1928 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1928 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 1928 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[lower-alpha 1] the team compiled a 3–2–3 record, and were outscored by their opponents, 34–30. The team was shutout five times, although three of those games ended as scoreless ties. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[lower-alpha 2]

1928 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
1928 record3–2–3 (1–1–1 New England)
Head coachButch Cowell (13th season)
CaptainLyle Farrell[1]
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1928 New England Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maine + 2 –0 –1  4 –1 –2
Connecticut + 1 –0 –2  4 –1 –3
New Hampshire 1 –1 –1  3 –2 –3
Rhode Island State 0 –3 –0  2 –7 –0
Massachusetts 0 –0 –0  2 –5 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Colby*
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
W 12–7
October 6 at Boston University*
T 0–0 [4]
October 13 at Rhode Island State
W 12–05,000 [5]
October 20 Maine
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH (rivalry)
L 0–77,000 [6]
October 27 at Springfield*
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
W 6–0
November 3 at Tufts*
  • Tufts Oval
  • Medford, MA
T 0–0 [7]
November 10 Connecticut
  • Memorial Field
  • Durham, NH
T 0–0 [8][9]
November 17 at Brown*
L 0–20 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Source: [11][1]

The 1928 game was the last meeting between New Hampshire and Rhode Island until 1942.[12]

The Maine game was attended by Governor of New Hampshire Huntley N. Spaulding.[6]

Wildcat captain Lyle Harlan Farrell[13] would go on to serve as headmaster at Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, where the fieldhouse carries his name.[14]

Notes
  1. This was Cowell's 14th year and 13th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
  2. Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[2]
  3. This was BU's inaugural game at their first Nickerson Field,[3] a different venue than the like-named Nickerson Field in Boston, used by BU in later years.

References
  1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1930. pp. 198–199. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. "Pioneers Dedicate New Athletic Field Today". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "New Hampshire and Boston University in Scoreless Deadlock". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 7, 1928. p. 44. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "New Hampshire State Upsets Rhode Island". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 14, 1928. p. 44. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "Maine Gains 7 to 0 Win Over New Hampshire In Dad's Day Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 21, 1928. p. 47. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Tufts Held To Tie By New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 4, 1928. p. 40. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. "Regular Wildcat Ends Out Of Game Today". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. "Conn. Aggies Held To Deadlock By New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 11, 1928. p. 38. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "Brown Juggernaut Triumphs Easily". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. AP. November 18, 1928. p. 40. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  11. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. "New Hampshire vs Rhode Island". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1930. p. 42. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  14. "Athletics Facilities". proctoracademy.org. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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