1968 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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1968 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Yankee co-champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
1968 record6–2 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Yankee Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Connecticut + 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Maine 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
UMass 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Vermont 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1968 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 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its first year under head coach Jim Root, the team compiled a 6–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents) and tied for the Yankee Conference championship.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Dartmouth*
L 0–2111,745[2]
October 5Connecticut
W 17–10
October 12Maine
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 42–17
October 19at Vermont
L 10–12[3]
October 26at Northeastern*
W 26–3
November 2Rhode Island
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 27–6
November 9Springfield (MA)*
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 17–10
November 16at UMass
W 16–08,000
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Montville, Leigh (September 29, 1968). "Substitute Lundquist Fires Dartmouth, 21-0". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vermont surprises UNH in rain, 12–10". Rutland Daily Herald. October 21, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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