1916 New Hampshire football team

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1916 New Hampshire football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–2
Head coach
CaptainKyle C. Westover[1]
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   3 – 5 – 2
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 New Hampshire football team[a] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[b] during the 1916 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under second-year head coach Butch Cowell, the team finished with a record of 3–5–2.

Schedule

During this era, teams played in the one-platoon system. Scoring values were consistent with the present day: six points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and three points for a field goal.[c]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 at Dartmouth Hanover, NH (rivalry) L 0–33 [3]
September 30 at Maine
T 0–0 [4][5]
October 7 at Colby
L 0–13 [6]
October 12 at Boston College
L 0–19 [7][8]
October 14 at Bates
L 0–7 [9]
October 21 Norwich Durham, NH W 13–0 [10]
October 28 Vermont
L 9–13 [11][12]
November 4 at Connecticut Storrs, CT W 26–0 [13][d]
November 11 Middlebury Durham, NH T 0–0 [14]
November 18 Rhode Island State Durham, NH W 12–0 [15][16]

Notes

  1. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  2. ^ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  3. ^ For additional detail, see Early history of American football#Scoring table.
  4. ^ College Football Data Warehouse lists the score as 25–0, but New Hampshire's media guide and a game recap in The New Hampshire both state 26–0.

References

  1. ^ "Football Season of 1916". The Granite. Vol. IX. 1918. p. 163. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via unh.edu.
  2. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "N. H. Loses First Game to Dartmouth". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 2. Durham, New Hampshire. September 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  4. ^ "Team Easily Holds Maine Down to Tie". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 3. Durham, New Hampshire. October 7, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  5. ^ "U. of M. Was Held Scoreless". Bangor Daily News. October 2, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Defeated for a Second Time This Season". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 4. Durham, New Hampshire. October 14, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  7. ^ "Rooters Make Trip to Boston in Vain". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 5. Durham, New Hampshire. October 21, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  8. ^ "Boston College May Try Open Game In Today's Game". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "The Bates Game". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 5. Durham, New Hampshire. October 21, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  10. ^ "Norwich Defeated by Score of 14 to 6". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 6. Durham, New Hampshire. October 28, 1916. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  11. ^ "N. H. Loses Hard Fought Game to VT". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 7. Durham, New Hampshire. November 4, 1916. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  12. ^ "Vermont provides surprise". The Boston Globe. October 29, 1916. p. 16. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "New Hampshire Wins From Connecticut: The Final Score is 26 to 0". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 8. Durham, New Hampshire. November 11, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  14. ^ "0 to 0 Score with Middlebury Eleven". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 9. Durham, New Hampshire. November 18, 1916. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  15. ^ "Close Season with Victory Over R. I." The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 10. Durham, New Hampshire. November 25, 1916. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  16. ^ "Rhode Island Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2020. p. 11.
  17. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
  18. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

Further reading

  • "(roster)". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 7. Durham, New Hampshire. November 4, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
    • A table listing each player on the varsity by surname, providing their position, prep school, age, and weight