1941 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1941 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record4–3–1 (0–0–1 New England)
Head coach
CaptainRichard "Joe" Gordon[1]
Home stadiumLewis Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rhode Island State $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Maine 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
New Hampshire 0 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Northeastern 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Connecticut 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 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 1941 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record, outscoring their opponents 153–62.

New Hampshire was ranked at No. 226 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[2]

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

Due to World War II, the next time the Wildcats would play an eight-game season would be 1946.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Lowell Textile*[a]
W 53–6 [3][4]
October 4 at Bates*
L 6–73,500 [5]
October 11 at Maine
T 7–7 [6]
October 18 at Springfield*
W 14–6 [7]
October 25 Vermont*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 40–18 [8]
November 1 Norwich*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
L 0–6 [9][10]
November 8 Tufts*dagger
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 33–07,000[b] [11]
November 15 at Boston University*
L 0–126,000 [12][13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Source: [14]

The 1941 game remains the last time that the Bates and New Hampshire football programs have met.[15]

Notes

  1. ^ Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.
  2. ^ 8,000 per The Granite yearbook.[1]
  3. ^ During this era, Boston University played at a Nickerson Field in Weston; this is not the Nickerson Field later used in Boston.

References

  1. ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1943. pp. 132–135. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Two Passing Combinations Win For New Hampshire, 53-6". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. September 29, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Two Passing Combinations Win For New Hampshire, 53-6 (cont'd)". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. September 29, 1941. p. 10. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bobcats Claw Wildcats In Torrid Grid Contest". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 6, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "New Hampshire Plays Tie With Maine, 7-7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 12, 1941. p. 56. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wildcats Trim Gymnasts 14-6". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 20, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Wildcats Swamp Vermont 40 To 18 In Dad's Day Game". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 27, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wildcats Drop Thriller To Norwich Cadets, 6-0". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 3, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wildcats Drop Thriller To Norwich Cadets, 6-0 (cont'd)". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 3, 1941. p. 11. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "UNH Backs Run Wild; Score 33-0 Win Over Tufts". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 10, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Terrier Bite Worse Than Bark Says New Hampshire Wildcat". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 17, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Boston U. Tumbles New Hampshire, 12-0". The Hartford Courant. November 16, 1941. p. 5C – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire vs Bates (ME)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.