2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2018 record 1–4 (0–2 CAA)
Head coach Sean McDonnell (20th season)
Defensive coordinator John Lyons (7th season)
Home stadium Wildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
2018 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Towson  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 16 Rhode Island  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 5 Elon  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 21 Maine  3 –0     4 –2  
No. 6 James Madison  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 19 Stony Brook  2 –1     4 –2  
Delaware  1 –1     3 –2  
William & Mary  1 –1     2 –3  
Albany  0 –2     2 –3  
New Hampshire  0 –2     1 –4  
Villanova  0 –3     3 –3  
Richmond  0 –3     2 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represents the University of New Hampshire in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 20th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and play their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Previous season

They Wildcats finished the 2017 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.

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)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

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.

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[2] Neil O'Connor WR SR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at MaineNo. 7
FCS/FSGOL 7–356,597
September 86:00 p.m.Colgate*No. 20
NBCS BOSL 3–1011,433
September 155:00 p.m.at Colorado*
P12NL 14–4542,360
September 291:30 p.m.at No. 11 Elon
PAAL 9–3010,856
October 61:00 p.m.Holy Cross*
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCS BOSW 28–06,497
October 133:30 p.m.Stony Brookdagger
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
CBSI/CBS SportsLive
NBCS BOS		L 7–35
October 203:30 p.m.Delaware
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
CBSI/CBS SportsLive
NBCS BOS
October 273:30 p.m.at Villanova
CBSI/CBS SportsLive
November 31:00 p.m.James Madison
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
FCS/FSGO
November 101:00 p.m.Albany
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCS BOS
November 1712:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
CAA.tv
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7
Black Bears 0 22 7 6 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
56–44–8 2017 W, 24–23

Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 10 0 0 10
No. 20 Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 2015 FCS Playoffs L, 20–27

at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 14 0 14
Buffaloes 7 21 10 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 6 0 0 9
No. 11 Phoenix 7 17 3 3 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2017 W, 16–6

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 0 0 0
Wildcats 14 0 14 0 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–7 2017 L, 26–51

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 2017 L, 24–38

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–21 2015 L, 14–31

at Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
UNH Wildcats 0
Nova Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–11 2013 W, 29–28

James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–10 2017 L, 0–21

Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 2017 L, 0–15

at Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
59–27–5 2017 W, 28–14

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 7 20 RV RV NR NR NR  
Coaches 9 22 RV NR NR NR NR

References

  1. ↑ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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