American college football season
The 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by interim head coach Ricky Santos , due to longtime head coach Sean McDonnell taking a leave of absence for medical reasons.[1] The team played their home games at Wildcat Stadium . The Wildcats finished the season 6–5 overalla nd 5–3 in CAA play to tie for third place.
Previous season [ ]
The Wildcats finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.
Preseason [ ]
CAA poll [ ]
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in seventh place.[2]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
238 (20)
2
Towson
217 (3)
3
Maine
201 (1)
4
Elon
164
5
Delaware
162
6
Stony Brook
151
7
New Hampshire
109
8
Rhode Island
104
9
Villanova
84
10
Richmond
62
11
William & Mary
58
12
Albany
34
Preseason All–CAA team [ ]
The Wildcats had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[2]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 7 1:00 p.m. at Holy Cross * Stadium L 10–138,372 [3]
September 14 7:00 p.m. at FIU * ESPN3 L 17–3011,756 [4]
September 21 6:00 p.m. Rhode Island NECN W 27–247,519 [5]
September 28 6:00 p.m. Duquesne * Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCSB W 23–67,920 [6]
October 5 3:30 p.m. Elon Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCSB W 26–1017,132 [7]
October 12 6:00 p.m. at No. 22 Stony Brook FloSports W 20–145,599 [8]
October 19 1:00 p.m. at No. 24 Delaware No. 22 FloSports L 10–1616,730 [9]
November 2 1:00 p.m. No. 11 Villanova Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCSB W 28–207,895 [10]
November 9 3:30 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison No. 23 FloSports L 16–5419,660 [11]
November 16 1:00 p.m. at Albany FloSports L 17–242,486 [12]
November 23 1:00 p.m. Maine NBCSB W 28–1010,061 [13]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[14] [15]
Game summaries [ ]
at Holy Cross [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
3
7
10
Crusaders
0
3
0
10
13
at FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
10
0
7
0
17
Panthers
7
6
7
10
30
Rhode Island [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
0
7
3
14
24
Wildcats
7
7
7
6
27
Duquense [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Dukes
0
0
0
6
6
Wildcats
10
3
3
7
23
Elon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Phoenix
3
7
0
0
10
Wildcats
13
7
0
6
26
at Stony Brook [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
0
3
10
20
No. 22 Seawolves
0
7
7
0
14
at Delaware [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Wildcats
0
10
0
0
10
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
10
3
3
16
Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Nova Wildcats
7
13
0
0
20
UNH Wildcats
7
0
14
7
28
at James Madison [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Wildcats
10
0
6
0
16
No. 2 Dukes
10
20
14
10
54
at Albany [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
7
0
3
17
Great Danes
7
10
0
7
24
Maine [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
7
0
0
3
10
Wildcats
7
7
0
14
28
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
RV
22
23
RV
RV
Coaches
RV
23
25
RV
References [ ]
^ Connolly, John (August 27, 2019). "New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell on leave for health reasons" . Boston Herald . Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019" . Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "New Hampshire vs. Holy Cross - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "New Hampshire vs. Florida International - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Rhode Island vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 21, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Duquesne vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 28, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Elon vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "New Hampshire vs. Stony Brook - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "New Hampshire vs. Delaware - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Villanova vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "New Hampshire vs. James Madison - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "New Hampshire vs. Albany - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Maine vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "2019 Football Schedule" . University of New Hampshire Athletics . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "2019 New Hampshire Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
Venues
College Oval ( –1920)
Memorial Field (1921–1935)
Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries People