Yesterday, Manchester Central grad Chip Kelly learned that his dream will one day become true. The former University of New Hampshire assistant football coach will succeed Mike Bellotti as the head football coach at Oregon. Bellotti will become th… more »

DURHAM — As good a season as Northern Iowa has had, the University of New Hampshire football team has done something this year the Panthers couldn't do — win at Southern Illinois. That 29-20 victory last Saturday in the first round of the FCS playoff… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- Jack Cosgrove's days on the sidelines are done for the 2008 football season. Saturday evening, Maine's head coach tried a different role --- volunteer scout. Following Northern Iowa's 40-15 victory over his Black Bears, Cosgrove fi… more »

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The special teams of the New Hampshire Wildcats weighed heavily enough Saturday to tip the scales against Southern Illinois. The Wildcats turned a blocked punt into a touchdown, kicked five field goals and returned three kickoffs beyo… more »

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Just offense? Just wait. The University of New Hampshire football team rode its defense and special teams to a 29-20 win over Southern Illinois in the first round of the Division I playoffs Saturday, overcoming four turnovers as we… more »

DURHAM – They needed to get better on defense. The University of New Hampshire was losing quarterback Ricky Santos, the most productive player in the program's history, and that was certainly a concern. But the bigger issues were on the other side… more »

Trailing 24-21 with under four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, the No. 11 UNH football team scored with 3:27 remaining and held on to capture a 28-24 win over the University of Maine on Saturday afternoon at a cold, snow-covered Alfond Stadium.… more »

CARBONDALE - Now that he managed to land another first-round home playoff game, Southern Illinois University Athletic Director Mario Moccia has to conjure up a crowd for Saturday's football game. No. 8/9 SIU (9-2) hosts No. 10 New Hampshire (9-2) Sat… more »

It was a somber postgame press conference for Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove after his team fell, 28-24, to the University of New Hampshire on Saturday. As the icy winds whipped outside the Palmer Lounge, the dispirited Black Bears began embracin… more »

They had longshot odds. Yet hope remained for the University of Maine football team. Maine earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs Sunday night and will return to the postseason for the first time since 2002.… more »

DURHAM – University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove was impressed. "This is a Top Five team," said Cosgrove about the University of New Hampshire after his team lost a 28-24 heartbreaker to the Wildcats in snowy Orono on Saturday afternoon. "Th… more »

CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale will play host to New Hampshire on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Championship playoffs. Game time is 1 p.m. at McAndrew Stadium. Both teams are 9-2 an… more »

DURHAM — They know the routine by now: Win football games. Receive marching orders. Board plane. For the fourth time in five years, the University of New Hampshire will hit the road for the Division I-AA playoffs. Its destination next weekend? Carbon… more »

William and Mary's Jimmye Laycock says his team should have been the fifth CAA team in the playoffs. WILLIAMSBURG - It didn't come as a shock that William and Mary didn't make the playoffs. The team that took the 16th and final spot, however, was som… more »

Stopping the University of New Hampshire offense was going to be a tall order Saturday. After watching the Wildcats demolish UMass a week ago, University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove knew his team's fortunes would likely come down its abilit… more »