New Hampshire Wildcats vs. UCF Knights | Full Game Highlights | ESPN College Football

FBC Mortgage Stadium the bounce house they Callin we're ready to go to kick off the 2024 season New Hampshire won the toss and they deferred to the second half UCF will get the ball to start the [Music] game back deep to re for the knights R Xavier Townsen Nick Maisy ready to kick it away for UNH UNH an FCS School taking on an FBS School in Central Florida Maisy the junior approaches the ball and we are underway in 2024 Xavier Townson takes it at the seven picking his way over to the far side has some room turns up field past the 30 good field position for the night Montgomery in the game in the back field and it'll be Montgomery picking his way up the middle and has a first down to the 202 mil miles Montgomery another new face on this team a gain of 12 66 carries for 428 yards and three TDS at Cincinnati last year I tell you what 38 years coaching experience for Ted Ru been a lot of places Sean leaine punts it away to Xavier Townson High spiraling kick Townson takes it at the 26 coming near side cuts up field to the 30 has some room to the 35 oh Tres a man at the 40 along the far sign L xaver Townson across Midfield excellent field position for UCF where they'll have it first and 10 does a nice job secures side cuts it back at the 30 and then reads those blocks nice nicely good move there on the defender gets it over the 50 yd Line Jefferson yet to complete a pass it's only attempted three hand off for Harvey he's going to be stopped short of the first down a gain of a yard ju Owens there on the stop again number five 50lb quarterback because obviously with that direct snap you got an extra Blocker in the formation as the receiver comes Montgomery in the back field to the right of Jefferson oh he lost the ball he gets it back on a lucky bounce and he's tackled for a loss KJ Jefferson just dropped the ball he loses two yards on the play Josiah silver was there first field goal attempt this is fourth in about seven and I can tell you a very hot and humid day today in Orlando so there's no manageable third and two Tomlinson in motion and it's a fake hand off it's a throw to Tomlinson's got a first down and he is dragged down his jersey he's being ripped off but he's got a first down the first of the game for the Wildcats Logan Tomlinson towards the line of scrimmage watch this the ball's going to actually turn him and lead him upfield I love that Tomlinson turns he's got some good blockers out in front throw into the flat for Harvey first completed pass of the game gets kind of a little bit of A Bronx cheer from the crowd here goes out to the 40 yd line sets up a manageable third down again number eight Josiah silver one of the defense men is going to tackle Harvey and actually push forward about another and UCF looking for the stop here on third down Seth Morgan the quarterback takes a good snap he's back to passing throws down the middle it's intercepted Here Comes UCF the other way at the 35 Donan Pac on his feet inside the 20 Dean pce to the 10 DEA Pace out of bounds inside the 5 yd line in coverage and D base this is a will linebacker this isn't a safety and he actually takes it away I mean Sheldon Arnold number nine the safety was sitting there thinking I got an inter ception my first one at the FBS level and d p says no no I'm here too he gets the interception and almost takes it to the house first year at UCF for the Cincinnati transfer seventh career interceptions led the Bearcats last year in tackles and tackles for loss third trip into the Red Zone and it doesn't get much better than this for a drive start first and goal from the three Jefferson up the middle for the touchdown KJ Jefferson makes it 12 to nothing yeah just good play fake you got the two linemen pull out in front excellent job ID medley 76 the tight end number five Randy Pitman PS you love it it's just quarterback power and again 250lb quarterback and that's what he's best at right running that power play and he can just settle in and complete a few pass gained 1,400 yards and 15 touchdowns at Toledo last year he was the Mac offensive player of the year Jefferson flushed out of the pocket he is sacked KJ Jefferson pulled the ball down quickly and he takes a loss on the play Ryan Tuscano 39 the linebacker was in there and the pocket just collapsed o second effort I think for Thomasson and I think oh they're going to say his knee was down I think they marked him short quadri Bullard there on the stop 20 yd line we'll get a look at it here good penetration originally he gets hit let's check and look Oh that's oh yeah great call by the headline judge there an Arkansas High School coaching Legend RJ Harvey takes the hand off running the sweep left lot of room RJ Harvey there he goes RJ Harvey inside the 20th foot race and he is dragged down he fumbled the ball inside the five it is recovered by UCF it appears at the one yd line yeah great angle by Owens oh I think he might have touched the pylon yeah so they're going to rev they'll review this now they're they're already huddling together the officials I'm with you it's definitely not a fumble he's either down short of the goal line or it's a touchdown so r on the field the runner was down at the one yd line so they're going to review this I guarantee you you replay reviews this I'd be shocked if they don't we'll see if we get a stoppage here the Orlando native takes a high snap trying to pick his way forward he's in for the touchdown RJ Harvey's first of the season and it's 21 to nothing Fells down I always got aggravator right when you have a 40 or 50 yard run and you come down to the one and then they put someone else in to get the touchdown he said no I'm going to let RJ finish this off he presses the hole on the direct Wildcat step he presses it to be a handoff from Montgomery bouncing it outside to the left and Montgomery into the secondary across midfield for a big gain and a first down I've been impressed with Miles Montgomery yeah just inside Zone and then you see him he's one-on-one with the linebacker 39 Ryan Tuscan just too quick for him good drive starter there a gain of eight