ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine football team looks to extend their current five-game win streak, the longest of the Coach Stevens era and longest since the 2018 season, with a matchup at Hampton on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Broadcast Details:
Saturday's game will be live streamed on FloCollege. The game can be heard locally in Bangor on 92.9 FM The Ticket, in the Portland markets on 100.5 FM and 1310 AM, and nationwide at GoBlackBears.com and on the TuneIn app.

Five-Straight for the Black Bears -- Maine is riding their longest win streak since their 2018 season that had them competing in the national semifinals as they are on a five-game win streak. The five wins are the most in any season under Coach Stevens, and during the streak the Black Bears are outscoring their opponents, 154-92, or 12.4 points per game.

Last Time Out -- The Black Bears defeated Stony Brook their last time out, 28-21.

The Maine defense held the then #1 rushing attack in the CAA to just three yards, averaging 0.1 per attempt. Latrell Couchman led the defense with a career-best two sacks on the day and a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss.

Carter Peevy threw for a pair of touchdowns on the afternoon, along with adding a third score on a rushing touchdown, his team-leading sixth of the season. Sincere Baines made his return from injury and picked up right where he left off as he took 12 carries for 86 yards (7.2 per carry), including a touchdown. Daniel Batch scored his first collegiate touchdown, a 14-yard touchdown grab while Mo Irefin had the other receiving score for Maine, his second touchdown of the season.

PEEVY ENTERING THE ZONE

Carter Peevy is in a stretch of playing his best football over his past five performances he has thrown for 1,247 yards and nine touchdowns over the past five games. He has added a team-best four rushing touchdowns to that line during that stretch while only having three turnovers.

He had a pair of passing touchdowns and added a third score on the ground against N.C. A&T before adding another three passing touchdowns at Bryant, where he threw for a career-best at Maine 338 yards. He added another rushing score at Merrimack, the game-winning touchdown before adding two more passing and one more rushing touchdown against Elon. Last time out he had a three-touchdown game against Stony Brook, throwing for two and rushing for another score.

Peevy was named to Co-Offensive Player of the Week in the CAA after the N.C. A&T matchup, one of four honors for the Black Bears on the season.

MARSHALL TOPS THE DEPTH CHART

Rashawn Marshall enters week 11 earning his spot atop the Black Bears running back depth chart after having accumulated over 300 yards from scrimmage in the last three games.

He took 22 total touches at Merrimack and turned them into 168 yards, 146 of those being rushing yards, before generating another 159 yards against Elon, 141 of those being rushing yards.

His biggest play of the season came against Elon when he capped off the scoring for Maine with a 61-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter. He was named the CAA Rookie of the Week following his Elon performance.

THOMAS CONTINUES HIS IMPACT

Christian Thomas looks to remain near the top of the CAA as he ranks fifth with 64 tackles, the 18th most in the NCAA.

He leads the Black Bears in tackles for loss (9.5), is the team leader in sacks (4) and leads the team in solo tackles with 41.

He was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week after the Elon matchup as he had nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack and recovered a fumble.

TOP OF THE DEPTH CHART

Scott Woods and Mo Irefin are the clear #1 and #2 wide receivers on the Black Bears and have both eclipsed 150 yards receiving during the five-game win streak for the Black Bears.

Woods leads Maine with 43 catches and 484 yards, trailed by Irefin's 28 receptions for 321 yards.

During the win streak, Woods has 26 catches for 365 yards and two touchdowns while Irefin has 18 catches for 207 yards and a touchdown.

O-LINE PRESENCE

The Black Bears offensive line is in position to roll out the same crew for the seventh-straight contest, those being: Kocan (LT), Iliano (RT), Cruji (C), Boutaugh (RG) and Stanley (LG).

This group has generated three-straight clean sheets as they haven't allowed a sack since Oct. 4 at Bryant.

For the season, the offensive line as a whole has only allowed 13 sacks in nine games.

SAFETIES FORCING TAKEAWAYS

The safety group of Devin Vaught, Jake Kucera and Malcolm Folk have been leading the charge over the past seven games for the Black Bears as they have forced five takeaways over those games.

Vaught and Folk both forced takeaways as Georgia Southern, highlighted by a pick-6 from Vaught.

Kucera secured his first interception of his career two weeks later at Bryant before Vaught added a second interception to his season against Merrimack and a third against Elon.

CLOSE CALL

Since 2013, Maine is 30-21 in games decided by seven points or less.

Maine is 3-2 in one possession games in 2025. 

In 2023, Maine was on the losing end of all three of its games which were decided by 7 points or fewer and they were 1-1 on such games in 2024.

A MAINE WOULD WIN...

... The sixth win of the season for the Black Bears and a new single season high under Coach Stevens.

... The first six-game winning streak since the 2018 season.

... The third-straight road victory for Maine.

... The fifth-straight CAA victory for Maine.