1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
| 1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 0–7–1 (0–3 New England) |
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| Captain | William Dane[1] |
| Home stadium | Memorial Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1927 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[a] the team compiled an 0–7–1 record, and were outscored by their opponents, 134–50. After starting the season with a scoreless tie, the team lost each of their seven remaining contests. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[b]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 1 | at Colby* | Waterville, ME | T 0–0 | |||||
| October 8 | Bowdoin* |
| L 7–12 | [3] | ||||
| October 15 | Rhode Island State |
| L 18–20 | [4] | ||||
| October 22 | vs. Connecticut | L 6–9 | [5] | |||||
| October 29 | Springfield* |
| L 0–10 | [6] | ||||
| November 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Tufts* |
| L 0–39 | [7][8] | |||
| November 12 | at Maine | L 6–13 | [9] | |||||
| November 19 | at Brown* | L 13–31 | [10] | |||||
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The 1927 game remains the last time that the Bowdoin and New Hampshire football programs have met.[12]
Notes
[edit]- ^ This was Cowell's 13th year and 12th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
- ^ Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1929. pp. 239–241. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
- ^ "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Heavier Bowdoin Team Beats New Hampshire In Game At Durham". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 9, 1927. p. 40. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rhode Island Has 20-18 Victory Over New Hampshire Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 16, 1927. p. 41. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Connecticut Aggies, Trailing New Hampshire, Rally In Time to Snatch 9-6 Win". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 23, 1927. p. 44. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Springfield Turns Back New Hampshire, 10-0, In Hard-Fought Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 30, 1927. p. 44. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Depends On Massachusetts Boys Today". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1927. p. 18. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tufts Finds Little Trouble Against New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 6, 1927. p. 48. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Loses Title Game to Maine On Muddy Gridiron". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 13, 1927. p. 42. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Scores 31-13 Win Over New Hampshire". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1927. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs Bowdoin (ME)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.