1929 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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1929 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record7–2 (2–0 New England)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Shea[1]
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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*dagger
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
W 18–2 [6]
November 2 Lowell Textile*[c]
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
W 52–7 [7][8]
November 9 at Connecticut
W 7–05,000 [9]
November 16 Springfield*
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
W 13–0 [10]
November 23 at Brown*
L 7–14 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Source: [12][1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[2]
  3. ^ Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "New Hampshire Is Victor Over Maine". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. UP. October 20, 1929. p. 25. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "New Hampshire Beats Tufts' Jumboes, 18-2". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 27, 1929. p. 43. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "New Hampshire Wins From Lowell, 52-7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 3, 1929. p. 49. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Brown Defeats New Hampshire Team". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. UP. November 24, 1929. p. 16. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "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.
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