First season 1893 Seating capacity 11,015 Location Durham, New Hampshire Division Division I (NCAA) Arena/Stadium Wildcat Stadium Colors Navy Blue, White | Athletic director Marty Scarano Field surface FieldTurf NCAA division Division I FCS Head coach Sean McDonnell Mascot Wild E. Cat | |
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Conference Colonial Athletic Association Rivals UMass Minutemen football, Maine Black Bears football | ||
The New Hampshire Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of New Hampshire located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. New Hampshire's first football team was fielded in 1893. The team plays its home games at the 11,000 seat Wildcat Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. The Wildcats are coached by Sean McDonnell.
Contents
- Conference affiliations
- Notable former players
- Coaches
- 1947 Glass Bowl
- Division II playoffs
- Division I AAFCS playoffs
- Maine Black Bears
- Donation controversy
- References
Conference affiliations
Notable former players
Notable alumni who played in the NFL/AFL and/or the CFL include:
Alumni who are notable for off the field achievements include:
Coaches
Updated as of December 19, 20131947 Glass Bowl
The Wildcats played Toledo in the 1947 Glass Bowl, losing 20–14.
Division II playoffs
Division I-AA/FCS playoffs
The Wildcats have appeared in the Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs 15 times, playing 27 postseason games. Their overall record is 12–15.
Maine Black Bears
An annual rivalry game is played between the Wildcats and the University of Maine Black Bears. The winner of this game gets the right to hang the Brice-Cowell Musket up in their locker room for the year following this game. The Wildcats and the Bears have met 106 times on the football field during the regular season, with New Hampshire currently sitting at 54–44–8 edge in the series. A game between two rival teams creates a lot of emotion and intensity from both sides, and it is always a big deal to win this particular game.
Donation controversy
A longtime UNH librarian, Robert Morin, died in 2015 and left $4 million to the University; $1 million of that money was spent on a new video scoreboard for the football stadium, and the decision to spend so much of the donation on a scoreboard became a controversial topic. University officials explained that there was no instruction on how to spend the money, other than $100,000 for the library. It was also noted that Morin started watching and became particularly interested in football towards the end of his life.