1937 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1937 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record7–1 (1–0 New England)
Head coach
CaptainEdward Little[1]
Home stadiumLewis Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 1 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Connecticut State + 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Maine 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 3 – 2
Rhode Island State 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1937 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 1937 college football season. In its first year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 7–1 record, outscoring their opponents 144–31. Five of the team's wins were by shutout. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.

Sauer was named head coach of the Wildcats on July 19, 1937, succeeding William "Butch" Cowell who had coached the team from 1915 through 1936.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Lowell Textile*[a]
W 20–0 [3]
October 2 Bates*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 21–12 [4]
October 9 at Maine
W 13–0 [5]
October 16 Colby*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 33–0
October 23 Vermont*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 34–0 [6]
October 30 at Saint Anselm* Manchester, NH L 6–138,000 [7][8]
November 6 Tufts*dagger
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 3–0 [9]
November 13 at Springfield*
W 14–6 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Source: [11][1]

The game in Manchester against St. Anselm was attended by Governor of New Hampshire Francis P. Murphy.[7]

Wildcat Fritz Rosinski set a team record of 11 interceptions in a season, which still stands.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.

References

  1. ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1939. pp. 230–233. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "George Sauer to Coach At U. of New Hampshire". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. AP. July 20, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "New Hampshire Drubs Lowell Textile, 20-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. September 26, 1937. p. 45. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.H. Preparing to Meet Maine". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 5, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "New Hampshire Defeats Maine". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 10, 1937. p. 48. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "New Hampshire Routs Vermont Team, 34-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 24, 1937. p. 50. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b "St. Anselm Beats New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 31, 1937. p. 42. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Second Half Surge Gives St. Anselm 13-6 Win Over Unbeaten UNH". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 1, 1937. p. 7. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "New Hampshire Beats Tufts on Field Goal". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 7, 1937. p. 43. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wildcats Win Seventh, 14-6". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 15, 1937. p. 5. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ "UNH Wildcats Football Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2015. p. 63. Retrieved January 30, 2020 – via pdfslide.net.