1894 New Hampshire football team

1894 New Hampshire football
Team captain William Dudley is seated left of center, holding football; student manager Lewis Kittredge is in the front row, with hat
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam C. Dudley[1]
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   16 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   11 – 2 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 1 – 0
Holy Ghost College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   10 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 1 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   7 – 5 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn   –   1 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   5 – 9 – 0
Williams   –   1 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 3 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   1 – 8 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1894 New Hampshire football team[a] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[b] during the 1894 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team played a five-game schedule, including the program's first contests against other college teams, Bates and Saint Anselm, and finished with a record of 2–3, being outscored by their opponents by a total of 74 to 32.

Schedule

Scoring during this era awarded 4 points for a touchdown, 2 points for a conversion kick (extra point), and 5 points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 Exeter Academy (second team) Durham, NH W 4–0 [3]
October 20 at Bates Lewiston, ME L 4–26 [4][5]
November 15 at Dover High School
L 4–10 [6][7]
November 21 Dover High School Durham, NH W 20–6200 [8][9]
November 29 at Saint Anselm Manchester, NH L 0–32 [10]

A report by the student manager of the team, Lewis H. Kittredge, indicates that two other games had been planned for the season but had to be cancelled; one against McGaw Institute (Merrimack, New Hampshire) and another against the "Andover second eleven" (Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts).[13] Kittredge would go on to become president of the Peerless Motor Company.[14]

Roster

Name Position Team photo location
Walter F. Buck left halfback standing, far left
Henry M. Chamberlain right halfback standing, second from right
Frank DeMerritte fullback standing, center, NHC sweater
William C. Dudley (captain) right guard seated, middle left, holding football
Elwin H. Forristall right end seated, front row, left
Horace L. Howe substitute seated, back row, left
J. Norton Hunt substitute standing, second from left
Lewis H. Kittredge student manager seated, center, wearing hat
George T. McKenna quarterback seated, back row, right
William F. Russell left tackle seated, far right
Charles A. Trow left end seated, front row, right
Charles W. Vickery substitute standing, far right
Everett S. Whittemore center seated, center, NHC sweater
Tappan S. Wiggin left guard seated, middle right, all-white shirt
Perley A. Young right tackle seated, far left

Source:[15]

Notes

  1. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  2. ^ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.

References

  1. ^ "New Hampshire College Players". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "N. H. C. vs. Exeter Second". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 2. October 1894. p. 30. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Lewiston". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com. In the afternoon a game will be played at the same place between Bates and the New Hampshire state college.
  5. ^ "N. H. C. v. Bates". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 3. November 1894. pp. 43–44. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ "Dover High 10, N. H. College 4". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "College News". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 4. December 1894. p. 59. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ "N. H. College 20, Dover 6". The Boston Globe. November 22, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N. H. C. v. D. H. S." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 4. December 1894. pp. 56–57. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "N. H. C. v. St. Anselm's". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 4. December 1894. pp. 58–59. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  13. ^ "Report of Football Manager". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 5. January 1895. p. 70. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ A History of Cleveland, Ohio: Biographical. Vol. II. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1910. pp. 356–359. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "(photo)". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 3. November 1894. p. 34. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.