1931 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
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Conference | New England Conference |
1931 record | 7–2 (2–0 New England) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Richard Eustis[1] |
Home stadium | Memorial Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island State + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1931 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 1931 college football season. In its 16th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[a] the team compiled a 7–2 record,[b] and outscored their opponents, 171–84. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[c]
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | Lowell Textile*[d] |
| W 12–6 | [6] | |||
October 3 | Boston University* |
| W 6–0 | [7] | |||
October 10 | at Harvard* | L 0–39 | 20,000 | [8][9][10] | |||
October 17 | at Maine |
| W 13–7 | [11][12] | |||
October 24 | at Vermont* |
| W 43–0 | [13] | |||
October 31 | Tufts*![]() |
| W 9–0 | 5,000 | [14][15] | ||
November 7 | at Connecticut |
| W 49–0 | [16] | |||
November 14 | Springfield (MA)* |
| W 26–13 | [17] | |||
November 21 | at Brown* |
| L 13–19 | [18] | |||
The 1931 game remains the last time that the Brown and New Hampshire football programs have met.[19]
New Hampshire captain Richard Eustis was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.[20] Eustis, who died in 1969 at the age of 62, served as athletic director at nearby Exeter High School,[21] where the school named its football field after him in 1970.[22]
Notes[]
- ^ This was Cowell's 17th year and 16th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
- ^ New Hampshire's varsity record in 1931 was 7–2.[2][1] College Football Data Warehouse also lists a tied game, against Saint Anselm;[3] however, contemporary news reports are clear that it was New Hampshire's freshman team that played Saint Anselm.[4]
- ^ Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[5]
- ^ Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.
References[]
- ^ a b c The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1933. pp. 191–193. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
- ^ "Wildcat Football Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2019: 54–55. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via issuu.com. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ a b "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Murphy's 80-yard Run Gives St Anselm's Tie". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1931. p. 11. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "New Hampshire Wins Over Lowell Textile, 12-6". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 27, 1931. p. 34. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hart in Pioneers' Lineup at Durham". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1931. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Leads New Hampshire, 32-0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard-New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Trounces New Hampshire By 39 To 0 Margin". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 11, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Bears Maine Gridmen, 13 to 7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 18, 1931. p. 42. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wildcats Defeat U. of M., 13 to 7". The New Hampshire. 22 (4). October 22, 1931. p. 2. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
- ^ "New Hampshire Drubs Vermont Eleven, 43-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 25, 1931. p. 42. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tufts-N. H." The Boston Globe. October 31, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Tames Tufts Jumbos, 9 to 0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 1, 1931. p. 38. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Wildcats Claw Crippled Connecticut Aggies For 49-0 Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 8, 1931. p. 35. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wildcats Claw Way To Victory Over Springfield". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 15, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Win Thrilling Game From New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 22, 1931. p. 35. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs Brown (RI)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ "Exeter High Director Of Athletics Dies at 62". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. December 17, 1969. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Favinger, Larry (October 19, 1970). "Sport City – Suitable Memorials". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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