1940 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. In its fourth year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 5–3 record, outscoring their opponents 121–86.

1940 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record5–3 (2–0 New England)
Head coach
CaptainMatthew Flaherty[1]
Home stadiumLewis Field
1940 New England Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire $ 2 –0 –05 –3 –0
Rhode Island State 2 –1 –05 –3 –0
Connecticut 1 –2 –04 –4 –0
Maine 1 –2 –01 –6 –0
Northeastern 0 –1 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

New Hampshire was ranked at No. 218 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 at Colby* Waterville, ME L 19–21 [3]
October 5 Bates*
W 27–6 [4][5]
October 12 Mainedagger
W 20–14 8,000 [6][1]
October 19 Springfield*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 19–6
October 26 at Vermont*
L 13–332,000 [7][8]
November 2 at Saint Anselm* Manchester, NH L 0–6200 [9][10]
November 9 at Tufts*
W 14–0
November 16 Connecticut
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 9–0 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Source: [12][13]

The 1940 game remains the last time that the Saint Anselm and New Hampshire football programs have met.[14]

New Hampshire captain Matthew Flaherty was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.[15] Flaherty served in World War II, was a teacher and basketball coach at nearby Dover High School, and later became a high school principal; he died in November 2004 at age 86.[16]

References
  1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1942. pp. 108–113. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wildcats Still Seeking First Grid Victory". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 1, 1940. p. 3. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "Simmons Stars For Statesmen". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. October 7, 1940. p. 11. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "Sauer Pleased By Wildcat Score". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 7, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "Plan Memorial Service At UNH For W. H. Cowell". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 2, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  7. Hickey, Walt (October 28, 1940). "Once Again Cats Upset Dope By Beating New Hampshire". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. p. 13. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. Hickey, Walt (October 28, 1940). "Once Again Cats Upset Dope By Beating New Hampshire (cont'd)". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  9. Jones, Fred (November 4, 1940). "Sportcity". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. p. 5. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "Signals Over". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 4, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  11. "New Hampshire Scores Touchdown And Field Goal To Defeat Connecticut, 9-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 17, 1940. p. 49. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  12. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. "Season's Records of Leading College Football Teams". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 25, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  14. "New Hampshire vs Saint Anselm (NH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  15. "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  16. "Matthew J. Flaherty". Bangor Daily News. September 25, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
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