New Hampshire Wildcats football

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New Hampshire Wildcats

2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

First season

1893

Athletic director

Marty Scarano

Head coach

Sean McDonnell
17th year, 126–73 (.633)

Stadium

Cowell Stadium

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)

Claimed nat'l titles

Conference titles

Heisman winners

Colors

UNH Blue and White

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 8,000 seat Cowell 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

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)^[1]

Coaches

Updated as of December 19, 2013

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs
5000000000000000000♠—	No coaches	1893 !1893–1901	50	16	32	2	.340	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0
7000100000000000000♠1	Scannell, JohnJohn Scannell	1902 !1902–1903	15	4	9	2	.333	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0
7000200000000000000♠2	Ward, G.B.G.B. Ward	1904 !1904	7	2	5	0	.286	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0
7000300000000000000♠3	Herr, EdwardEdward Herr	1905 !1905–1907	24	5	14	5	.313	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0
7000400000000000000♠4	Gill, CharlesCharles Gill	1908 !1908	8	1	7	0	.125	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
7000500000000000000♠5	Gildersleeve, WillardWillard Gildersleeve	1909 !1909	7	3	4	0	.429	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
7000600000000000000♠6	Thomas, RayRay Thomas	1910 !1910–1911	7	3	4	0	.429	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
7000700000000000000♠7	Eberle, TodTod Eberle	1912 !1912–1913	14	5	8	1	.393	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
7000800000000000000♠8	Sheppard, T.D.T.D. Sheppard	1914 !1914	9	1	6	2	.222	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
7000900000000000000♠9	Cowell, WilliamWilliam Cowell	1915 !1915–1917, 1919–1936	178	87	68	23	.553	0	0	0	–	0	0	2
7001100000000000000♠10	Sauer, GeorgeGeorge Sauer	1937 !1937–1941	41	22	18	1	.549	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
7001110000000000000♠11	Justice, CharlieCharlie Justice	1942 !1942	6	6	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	–	0	0	0
7001120000000000000♠12	Glassford, BillBill Glassford	1946 !1946–1948	25	19	5	1	.780	7	1	0	.875	0	0	2
7001130000000000000♠13	Boston, ChiefChief Boston	1949 !1949–1964	127	60	57	10	.512	25	34	8	.433	0	0	4
7001140000000000000♠14	Mooradian, AndyAndy Mooradian	1965 !1965	8	0	8	0	.000	0	5	0	.000	0	0	0
7001150000000000000♠15	Yukica, JoeJoe Yukica	1966 !1966–1967	16	7	9	0	.438	3	7	0	.300	0	0	0
7001160000000000000♠16	Root, JimJim Root	1968 !1968–1971	33	18	14	1	.561	11	9	0	.550	0	0	1
7001170000000000000♠17	Bowes, BillBill Bowes	1972 !1972–1998	286	175	106	5	.621	97	74	2	.566	1	4	4
7001180000000000000♠18	McDonnell, SeanSean McDonnell	1999 !1999–present	182	112	70	0	.615	71	52	0	.577	9	9	2

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Playoffs

The Wildcats have appeared in the Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs 14 times. Their combined record is 11–14.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
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 46–7
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

Rivalries

Maine Black Bears

Main article: Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

UMass Minutemen

Main article: Colonial Clash

References

↑ "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.

External links

Official website

New Hampshire Wildcats football

Venues	Cowell Stadium (1936–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

University of New Hampshire

Academics	Business and Economics Law

Athletics	Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey

Events	Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket Colonial Clash New Hampshire–Dartmouth rivalry New Hampshire–Maine hockey rivalry

Facilities	Cowell Stadium Jesse Hepler Lilac Arboretum InterOperability Laboratory Lundholm Gym Memorial Union Building New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts New Hampshire Public Television Shoals Marine Laboratory University of New Hampshire at Manchester University of New Hampshire Observatory Thompson Hall Whittemore Center Williamson Hall

Programs	Green Launching Pad

Organizations	Carsey School of Public Policy New Hampshire Outing Club Not Too Sharp University of New Hampshire Wildcat Marching Band

Media	The New Hampshire WUNH

Related	Bill Knight Trophy List of University of New Hampshire alumni "On to Victory" "UNH Alma Mater" University Press of New England Wildcat Sports Network

Colonial Athletic Association football

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