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1987 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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1987 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Maine +^ 6 1 0 8 4 0
No. 17 Richmond +^ 6 1 0 7 5 0
Connecticut 5 2 0 7 4 0
New Hampshire 4 3 0 7 3 0
Delaware 2 5 0 5 6 0
UMass 2 5 0 3 8 0
Boston University 2 5 0 3 8 0
Rhode Island 1 6 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 16th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 7–4 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of eight teams in the Yankee Conference.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5RichmondNo. 19L 7–148,025[2]
September 19at Boston UniversityW 27–20 3OT
September 26Dartmouth*
W 41–310,207 [3]
October 3Delaware
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 45–21
October 17Northeastern*No. 10
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 24–16
October 24Lafayette*No. 8
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 21–198,455[4]
October 31at Rhode IslandNo. 6W 28–1411,231
November 7at MaineNo. 6L 14–28
November 14UMassNo. 18
W 17–106,580
November 21at ConnecticutNo. T–16L 21–31

References

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  1. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Richmond KO's sluggish UNH". The Boston Globe. September 6, 1987. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Marrapese, Nancy L. (September 27, 1987). "A One-Sided End to Rivalry; New Hampshire Rolls over Dartmouth in Last Meeting, 41-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "UNH 21, Lafayette 19". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 25, 1987. p. 73 – via Newspapers.com.