2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS No. 21
FCS Coaches No. 20
2017 record 9–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach Sean McDonnell (19th season)
Offensive coordinator Ryan Carty (10th season)
Defensive coordinator John Lyons (6th season)
Home stadium Wildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
2017 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 –3     9 –5  
Delaware  5 –3     7 –4  
Richmond  4 –4     6 –5  
Towson  3 –5     5 –6  
Villanova  3 –5     5 –6  
Maine  3 –5     4 –6  
Albany  2 –6     4 –7  
Rhode Island  2 –6     3 –8  
William & Mary  0 –8     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-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 9–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Connecticut and Central Arkansas before losing in the quarterfinals to South Dakota State.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 7:00 p.m. Maine No. 13 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH (Rivalry) CSL[1] W 24–23   15,854
September 9[2] 4:00 p.m. at Georgia Southern* No. 12 Legion Field[2] • Birmingham, AL ESPN3 W 22–12   3,387
September 16 1:00 p.m. at Holy Cross* No. 9 Fitton Field • Worcester, MA Charter TV3 L 26–51   7,906
September 23 3:30 p.m. Rhode Islanddagger No. 15 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH ESPN3 W 28–14   22,135
September 30 6:00 p.m. Bryant* No. 15 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH ESPN3 W 45–17   7,951
October 14 6:00 p.m. at Stony Brook No. 12 Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Wolfievision L 24–38   12,311
October 21 2:00 p.m. Towson No. 18 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH UNHAthletics via YouTube W 40–17   10,522
October 28 3:30 p.m. at No. 1 James Madison No. 17 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA MadiZone L 0–21   25,298
November 4 2:00 p.m. at William & Mary No. 21 Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA TATV W 35–16   5,426
November 11 2:00 p.m. No. 7 Elon No. 18 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH FCS
FSGO		 W 16–6   7,294
November 18 1:00 p.m. at Albany No. 16 Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY CSL[1] L 0–15   3,459
November 25 2:00 p.m. Central Connecticut* No. 21 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 W 14–0   2,385
December 2 2:00 p.m. at No. 3 Central Arkansas* No. 21 Estes Stadium • Conway, AR (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 W 21–15   6,243
December 9 3:00 p.m. at No. 6 South Dakota State* No. 21 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN3 L 14–56   5,583
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 7 3 7 6 23
No. 13 Wildcats 14 3 0 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
54–43–8 2016 W, 24–21

at Georgia Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Wildcats 15 7 0 0 22
Eagles 0 0 5 7 12
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2004 W, 27–23

at Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Wildcats 7 0 12 7 26
Crusaders 3 13 21 14 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–6 2016 W, 39–28

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 7 7 14
No. 15 Wildcats 8 7 0 13 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
58–27–5 2016 W, 39–17

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 17 0 0 17
No. 15 Wildcats 17 14 0 14 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Wildcats 6 18 0 0 24
Seawolves 9 7 6 16 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2016 W, 43–14

Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 0 0 14 17
No. 18 Wildcats 7 26 7 0 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–3 2016 W, 21–7

at James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
No. 1 Dukes 0 14 7 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–9 2016 L, 22–55

at William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Wildcats 7 14 7 7 35
Tribe 0 10 0 6 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–14 2016 W, 21–12

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Phoenix 0 0 0 6 6
No. 18 Wildcats 0 7 9 0 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2016 W, 13–10

at Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Great Danes 0 3 9 3 15
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2016 L, 25–36

FCS Playoffs

Central Connecticut–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 0 0 0 0
No. 21 Wildcats 0 7 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–0 2015 W, 57–14

at Central Arkansas–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Wildcats 7 0 7 7 21
No. 3 Bears 7 0 0 8 15
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at South Dakota State–Quarterfinals

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14
No. 6 Jackrabbits 21 7 14 14 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 13 12 9 15 15 13 12 18 17 21 18 16 21  
Coaches 16 12 11 16 14 13 12 18 16 19 16 14 20

References

  1. 1 2 Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "UNH/Georgia Southern Game Moved to Birmingham, Ala". UNH Wildcats. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
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