1972 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1972 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	4–5 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (1st season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium

1972 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UMass $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	4	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Vermont	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Maine	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1972 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 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In its first year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Boston University*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 16–14	9,874
September 30	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 14–24	10,350
October 7	Connecticut	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 7–10	2,511
October 14	Maine	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	W 17–14	12,733–14,700
October 21	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	L 17–28	7,000–7,100
October 28	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 7–9	4,522
November 4	Rhode Island	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 14–10	9,500–9,513
November 11	Springfield*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 26–16	6,573
November 18	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 7–42	11,700
*Non-conference game