1949 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
1949 record | 4–4 (1–3 Yankee) |
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Captain | Alphie Swekla & Mickey Gage[1] |
Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 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 1949 college football season. In its first year under head coach Clarence E. "Chief" Boston, the team compiled a 4–4 record (1–3 against conference opponents), scoring and allowing an equal number of points, 153. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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October 1 | at Rhode Island State |
| W 28–20 | ||||
October 8 | Maine![]() |
| L 13–26 | [2][3] | |||
October 15 | at Springfield (MA)* |
| W 20–7 | ||||
October 22 | Vermont |
| L 6–13 | [4] | |||
October 29 | at Northeastern* |
| W 40–12 | 4,000 | [5] | ||
November 5 | Tufts* |
| W 25–0 | 6,000 | [6] | ||
November 12 | at Connecticut |
| L 7–27 | 7,000 | [7] | ||
November 19 | Toledo* |
| L 14–48 | 8,000 | [8] | ||
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After playing Toledo in three consecutive seasons, 1947–1949, the two programs did not meet again until 2011.[10]
References[]
- ^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1950. pp. 278–282. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Maine Bears to Assist UNH With Homecoming". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 7, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maine Comes From Behind to Clip N. H., 26-13". The Boston Globe. AP. October 9, 1949. p. 47. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vermonters Score 13 to Beat U.N.H." The Boston Globe. October 23, 1949. p. 48. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Topples Northeastern Grid Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 30, 1949. p. 1C. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Upsets Tufts College By 25-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 6, 1949. p. 1C. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Keyes, Frank (November 13, 1949). "Connecticut Huskies Whip New Hampshire By 27 To 7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 2C. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Wildcats Routed By Toledo, 48-14". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 20, 1949. p. C7. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs Toledo (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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