1953 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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1953 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Yankee co-champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
1953 record6–2 (3–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Yankee Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Rhode Island + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Connecticut 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Maine 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Vermont 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
UMass 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1953 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 1953 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Chief Boston, the team compiled a 6–2 record (3–1 against conference opponents) and tied for the Yankee Conference championship.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Upsala*
W 27–13
October 3at Rhode Island
W 14–13
October 10Maine
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 21–6
October 17at Delaware
L 0–48
October 24St. Lawrence
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 34–0[2]
October 31at Connecticut
L 0–6
November 14at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAW 7–6
November 21UMass
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 32–12
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "New Hampshire Upsets Larries". The Sunday Press. October 25, 1953. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
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