New Hampshire Wildcats football
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First season | 1893 | ||
Athletic director | Marty Scarano | ||
Head coach |
Sean McDonnell 18th year, 141–82 (.632) | ||
Stadium | Wildcat Stadium (University of New Hampshire) | ||
Seating capacity | 8,000 | ||
Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
Location | Durham, New Hampshire | ||
NCAA division | Division I FCS | ||
Conference | Colonial Athletic Association | ||
All-time record | 538–444–55 (.545) | ||
Conference titles | 15 | ||
Colors |
Navy Blue and White[1] | ||
Mascot | Wild E. Cat, Casey Creamer | ||
Rivals | UMass Minutemen, Maine Black Bears | ||
Website | UNHWildcats.com |
The New Hampshire Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of New Hampshire located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. New Hampshire's first football team was fielded in 1893. The team plays its home games at the 11,000 seat Wildcat Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. The Wildcats are coached by Sean McDonnell.
Conference affiliations
- 1893–1946: Independent
- 1947–96: Yankee Conference
- 1997–2006: Atlantic 10 Conference
- 2007–present: Colonial Athletic Association
Brice- Cowell Musket Game
An annual rivalry game played between the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and then University of Maine Bears. The winner of this game gets the right to hang the musket up in their locker room for the year following this game. The wildcats and the Bears have met 106 times on the football field, with New Hampshire currently sitting at 54-44-8 edge in the all-time series. A game between two rival teams creates a lot of emotion and intensity from both sides, and it is always a big deal to win this particular game.
Librarian Donation
A longtime UNH librarian, Robert Morin, left 4 million dollars to the University of New Hampshire, and 1 million dollars of that money was spent on a new video scoreboard for the football stadium. Morin started watching and becoming particularly interested in football towards the end of his life. University officials explained that there was no direct instruction on how to spend this money, except for $100,000 for the library. The decision to spend so much of this generous donation on a scoreboard is a heated and very controversial topic to many people, where some people agree and others strongly agree.
Notable former players
Notable alumni who played in the NFL/AFL include:
- TB Jerry Azumah (’95-’98)
- WR David Ball (’03-’06)
- OL Jason Ball (’98-’01)
- DB Etienne Boulay (’02-’05)
- DL Joe Fleming (’91-’94)
- WR David Gamble (’90-’93)
- LB Dwayne Gordon (’89-’92)
- DB Corey Graham (’03-’07)
- LB Bruce Huther (’73-’76)
- RB Chad Kackert (’05-’09)
- OL Greg Krause (’94-’98)
- FB Dan Kreider (’95-’99)
- LB Dave Rozumek (’72-’75)
- LB Dwayne Sabb (’88-’91)
- QB Ricky Santos (’03-’07)
- TE Scott Sicko (’06-’09)
- WR RJ Harris ('11–'14)
- TE Harold Spears ('11–'14)
- C Mike Coccia ('11–'14)
- RB Avrom Smith (’91-’94)
- DT Jared Smith ('09–'12)
- WR Randal Williams (’96-’00)[2]
Coaches
- Updated as of December 19, 2013
# | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs |
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— | No coaches | 1893–1901 | 50 | 16 | 32 | 2 | .340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Scannell, JohnJohn Scannell | 1902–1903 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ward, G.B.G.B. Ward | 1904 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Herr, EdwardEdward Herr | 1905–1907 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Gill, CharlesCharles Gill | 1908 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Gildersleeve, WillardWillard Gildersleeve | 1909 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Thomas, RayRay Thomas | 1910–1911 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Eberle, TodTod Eberle | 1912–1913 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Sheppard, T.D.T.D. Sheppard | 1914 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Cowell, WilliamWilliam Cowell | 1915–1917, 1919–1936 | 178 | 87 | 68 | 23 | .553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
10 | Sauer, GeorgeGeorge Sauer | 1937–1941 | 41 | 22 | 18 | 1 | .549 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Justice, CharlieCharlie Justice | 1942 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Glassford, BillBill Glassford | 1946–1948 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .780 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
13 | Boston, ChiefChief Boston | 1949–1964 | 127 | 60 | 57 | 10 | .512 | 25 | 34 | 8 | .433 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
14 | Mooradian, AndyAndy Mooradian | 1965 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Yukica, JoeJoe Yukica | 1966–1967 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Root, JimJim Root | 1968–1971 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 1 | .561 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Bowes, BillBill Bowes | 1972–1998 | 286 | 175 | 106 | 5 | .621 | 97 | 74 | 2 | .566 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
18 | McDonnell, SeanSean McDonnell | 1999–present | 182 | 112 | 70 | 0 | .615 | 71 | 52 | 0 | .577 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Playoffs
The Wildcats have appeared in the Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs 15 times. Their combined record is 12–14.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1991 | First Round | Samford | L 13–29 |
1994 | First Round | Appalachian State | L 10–17 |
2004 | First Round Quarterfinals | Georgia Southern Montana | W 27–23 L 17–47 |
2005 | First Round Quarterfinals | Colgate Northern Iowa | W 55–21 L 21–24 |
2006 | First Round Quarterfinals | Hampton Massachusetts | W 41–38 L 17–24 |
2007 | First Round | Northern Iowa | L 35–38 |
2008 | First Round Quarterfinals | Southern Illinois Northern Iowa | W 29–20 L 34–36 |
2009 | First Round Quarterfinals | McNeese State Villanova | W 49–13 L 7–46 |
2010 | Second Round Quarterfinals | Bethune-Cookman Delaware | W 45–20 L 3–16 |
2011 | Second Round | Montana State | L 25–26 |
2012 | Second Round | Wofford | L 7–23 |
2013 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals | Lafayette Maine Southeastern Louisiana North Dakota State | W 45–7 W 41–27 W 20–17 L 14–52 |
2014 | Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals | Fordham Chattanooga Illinois State | W 44–19 W 35–30 L 18–21 |
2015 | First Round | Colgate | L 20–27 |
2016 | First Round Second Round | Lehigh James Madison | W 64–21 12/3/16 |
Rivalries
Maine Black Bears
UMass Minutemen
References
- ↑ "Visual Identity Standards" (PDF). 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ↑ "UNHWildcats.com – University of New Hampshire Official Athletics Website:Wildcats in the NFL". Unh.prestosports.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ↑ "UNHWildcats.com – University of New Hampshire Official Athletics Website:All-time UNH Football Coaching Records". Unh.prestosports.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.