2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.
| 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–7 (3–5 CAA) |
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| Defensive coordinator | John Lyons (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Wildcat Stadium (Capacity: 11,015) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Maine $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 James Madison ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Stony Brook ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Towson ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Delaware ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Elon ^ | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
| 3 | Delaware | 182 |
| 4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
| 5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
| 6 | Villanova | 164 |
| 7 | Richmond | 127 |
| 8 | Maine | 81 |
| 9 | Albany | 78 |
| 10 | Towson | 74 |
| 11 | William & Mary | 55 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 39 |
Preseason All-CAA Team
The Wildcats had three players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.
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Offense Trevor Knight – QB Neil O'Connor – WR Defense Quinlen Dean – LB |
Award watch lists
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
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| Walter Payton Award[2] | Neil O'Connor | WR | SR |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at Maine | No. 7 | FCS/FSGO | L 7–35 | 6,597 | |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Colgate* | No. 20 | NBCS BOS | L 3–10 | 11,433 | |
| September 15 | 5:00 p.m. | at Colorado* | P12N | L 14–45 | 42,360 | ||
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 11 Elon | PAA | L 9–30 | 10,856 | ||
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross* |
| NBCS BOS | W 28–0 | 6,497 | |
| October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | Stony Brook |
| CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS | L 7–35 | 17,687 | |
| October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 24 Delaware |
| CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS | L 14–38 | 11,992 | |
| October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | at Villanova | CBSI/CBS SportsLive | W 34–0 | 3,919 | ||
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 3 James Madison |
| FCS/FSGO | W 35–24 | 7,741 | |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Albany |
| NBCS BOS | W 24–10 | 5,571 | |
| November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | CAA.tv | L 21–24 | 3,012 | ||
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Game summaries
At Maine
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 7 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Black Bears | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 35 |
Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 20 Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
At Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Buffaloes | 7 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
At Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Wildcats | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| No. 11 Phoenix | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Seawolves | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
At Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| UNH Wildcats | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Nova Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 3 Dukes | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Great Danes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
At Rhode Island
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Rams | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 7 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Coaches | 9 | 22 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
References
- Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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