Jefferson play action Blitz coming off the edge Jefferson throws deep down The Far Side leaping grab for Kobe Hudson so you see Harvey slide over pick up the blitz beautifully KJ Jefferson steps up in the pocket and throws a beautiful ball Harvey bounces it outside with the left has room a touchdown RJ Harvey second of the game from 13 yds out [Applause] 28-3 and that may take the top off it you see you give it to your all everything back RJ Harvey Jefferson a three-time captain at Arkansas was voted a captain this season for the nights he rolls out to the right he's got time he throws it's intercepted at the 41 yd line intercepted by zadane Williams a senior from Springfield Mass no the way to say it he looks to the left he rolls out he wants to go underneath the RJ hary it's good coverage and he just short arms it I mean he sees the Dane Williams sitting right there play it Yale like this year as a Yale graduate they throw into the flat they do complete it for Randy Pitman the tight end and he does a good job running after the catch out to the 38 yd line Caleb me the stop after a gain of 20 L Randy Pitman is one of those tight ends he comes across the motion goes out on the flat you know he's 62 225 he can run Jefferson back to pass has a lot of time throws the wheel route near side for a wide open man miles Montgomery in the open field of the 30 miles Montgomery breaking tackles inside the five touchdown miles Montgomery takes it in from 49 yds out 35-3 I like the play call little half roll to the right by KJ Jefferson throws it back to Miles Montgomery look at the speed down that left sideline beats the defender stays in bounds gets it inside the pylon and go into this week of extended week of practice against Sam Houston next week penny Boon big hole up the middle Penny Boon Galloping into the secondary he's going to take it to the 20 foot race W day Owens oh did he stop another touchdown W Owens is a highlight killer oh it is a score it is a score all the way from 59 yards he got close to the goal line he's trying to look at the big board but W Owens give him credit he does not quit we'll get a great look at it here remember it's called a touchdown and you know his knee hits yeah but yeah they're going to review it again Jefferson the Arkansas transfers he hands it off to Harvey big hole right side he's running free again RJ Harvey cuts to the right and tackle from behind inside the 40 yd line gain of 24 I love this little draw play the rooll by GJ Jefferson put it in the belly of arj Harvey just let him go to work and play Action Jefferson has time throws the rout again for Richardson he's got it at the 10 he's got a touchdown Johnny Richardson becomes the fourth running back to score it's 49-3 being the best in the Big 12 and I said arguably the best in the nation and you just see just it's the same it's the same play they ran to Miles Montgomery you just insert Johnny Richardson and run it the half Roll by KJ Jefferson they going to go back to visit it's it's an interesting interesting Dynamic Morgan feel feeling the pressure throws it's intercepted Antoine Jackson a sophomore from the Fort Lauderdale area second career int and so Antoine Jackson wasn't even on their top defensive backs and he stepped in here nicely just one-on-one coverage on the outside you see the speed sees the ball in the air breaks on it makes the catch and then good pressure of course makes Seth Morgan throw that ball probably a little before he wanted it was x- re Alexander will [Applause] linebacker miles Montgomery is going to take it to the house for another score 563 25 yd run from Montgomery 25 we heard DM on he was not happy with his offensive line right getting stuck a couple times they they got after them at halftime and two this big offensive line for UCF not only did they probably get chewed out at Flex Ruiz coming to a program near you Jakari Brown the new quarterback for UCF Brown Galloping his way forward spinning forward to the 45 Jakari Brown a third-year sophomore transfer from Miami Brown from valdasta Georgia near the Florida Georgia line bouncing outside to the left is Johnny Richardson trying to turn the corner and driven out of bounds by Jonathan Collin quickness Johnny richen presses the hole when you hear me say press the hole he steps up into the hole then he's got the speed to bounce [Music] it pass the Midway point of the fourth quarter it's a hand off for a backup running back yeah good penetration here getting off the blocks get to the running back in the back field and get that tackle for the LW Brown keeps and dragged down after picking up a first down to the 38 yd line this could be the final play of the [Applause] game and it will be close to a first down I think they will stop the clock here momentarily for a first down at the 45 yd line and they'll wind the clock and UNH does not have to run another play if they don't want I don't think they will coming up on 20 seconds to go we are going to talk to RJ Harvey after the game and ask him about this season opening victory in his hometown that'll do it UCF the sunshine State's only undefeated team they start 1 and0 573 over UNH you know a slow start but you love the adjustments at halftime you know the coaches kind of got after him especially those that offensive line those defensive front and it came out in this third quarter and really played well kind of what we thought they do in the beginning but they do what they need to do in this second half and and they pull away like they should have yeah it was only six to nothing at the end of the first quarter a turnover a block front for a safety in the second quarter was 29-3 at half time um really wasn't a dominant 29 to3 if that makes any sense but they did dominate that third quarter and we talked about it so the nice thing is you open up on a Thursday an extra two days right because you play Sam Houston on the seventh um and and again the biggest Improvement any team makes is from that first game to game two so they got a lot of stuff to break down got a lot of guys reps today so uh clean some stuff up at a good start to the 2024 season for the UCF down Gooding down some Hallelujah