1896 New Hampshire football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1896 New Hampshire football 1896 New Hampshire football team.png 285 Team captain Hayes at bottom right, holding football Independent 1–4per the University's media guide; 1896 sources differ None Fred F. Hayes Burgett Park, Dover, NHCollege grounds, Durham, NH The 1896 New Hampshire football teamThe school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/6/24/Mascots.aspx Wild E. and Gnarlz unhwildcats.com February 14, 2020 before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white". was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic ArtsThe school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era. during the 1896 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team played a five-game schedule and finished with a record of 2–3 or 1–4, per 1896 sources or modern sources, respectively. Schedule Scoring during this era awarded 4 points for a touchdown, 2 points for a conversion kick (extra point), and 5 points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters. DateOpponentSiteper 1896 sourcesper modern sourcesResultSourceResultSource September 26 at Brewster Academy Wolfeboro, NHW 12–0https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18961897newh/page/11/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 4 1 October 1896 N. H. C. v. B. F. A. 11 February 24, 2020 Wayback Machine not listed October 9 Friday 1896 Bates Bobcats Bates Burgett ParkDover, NH L 6–10 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18961897newh/page/31/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 4 2 November 1896 N. H. C. v. Bates University 31–32 February 24, 2020 Wayback Machinehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/45583327/bates-10-n-h-college-6/ Bates 10, N. H. College 6 The Boston Globe 5 October 10, 1896 February 24, 2020 newspapers.com L 6–10 October 14 Wednesday at 1896 Colby Mules Colby Waterville, ME L 0–28 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18961897newh/page/29/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 4 2 November 1896 N. H. C. v. Colby University 29 February 24, 2020 Wayback Machinehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/45583649/colby-28-n-h-college-0/ Colby 28, N. H. College 0 The Boston Globe 7 October 15, 1896 February 24, 2020 newspapers.com L 0–28 October 17 at Andover Academy Andover, MA L 0–16 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18961897newh/page/31/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 4 2 November 1896 N. H. C. v. P. A. A. 31 February 24, 2020 Wayback Machinehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/45583810/college-games/ College Games The Boston Post 3 October 18, 1896 February 24, 2020 newspapers.com L 0–16 October 23 Friday Brewster Academy Durham, NH W 32–0 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18961897newh/page/29/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 4 2 November 1896 N. H. C. v. B. F. A. 29–30 February 24, 2020 Wayback Machinehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/45583959/other-gridiron-games/ Other Gridiron Games The Boston Post 3 October 25, 1896 February 24, 2020 newspapers.com W 32–0 October 30 Friday Somersworth High School Burgett ParkDover, NH NH second team https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18961897newh/page/52/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 4 3 December 1896 Foot-ball 52 February 24, 2020 Wayback MachineL 0–10Overall record(2–3)(1–4) College Football Data Warehouse and the University's media guide do not list the game against Brewster Academy, but do list the game against Somersworth.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/1895-1899_yearly_results.php New Hampshire Game by Game Results College Football Data Warehouse February 24, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20161027122227/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/1895-1899_yearly_results.php October 27, 2016 Wayback Machinehttps://issuu.com/unhathletics/docs/unh_football_media_guide_2017_web 2017 New Hampshire Media Guide University of New Hampshire 2017 February 22, 2020 66 September 20, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212415/https://issuu.com/unhathletics/docs/unh_football_media_guide_2017_web dead The New Hampshire College Monthly provides a summary of the Brewster Academy game, and refers to the Bates contest as the "second game this season". The College Monthly notes that the Somersworth game was contested by New Hampshire's second team (backups) rather than the varsity. The October 14 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Colby football programs.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=748 New Hampshire vs Colby (ME) College Football Data Warehouse May 2, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915004520/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=748 September 15, 2015 Wayback Machine Maine State College (now the University of Maine) released a football schedule in September that listed a game against New Hampshire to be played on November 7.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45582835/maine-state-college-schedule/ Maine State College Schedule The Boston Globe 5 September 22, 1896 February 24, 2020 newspapers.com However, that game was not played, and the first Maine–New Hampshire game would not occur until 1903.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=1839 New Hampshire vs Maine College Football Data Warehouse February 15, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910025702/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=1839 September 10, 2015 Wayback Machine Roster Name Position Team photo location Richard C. Butterfield left tackle seated, far left Arthur W. Colburn left end seated, right-center (next to Demerritt) G. S. Demerritt student manager seated, center (in suit) Arthur Given center standing, center A. G. Gordon substitute seated, right-end behind Hayes Hayden right end standing, leftmost Fred F. Hayes (captain) right halfback on floor, right (with football) J. Norton Hunt left end on floor, left Rane fullback seated, second from left Fred D. Sanborn right tackle seated, extreme right Everett S. Whittemore left guard standing, second from right C. F. Willard right guard standing, second from left Wilson quarterback on floor, center Wright left halfback standing, rightmost Source:https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18961897newh/page/n77/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 4 3 December 1896 (photo) 36 February 25, 2020 Wayback Machine Notes References New Hampshire Category:New Hampshire Wildcats football seasons New Hampshire football