UNH 45
UNH - Santos, Ricky 5 yd run (Manning, Tom kick), 4 plays, 46 yards, TOP 0:57
DART 24, UNH 45
DART - Brogna, Mark 4 yd pass from Bennewitz, Tom (Kempler, Andrew kick) 9 plays, 76 yards, TOP 3:41
4th Quarter
DART 24, UNH 52
UNH - Loring, Evan 12 yd pass from Karim, Muji (Manning, Tom kick) 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 3:55
DART 31, UNH 52
DART - Lowe, Brett 9 yd pass from Jenny, Alex (Kempler, Andrew kick) 8 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:44
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
14
TD
2
YDS
106
INT
2
CMP
4
TD
1
YDS
52
INT
0
CMP
1
TD
0
YDS
20
INT
0
CMP
1
TD
1
YDS
12
INT
0
CMP
1
TD
0
YDS
7
INT
0
CMP
2
TD
0
YDS
6
INT
1
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