1928 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
American college football season

1928 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record3–2–3 (1–1–1 New England)
Head coach
CaptainLyle Farrell[1]
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
1928 New England Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maine +2–0–14–1–2
Connecticut +1–0–24–1–3
New Hampshire1–1–13–2–3
Rhode Island State0–3–02–7–0
Massachusetts0–0–02–5–1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1928 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 1928 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[a] the team compiled a 3–2–3 record, and were outscored by their opponents, 34–30. The team was shut out five times, although three of those games ended as scoreless ties. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[b]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Colby*
W 12–7
October 6 3:00 p.m. at Boston University*
T 0–0 [4]
October 13 at Rhode Island State
W 12–05,000 [5]
October 20 Maine
L 0–77,000 [6]
October 27 at Springfield*
W 6–0
November 3 at Tufts*
T 0–0 [7]
November 10 Connecticutdagger
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
T 0–0 [8][9]
November 17 at Brown*
L 0–20 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time
  • Source: [11][1]

The 1928 game was the last meeting between New Hampshire and Rhode Island until 1942.[12]

The Maine game was attended by Governor of New Hampshire Huntley N. Spaulding.[6]

Wildcat captain Lyle Harlan Farrell[13] later served as headmaster at Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, where the fieldhouse carries his name.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ This was Cowell's 14th year and 13th 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]
  3. ^ This was BU's inaugural game at their first Nickerson Field,[3] a different venue than the like-named Nickerson Field in Boston, used by BU in later years.

References

  1. ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1930. pp. 198–199. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. ^ "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pioneers Dedicate New Athletic Field Today". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "New Hampshire and Boston University in Scoreless Deadlock". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 7, 1928. p. 44. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "New Hampshire State Upsets Rhode Island". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 14, 1928. p. 44. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Maine Gains 7 to 0 Win Over New Hampshire In Dad's Day Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 21, 1928. p. 47. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tufts Held To Tie By New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 4, 1928. p. 40. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Regular Wildcat Ends Out Of Game Today". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Conn. Aggies Held To Deadlock By New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 11, 1928. p. 38. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Brown Juggernaut Triumphs Easily". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. AP. November 18, 1928. p. 40. Retrieved February 2, 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 Rhode Island". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. ^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1930. p. 42. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  14. ^ "Athletics Facilities". proctoracademy.org. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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