1972 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
| 1972 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Cowell Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In its first year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | Boston University* | W 16–14 | 9,874 | ||||
| September 30 | at Dartmouth* | L 14–24 | 10,350 | [2] | |||
| October 7 | Connecticut |
| L 7–10 | 2,511 | |||
| October 14 | Maine |
| W 17–14 | 12,733–14,700 | [3] | ||
| October 21 | at Vermont | L 17–28 | 7,000–7,100 | [4] | |||
| October 28 | at Northeastern* | L 7–9 | 4,522 | ||||
| November 4 | Rhode Island |
| W 14–10 | 9,500–9,513 | [5] | ||
| November 11 | Springfield* |
| W 26–16 | 6,573 | |||
| November 18 | at UMass | L 7–42 | 11,700 | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ "Rowe Stands Out as Dartmouth Downs New Hampshire, 24-14". The New York Times. October 1, 1972. p. S6.
- ^ "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ "Olson directs Vermont to 28–17 win over UNH". The Boston Globe. October 22, 1972. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.