1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1927 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[lower-alpha 1] the team compiled an 0–7–1 record, and were outscored by their opponents, 134–50. After starting the season with a scoreless tie, the team lost each of their seven remaining contests. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[lower-alpha 2]

1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record0–7–1 (0–3 New England)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Dane[1]
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1927 New England Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maine $ 3 –0 –06 –1 –0
Rhode Island State 2 –1 –05 –3 –0
Connecticut 1 –2 –05 –4 –0
New Hampshire 0 –3 –00 –7 –1
Massachusetts 0 –0 –00 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 at Colby* Waterville, ME T 0–0
October 8 Bowdoin*
L 7–12 [3]
October 15 Rhode Island State
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
L 18–20 [4]
October 22 vs. Connecticutdagger
L 6–9 [5]
October 29 Springfield*
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
L 0–10 [6]
November 5 2:00 p.m. Tufts*dagger
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
L 0–39 [7][8]
November 12 at Maine
L 6–13 [9]
November 19 at Brown*
L 13–31 [10]

The 1927 game remains the last time that the Bowdoin and New Hampshire football programs have met.[12]

Notes
  1. This was Cowell's 13th year and 12th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
  2. Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[2]

References
  1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1929. pp. 239–241. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. "Heavier Bowdoin Team Beats New Hampshire In Game At Durham". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 9, 1927. p. 40. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "Rhode Island Has 20-18 Victory Over New Hampshire Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 16, 1927. p. 41. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "Connecticut Aggies, Trailing New Hampshire, Rally In Time to Snatch 9-6 Win". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 23, 1927. p. 44. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "Springfield Turns Back New Hampshire, 10-0, In Hard-Fought Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 30, 1927. p. 44. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "New Hampshire Depends On Massachusetts Boys Today". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1927. p. 18. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. "Tufts Finds Little Trouble Against New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 6, 1927. p. 48. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. "New Hampshire Loses Title Game to Maine On Muddy Gridiron". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 13, 1927. p. 42. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "Brown Scores 31-13 Win Over New Hampshire". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1927. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  11. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. "New Hampshire vs Bowdoin (ME)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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