Jump to content

1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record0–7–1 (0–3 New England)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Dane[1]
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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]
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 at Colby* Waterville, ME T 0–0
October 8 Bowdoin*
L 7–12 [3]
October 15 Rhode Island State
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
L 18–20 [4]
October 22 vs. Connecticutdagger L 6–9 [5]
October 29 Springfield*
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
L 0–10 [6]
November 5 2:00 p.m. Tufts*dagger
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
L 0–39 [7][8]
November 12 at Maine
L 6–13 [9]
November 19 at Brown* L 13–31 [10]

The 1927 game remains the last time that the Bowdoin and New Hampshire football programs have met.[12]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "New Hampshire Depends On Massachusetts Boys Today". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1927. p. 18. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tufts Finds Little Trouble Against New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 6, 1927. p. 48. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "New Hampshire vs Bowdoin (ME)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.