DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Andy Vailas and Nico Steriti each accounted for two touchdowns as New Hampshire used a dominant first half to rout Colgate 53-23.
New Hampshire (1-1) raced to a 19-0 first quarter lead behind two touchdown passes from Vailas to Harold Spears. A 50-yard touchdown pass from Sean Goldrich to R.J. Harris later gave the Wildcats 26 first quarter points.
Steriti then ran for two scores_one of which was a 56-yarder_to give New Hampshire a 40-6 halftime lead.
In addition to giving up 551 yards of total offense, Colgate (0-3) struggled offensively as well. The Raiders finished with only 46 passing yards as Dylan Finelli completed just five of his 18 pass attempts and threw two interceptions.
