1973 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1973 Yankee Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1973 New Hampshire Wildcats football
1973 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1973 record	4–5 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (2nd season);
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 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 1973 NCAA Division II football season. In its second year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and tied for fourth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Holy Cross*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 0–31	7,864	^[2]
September 29	Dartmouth*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 10–9	11,733	^[3]
October 6	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 3–7
October 13	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 13–0
October 20	Vermont	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 19–7		^[4]
October 27	Northeastern*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 17–14
November 3	Rhode Island	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 16–40
November 10	at Springfield (MA)*	Benedum Field Springfield, MA	L 0–51		^[5]
November 17	UMass	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 7–28
*Non-conference game

^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ Gammons, Peter (September 23, 1973). "Crusaders March over UNH, 31-0, Vaas Leads Parade". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dartmouth Stunned by State Rival". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 30, 1973. p. S9.
^ "Wildcats hand UVM its fourth defeat". Rutland Daily Herald. October 22, 1973. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Springfield Slams UNH". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1973. p. 95. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

v t New Hampshire Wildcats football
Venues	College Oval ( –1920) Memorial Field (1921–1935) Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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1973 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Connecticut $	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Rhode Island	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	2
UMass	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Boston University	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Maine	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Vermont	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion