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Dartmouth runs past UNH

DURHAM – Dartmouth College piled up 634 yards of offense and breezed past the University of New Hampshire 38-21 Saturday at Wildcat Stadium.

The Big Green received two touchdown passes from quarterback Derek Kyler and three rushing TDs from quarterback Nick Howard in the win.

Dartmouth, which has used a two-quarterback system all year, improved to 5-0 overall and evened the all-time series with UNH at 19-19-2.

“We knew we had to play well, and we did,” Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens said. “We allowed three big plays, and outside of that our defense really did a pretty good job of containing a potent offense. And then offensively our guys were very clean in their execution. We got contributions from a variety of guys.”

Kyler completed 20 of 25 passes for 326 yards, Howard carried the ball 18 times for 131 yards. Dartmouth had a 32-13 advantage in first downs.

The No. 23 Wildcats lost their third straight game and are 3-3 overall. They are 2-1 in Colonial Athletic Association play and get back to league action with a game at Elon next Saturday.

“They outplayed us completely,” UNH safety Evan Horn said. “They just beat us in all phases — especially on the defensive side. They were the better team offensively and everywhere today.”

Sophomore running back Dylan Laube broke loose for a pair of long touchdown runs for UNH. Laube scored on a 75-yard run early in the second quarter and then added a 53-yard TD midway through the third.

Laube carried six times for 139 yards in the game. The Wildcats had a season high 197 rushing yards in the game and 361 yards of total offense.

Junior Carlos Washington, Jr. (Fort Washington, Md.) teamed with junior Sean Coyne (Portsmouth. R.I.) for a 48-yard touchdown on a halfback option for the other UNH score. That one cut Dartmouth’s lead to 31-21 with 3:42 left in the third period.

Dartmouth bumped the margin back to 38-21 with Howard’s third 6-yard touchdown run of the game with 8:41 left in the fourth period. Dartmouth had 280 yards rushing.

Redshirt freshman safety Noah Stansbury led UNH with 12 tackles and redshirt freshman linebacker Ryan Toscano (Bedford, N.H.) had 11.

XTRA POINTS

  • UNH quarterback Bret Edwards completed 19 of his 29 passes for 116 yards with one interception.
  • Laube finished with 208 all-purpose yards. Besides the 139 rushing yards he had five receiving yards and 64 yards on five kickoff returns.
  • Washington, Jr.’s touchdown pass to Coyne was the first pass completion of his career.
  • Freshman defensive end Josiah Silver (Hampton, Va.) had seven tackles and one of two quarterback sacks for the Wildcats.
  • Junior defensive tackle Niko Kvietkus (Southington, Conn.) had the other sack.
  • The win was Dartmouth’s first in Durham since 1969 and first time the Big Green has had consecutive wins in the series since 1969 and 1972.
  • Dartmouth won the last game between the teams in 2016 in Hanover, 22-21.
  • The teams will play five more times in the next seven years, including in 2022 and 2023.

UNH did not force a turnover. Dartmouth had one interception.

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