1905 New Hampshire football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1905 New Hampshire football 1905 New Hampshire football team.png Team captain Hardy is in the middle row, second from right, holding football 285 Independent 2–4–2 unknown Edwin D. Hardyhttps://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/189/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Edwin Davis Hardy 13 8 June 15, 1906 189 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine Central Park, Dover, NH The 1905 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 1905 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team finished with a record of 2–4–2. It is unclear if the team had a head coach. The New Hampshire College Monthly made several references to the team's captain and the team's student manager, but did not mention any coach. An article in The Burlington Free Press mentions "Coach Lord, who has charge of their team this year, was [the] star Yale end of 1902."https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49740255/university-notes/ University Notes The Burlington Free Press Burlington, Vermont October 23, 1905 May 9, 2020 newspapers.com This looks to be an errantYale's list of all-time football lettermen does not include anyone with surname Lord.https://yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/7/19//Lettermen_updated_through_2018__003_.doc?id=3591 Yale Football Letterwinners 2018 yalebulldogs.com May 9, 2020 and outdated reference to G. B. Ward, who coached New Hampshire's 1904 team and then began practicing law in Connecticut in 1905.Attorney George Ward Succumbs in Hospital https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49754869/attorney-george-ward-succumbs-in/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut January 23, 1942 8 April 28, 2020 newspapers.com New Hampshire's media guide lists Edward Herr as coach of the 1905 through 1907 teams. However, he was a student at Dartmouth College during the 1905–06 academic year, and upon his hiring to coach Vermont football for the 1908 season, it was noted that he had been coach at New Hampshire for the prior two years (1906 and 1907).https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49734234/football-coach/ Football coach The Burlington Free Press Burlington, Vermont 8 May 6, 1908 April 27, 2020 newspapers.com Herr was first mentioned in the October 1906 edition of the College Monthly.https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/3/mode/1up/ The New Hampshire College Monthly The Football Outlook 14 1 October 15, 1906 3 April 27, 2020 Wayback Machine E. A. Herr, Dartmouth, '06, has been selected for coach. Schedule Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and four 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. y y http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/1905-1909_yearly_results.php New Hampshire Game by Game Results College Football Data Warehouse May 9, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20161027124427/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/1905-1909_yearly_results.php October 27, 2016 Wayback Machinehttps://issuu.com/unhathletics/docs/unh_football_media_guide_2017_web 66 2017 New Hampshire Media Guide University of New Hampshire 2017 May 9, 2020 September 20, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212415/https://issuu.com/unhathletics/docs/unh_football_media_guide_2017_web dead https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n24/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Varsity Football Schedule 13 1 October 15, 1905 13 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine September 23 Rhode Island Central Park Dover, NH W 6–0 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n24/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly New Hampshire, 6; Rhode Island, 0 13 1 October 15, 1905 13–15 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine September 27 Wednesday 1905 Bates Bobcats Bates Central Park Dover, NH T 0–0 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n26/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly New Hampshire, 0; Bates, 0 13 1 October 15, 1905 15–16 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine September 30 at Brown Andrews Field Providence, RI L 5–16 300 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n27/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Brown, 16; New Hampshire, 5 13 1 October 15, 1905 16–17 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine October 7 at 1905 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Tufts Oval Medford, MA L 0–13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50684083/tufts-13-n-h-college-0/ Tufts 13, N H College 0 The Boston Globe 2 October 8, 1905 May 10, 2020 newspapers.comhttps://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n64/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Tufts, 13; New Hampshire, 0 13 2 November 15, 1905 37 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine October 14 at Massachusetts Amherst, MA (rivalry) L 0–15 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n65/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Mass. Agricultural College, 15; New Hampshire, 0 13 2 November 15, 1905 38 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine October 20 Friday at 1905 Middlebury Panthers Middlebury Middlebury, VT W 6–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50684971/n-h-state-college-defeats-middlebury/ N. H. State College Defeats Middlebury Rutland Daily Herald 3 October 21, 1905 May 10, 2020 