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American college football season
The 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by 20th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium . They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association . They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place.[ 1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
241 (21)
2
New Hampshire 206 (2)
3
Delaware
182
4
Stony Brook
169
5
Elon
168 (1)
6
Villanova
164
7
Richmond
127
8
Maine
81
9
Albany
78
10
Towson
74
11
William & Mary
55
12
Rhode Island
39
Preseason All-CAA Team [ edit ] The Wildcats had three players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.
Offense
Trevor Knight – QB
Neil O'Connor – WR
Defense
Quinlen Dean – LB
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. at Maine No. 7 FCS /FSGO L 7–356,597 September 8 6:00 p.m. Colgate * No. 20 NBCS BOS L 3–1011,433 September 15 5:00 p.m. at Colorado * P12N L 14–4542,360 September 29 1:30 p.m. at No. 11 Elon PAA L 9–3010,856 October 6 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross * Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCS BOS W 28–06,497 October 13 3:30 p.m. Stony Brook Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH CBSI /CBS SportsLiveL 7–3517,687 October 20 3:30 p.m. No. 24 Delaware Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH CBSI/CBS SportsLive L 14–3811,992 October 27 3:30 p.m. at Villanova CBSI/CBS SportsLive W 34–03,919 November 3 1:00 p.m. No. 3 James Madison Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH FCS/FSGO W 35–247,741 November 10 1:00 p.m. Albany Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCS BOS W 24–105,571 November 17 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island CAA.tv L 21–243,012 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Wildcats
0
0
0
7
7
Black Bears
0
22
7
6
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
0
10
0
0
10
No. 20 Wildcats
0
3
0
0
3
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
14
0
14
Buffaloes
7
21
10
7
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
3
6
0
0
9
No. 11 Phoenix
7
17
3
3
30
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
0
0
0
0
Wildcats
14
0
14
0
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Seawolves
14
7
7
7
35
Wildcats
0
7
0
0
7
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens
10
7
14
7
38
Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
1
2
3
4
Total
UNH Wildcats
10
14
7
3
34
Nova Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Dukes
3
0
7
14
24
Wildcats
14
7
7
7
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
3
0
0
7
10
Wildcats
7
3
7
7
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
7
14
21
Rams
3
7
7
7
24
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 7 20 RV RV — — — — — — — — — Coaches 9 22 RV — — — — — — — — — —
Venues
College Oval ( –1920)
Memorial Field (1921–1935)
Wildcat Stadium (1936–present) Bowls & rivalries People Seasons
