1989 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1989 Yankee Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1989 New Hampshire Wildcats football
1989 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1989 record	7–3 (5–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (18th season);
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 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 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 18th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 7–3 record (5–3 against conference opponents) and tied for fourth place out of eight teams in the Yankee Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Maine	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	L 7–24		^[2]
September 23	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 10–24
September 30	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 27–17
October 7	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 31–28
October 14	Colgate*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 17–10	8,215	^[3]
October 21	Richmond	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 21–7
October 28	Boston University	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 38–35
November 4	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 13–12
November 11	Rhode Island	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 25–0
November 18	at UMass	Nickerson Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 28–34
*Non-conference game

^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "Maine 24, New Hampshire 7". The Berkshire Eagle. September 10, 1989. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reinert, Bob (October 15, 1989). "UNH Uses Ford to Drive Past Colgate". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – 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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1989 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Maine +^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Connecticut +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Villanova +^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Boston University	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll