1929 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
American college football season
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Conference | New England Conference |
Record | 7–2 (2–0 New England) |
Head coach |
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Captain | John Shea[1] |
Home stadium | Memorial Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island State | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1929 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 1929 college football season. In its 14th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[a] the team compiled a 7–2 record, and outscored their opponents, 162–78. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[b]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 28 | at Colby* | Waterville, ME | W 20–7 | [3] | |||
October 5 | Boston University* |
| W 24–6 | ||||
October 12 | at Harvard* | L 0–35 | [4] | ||||
October 19 | at Maine | W 21–7 | [5] | ||||
October 26 | Tufts*![]() |
| W 18–2 | [6] | |||
November 2 | Lowell Textile*[c] |
| W 52–7 | [7][8] | |||
November 9 | at Connecticut |
| W 7–0 | 5,000 | [9] | ||
November 16 | Springfield* |
| W 13–0 | [10] | |||
November 23 | at Brown* | L 7–14 | [11] | ||||
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Notes
- ^ This was Cowell's 15th year and 14th 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]
- ^ Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.
References
- ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1931. pp. 200–201. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
- ^ "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Superior Passing Game Gives New Hampshire 20-7 Win Over Colby". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. September 29, 1929. p. 41. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Batters Wildcats 35 To 0 For Second Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 13, 1929. p. 43. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Is Victor Over Maine". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. UP. October 20, 1929. p. 25. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Beats Tufts' Jumboes, 18-2". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 27, 1929. p. 43. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Wins From Lowell, 52-7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 3, 1929. p. 49. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lowell Textile Goes Down 52-7". The New Hampshire. Vol. 20, no. 6. November 7, 1929. p. 2. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
- ^ Melcher, Ronald P. (November 10, 1929). "Wildcats, Held In Check By Aggies, Break Through In Final Minutes To Win, 7-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 35 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Adds Springfield To Victims, 13-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 17, 1929. p. 39. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Defeats New Hampshire Team". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. UP. November 24, 1929. p. 16. Retrieved February 1, 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.