> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # New Hampshire makes it 14 in a row with win over Vermont in Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl - URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/new-hampshire-makes-it-14-in-a-row-with-win-over-vermont-in-shrine-maple-sugar-bowl/ - Published: 2014-08-03T17:02:02.000Z - Updated: 2014-08-03T17:02:02.000Z - Description: HANOVER - New Hampshire coach Dave Jackson wanted to see his team get off to a fast start against Vermont in Saturday's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. - Author: Joe Marchilena - Tags: Fall Sports, football, New Hampshire, Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, Vermont, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44 ![New Hampshire's Jared Kuehl sacks Vermont's James Shufelt III during Saturday's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jmshrine080214-n36-1.jpg) New Hampshire's Jared Kuehl sacks Vermont's James Shufelt III during Saturday's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. HANOVER - New Hampshire coach Dave Jackson wanted to see his team get off to a fast start against Vermont in Saturday's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. But with a lot of time between the pregame festivities and kickoff, Jackson was worried the team might be a little flat when the game finally got underway. ![New Hampshire's Trevor Knight gets ready to throw the ball.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jmshrine080214-n7-1.jpg) New Hampshire's Trevor Knight gets ready to throw the ball. Jackson's players showed early that he had little to worry about, as New Hampshire jumped out to a 20-0 lead in the first quarter and rolled to a 42-6 win over Vermont in the 61st Shrine Game at Hanover's Dartmouth College. It was the Granite State's 14th in a row and 35th in the last 39 games. Trevor Knight threw three touchdown passes in the first quarter, finished with 209 yards passing on 12-of-20 attempts and rushed for another 47 yards. Jason Martinez also had two rushing touchdown and carried the ball eight time for 111 yards as New Hampshire outgained Vermont 470-131. Despite running fewer plays and only having the ball for 2:06 of the first quarter, New Hampshire had a 221-2 edge in yards after the first 12 minutes. "I started getting nervous this morning because there is so much time between the beginning of the festivities and the game," Jackson said. "I was nervous we'd come out flat and it wasn't going to be that way (Saturday). They were ready to go. "The rally of the week was get on them early. We were afraid that if we didn't, they would have confidence in what they were doing. The kids were focused all week." Kyle Riesert and Eric Waddington led the defense with nine tackles apiece, with Riesert picking up one-half of a sack and three tackles for loss. As a unit, the New Hampshire defense recorded three sacks and had 15 tackles for a loss. Jared Kuehl, Tristen Theroux and Alex Parenteau were also credited with a sack and Donald Pellerin had an interception. "We flew around so fast on defense," safety Drew Prescott said. "We had so many great guys that to get to go out there and play with them was unlike anything I've gotten the opportunity to do before. The coaches knew they were going (run the ball) with their offense. We wanted to put a bunch of guys out there who we knew were athletic." Vermont's Jakob Trautwein had 56 yards rushing and quarterback James Shufelt III had 29 yards on the ground and was 2 of 5 for 25 yards and a touchdown. After a three-and-out to open the game by Vermont, Knight wasted little time getting New Hampshire down the field. Starting at the Vermont 43-yard line, Knight hit Shawn Cavallaro for 11 yards on first down, and after an offensive offsides call, the Nashua South quarterback found Nick Valias wide open down the left sideline for a 37-yard touchdown. ![New Hampshire's Cole Martin celebrates after catching a touchdown pass.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jmshrine080214-n25-1.jpg) New Hampshire's Cole Martin celebrates after catching a touchdown pass. "My eyes just lit up," Knight said of the play. "This is an easy touch pass, we've been doing this all week, so I just had to get it near him and he was going to get a touchdown." The drive took just 33 seconds, and in all, New Hampshire's first four touchdown drives took a total of 2:15. "We had an up-tempo offense, no huddle, and it was something we wanted to do, get on them early and put some points on the board," Vailas said. Knight also had first-quarter touchdown passes of 28 yards to Cole Martin and 1 yard to Vailas to make it 20-0 with 1:34 left in the opening quarter. "I was hoping for it, but some of the plays were blown coverage and I didn't expect them to be that open," Knight said. "I thought we'd have longer drives, but when we jumped out on that second play, that set the tone for the game." New Hampshire looked like it might get four scores in the opening 12 minutes, but Martinez was pushed out of bounds on a 60-yard run at the Vermont 2-yard line as time expired. After an incompletion, Martinez scored from the 2 to make it 26-0 early in the second. "I was really mad because I thought I was going to get it," Martinez said. "It's all good and I ended up getting in after. It felt good." Vermont finally moved across midfield on its next drive, but turned the ball over on downs at the New Hampshire 33, but a Knight fumble - one of three turnovers by the quarterback - gave the Green Mountain State the ball at the 22\. Two plays later, Shufelt hit Joe Coture for a 24-yard touchdown, Vermont’s first score of any kind since the second half of the 2012 game. Knight fumbled on New Hampshire's next play, setting Vermont up near midfield, but this time, the Granite State defense held and forced a punt. "It was gruesome," Martinez said of the New Hampshire defense. "They are freak athletes and they were killing us (in practice)." Starting at his own 10-yard line, Knight marched New Hampshire down the field in nine plays, throwing for 69 yards and rushing for another eight. Martinez scored his second touchdown from a yard out to make it 33-6 with 1:26 to go before halftime. New Hampshire had the only scoring in the second half, as Jared Kuehl tackled Tom Baumann in the end zone for a safety and a 35-6 lead early in the third quarter. Marc Gaudet closed out the scoring in the fourth quarter, scoring on a 5-yard run with 4:36 left to play to account for the final total. "It was like nothing I've ever done in my life," Jackson said of coaching the game. "We had fun, but when it was time to work, it didn't take much."