1920 New Hampshire football team

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1920 New Hampshire football
1920 New Hampshire Wildcats football team.png
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainHarold I. Leavitt[1]
Home stadiumCollege Oval[a]
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   8 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   6 – 0 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 0 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 0 – 2
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 2 – 1
New Hampshire   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Williams   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   4 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   0 – 4 – 4
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 0
Colgate   –   1 – 5 – 2
Villanova   –   1 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 6 – 0
Team captain Harold I. Leavitt c. 1919, in the annual college yearbook

The 1920 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1920 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. In its fifth season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[d] the team compiled a 5–2–1 record, while outscoring their opponents by a total of 124 to 53.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Bates
  • College Oval
  • Durham, NH
W 14–0 [5]
October 9 at Boston University
W 7–02,000 [6][7]
October 16 Vermont
  • College Oval
  • Durham, NH
L 0–7 [8]
October 23 at Connecticut
  • Gardner Dow Field
  • Storrs, CT
W 40–0 [9]
October 30 at Massachusetts
W 9–0 [10]
November 6 Colbydagger
  • College Oval
  • Durham, NH
T 7–7 [11]
November 13 at Maine
W 47–7 [12]
November 20 at Holy Cross
L 0–325,000 [13]

The 1920 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Boston University football programs.[15]

Team captain Harold I. Leavitt would go on to become superintendent of properties at the University of New Hampshire from 1947 until his retirement in 1966.[16] He was an inaugural member of the UNH Wildcats Hall of Fame in 1982.[17]

Notes[]

  1. ^ College Oval (also known as College Field) was New Hampshire's home field through the 1920 season;[2] Memorial Field, dedicated in 1921, was built in the same location.[3]
  2. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[4] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  3. ^ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  4. ^ This was Cowell's 6th year and 5th season as head coach, as the school did not field a varsity team in 1918 due to World War I.

References[]

  1. ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 1922. pp. 241–245. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "New Hampshire State College vs. University of Vermont". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 15, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alumni Plan Memorial Field to Honor Men Who Died in War". The New Hampshire. 9 (28). May 12, 1920. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "New Hampshire Conquers Bates in Opening Game". The New Hampshire. 10 (2). October 6, 1920. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Heavy N H State Defeats B. U., 7 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1920. p. 14. Retrieved February 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "B. U. Eleven Beaten 7 to 0". The Boston Post. October 10, 1920. p. 38. Retrieved February 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vermont Defeats N. H. State 7-0". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. October 18, 1920. p. 11. Retrieved February 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "New Hampshire's Weight Too Great". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 24, 1920. p. 35. Retrieved February 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "New Hampshire Defeats M. A. C., Connors Starring". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1920. p. 14. Retrieved February 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Colby Holds New Hampshire to 7-7 Tie in Final Home Game". The New Hampshire. 10 (7). November 10, 1920. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Eleven Wins State College Championship of New England; Defeats U. of M. by 47 to 7". The New Hampshire. 10 (8). November 17, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Holy Cross Riddles N H State, 32 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1920. p. 21. Retrieved February 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire vs Boston (MA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ "UNH Plans Program For Alumni". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. June 8, 1973. p. 2. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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