1946 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1946 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 1946 college football season. In its first year under head coach Bill Glassford, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record, outscoring their opponents 161–45. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.

1946 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
1946 record6–1–1 (3–0–1 New England)
Head coachBill Glassford (1st season)
CaptainRalph Pino[1]
Home stadiumLewis Field
1946 New England Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
New Hampshire + 2 –0 –1  6 –1 –1
Connecticut + 2 –0 –1  4 –3 –1
Rhode Island State 1 –2 –0  2 –4 –0
Maine 0 –3 –0  2 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Due to World War II, the Wildcats had not fielded a team in 1945.[2] With the exception of a four-game limited schedule played in 1944, this was the first football season for the Wildcats since 1942, and their first eight-game season since 1941.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 at Colby*
  • Seaverns Field
  • Waterville, ME
W 13–01,000 [3]
October 5 Rhode Island State
W 25–126,000 [4]
October 12 at Maine
W 27–0 [5]
October 19 Springfield*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
L 6–147,000 [6]
October 26 at Vermont*
W 39–04,500 [7]
November 2 Northeastern*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 26–06,500 [8][lower-alpha 1]
November 9 at Boston University*
W 13–7 [9]
November 16 Connecticut
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
T 12–126,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Source: [11]

Wildcat Carmen Ragonese, selected by the Boston Yanks in the 1948 NFL Draft,[12] was a 1982 inductee to the university's athletic hall of fame.[13] One of his 1946 highlights was an endzone-to-endzone interception return against Rhode Island State; reported as 101 yards in contemporary newspapers,[4] it still stands as a Wildcat record, listed by the university as 104 yards.[14]

Notes
  1. Northeastern game ended approximately six minutes early due to darkness, by mutual agreement of coaches and officials.[8]
  2. During this era, Boston University played at a Nickerson Field in Weston; this is not the Nickerson Field later used in Boston.

References
  1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1947. pp. 220–223. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. "University of New Hampshire Not to Support Grid Team". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. August 22, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "Freshman Back Leads New Hampshire to Win". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. UP. September 29, 1946. p. 38. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "New Hampshire Back Makes 101-Yard Run". Brooklyn Eagle. UP. October 6, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine Athletics. 2019: 86. Retrieved November 28, 2019 – via goblackbears.com. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "New Hampshire's Streak Smashed By Springfield". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 20, 1946. p. C3. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "NH Smears UVM, 39-0". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. October 28, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. Fowle, Leonard M. (November 3, 1946). "New Hampshire Rips Huskies, 26-0". The Boston Globe. p. 26. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  9. Birtwell, Roger (November 10, 1946). "With B. U. Eyes on Star, Unknown Snags Late Pass to Give Wildcats 13-7 Win". The Boston Globe. p. 23. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "3 Scores Recalled, N. H. Settles for Tie With Uconns, 12-12". The Boston Globe. November 17, 1946. p. 26. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  11. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. "Colleges Beginning With N". DraftHistory.com. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  13. "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  14. "UNH Wildcats Football Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2015: 63. Retrieved January 30, 2020 – via pdfslide.net. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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