newspapers.comhttps://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n65/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly New Hampshire, 6; Middlebury, 0 13 2 November 15, 1905 38–39 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine October 21 at Vermont Centennial Field Burlington, VT T 0–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50685498/played-a-tie-game/ Played a Tie Game St. Albans Daily Messenger 1 October 23, 1905 May 10, 2020 newspapers.comhttps://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n66/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly New Hampshire, 0; Vermont, 0 13 2 November 15, 1905 39–42 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine October 28 at Maine Orono, ME (rivalry) L 0–16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50685962/football-on-many-fields/ Football on Many Fields The Barre Daily Times Barre, Vermont 2 October 30, 1905 May 10, 2020 Wayback Machinehttps://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/42/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly University of Maine, 16; New Hampshire, 0 13 2 November 15, 1905 42–43 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine This was the first season that the team played a schedule where all of its opponents were other college teams; since the program started in 1893, each season's schedule had included some high school, prep school, or athletic association teams. The September 30 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Brown football programs.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=421 New Hampshire vs Brown (RI) College Football Data Warehouse May 9, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910050654/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=421 September 10, 2015 Wayback Machine The October 28 game was the fourth meeting of the New Hampshire and Maine football programs.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=1839 New Hampshire vs Maine College Football Data Warehouse April 30, 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 The score is listed as 16–0 in the New Hampshire football media guide and in contemporary news reports of 1905; College Football Data Warehouse and the Maine football media guide list it as 12–0.https://goblackbears.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf Maine Football Media Guide All-Time Results 2019 University of Maine Athletics 85 November 26, 2024 goblackbears.com New Hampshire's second team (reserves) lost to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, 15–0;https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n28/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Brewster Free Academy, 15; Second Team, 0 13 1 October 15, 1905 17 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine lost to Lowell TextileLowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell. in Durham, 5–0;https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/43/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Lowell Textile School, 5; Second Team, 0 13 2 November 15, 1905 43 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine and lost a rematch with Brewster Academy in Durham, 15–10.https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n71/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Brewster Academy, 15; Second Team, 10 13 2 November 15, 1905 44 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine On November 18, the varsity defeated a team of alumni, 12–5.https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n103/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly 'Varsity, 12; Alumni, 5 13 3 December 15, 1905 60–62 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine Roster The team photo consists of all 13 lettermen, plus the student team manager. The College Monthly noted that the average weight of players on the team was 156.5 lb kg.https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n110/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly For their work upon the football team during the season of 1905 the following have been awarded the privilege to wear the N. H. 13 3 December 15, 1905 67 May 10, 2020 Wayback Machine Name Position Class Team photo location Arthur M. Batchelder Quarterback 1908 Front row, far left Willis C. Campbell Right guard 1906 Back row, far left John D. Clark Team manager 1906 Middle row, far right Charles F. Cone Right halfback 1908 Back row, second from left Neil S. Franklin Left end 1906 Middle row, far left Carl T. Fuller Right tackle 1906 Front row, second from left Frank H. Godfrey Left end 1909 Back row, far right Edwin D. Hardy Right end 1906 Middle row, second from right Merritt C. Huse Left guard 1908 Back row, center Harry E. InghamFirst name given incorrectly as Henry in the College Monthly list of lettermen. Left tackle 1907 Back row, second from right Cyrus F. Jenness Guard/center 1906 Middle row, second from left Bernard C. Noyes Center 1907 Front row, far right Franklin E. Stockwell Fullback 1907 Middle row, center Carroll B. Wilkins Left halfback 1909 Front row, second from right Source:https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n97/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly New Hampshire College Football Team, Season of 1905 13 3 December 15, 1905 54 May 10, 2020 Wayback Machine Notes References Further reading https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19051907newh/page/n54/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly A Football Retrospective 13 2 November 15, 1905 27–31 May 9, 2020 Wayback Machine New Hampshire Category:New Hampshire Wildcats football seasons New Hampshire football