1908 New Hampshire football team

American college football season November 2024 January 2026 1908 New Hampshire football 1908 New Hampshire football team.jpg Team captain Sanborn is at right-center of the middle row, holding football 285 Independent 1–7 Charles O. Gill 1st Carroll B. Wilkins (1st game)Wilkins was initially elected captain but became ineligible prior to the Bowdoin game; Sanborn was then elected captain. Edson D. Sanborn (other games)https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-tackles-bowdoin-today/159778307/ Tackles Bowdoin Today The Boston Globe 5 October 3, 1908 November 25, 2024 newspapers.com College grounds, Durham, NH The 1908 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 1908 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under first-year head coach Charles O. Gill,https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/74/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Coach C. O. Gill, Yale, '89 16 3 December 1908 74–76 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive the team finished with a record of 1–7. 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 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 November 25, 2024 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 November 25, 2024 September 20, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212415/https://issuu.com/unhathletics/docs/unh_football_media_guide_2017_web dead September 26 at Brown Andrews Field Providence, RI L 0–34 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/55/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Brown Game, September 26 16 2 November 1908 55 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive October 3 1908 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Durham, NH L 0–15 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/55/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Bowdoin Game, October 3 16 2 November 1908 55 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive October 10 at 1908 Colby Mules Colby Portland, ME L 0–6 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/55/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Colby Game 16 2 November 1908 55–56 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive October 17 at Maine Orono, ME (rivalry) L 4–6 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/56/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Maine Game 16 2 November 1908 56 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive October 24 at 1908 Bates Bobcats Bates Lewiston, ME L 0–11 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/66/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Bates Game 16 3 December 1908 66 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive October 31 Boston College Durham, NH W 18–0 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/67/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Boston College Game 16 3 December 1908 67–68 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive November 7 Massachusetts Manchester, NH (rivalry) L 9–13 1,500+ https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/n392/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Massachusetts Game 16 3 December 1908 61–65 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive November 14 at Rhode Island State Kingston, RI L 0–12 https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/69/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly The Rhode Island Game 16 3 December 1908 69 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive Team Player Class Position J. Mortimer Leonard 1910 Left end Roland B. Hammond 1909 Left tackle James B. Pettingill 1912 Left tackle Howard W. Sanborn 1910 (2-year) Left guard Benjamin F. Proud 1911 Center Bernard A. Lougee 1909 Center Ralph C. Morgan 1912 Right guard Charles S. Richardson 1909 Right tackle Harold C. Read 1910 Right end Frank P. Kennedy 1911 Quarterback Clarence M. Lowd 1912 Left halfback Edson D. SanbornSanborn later coached the non-varsity 1918 New Hampshire football team during World War I. 1909 Fullback Albert Peaslee 1909 Right halfback Each of the above players was awarded a varsity letter. Manager: Lee L. Smalley, 1909 Asst. Manager: Brenton W. Proud, 1910 Carroll B. Wilkins and team manager Smalley were also listed as earning varsity letters. Source:https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=granite_yearbook The Granite 1910 II Wearers of the NH 127 November 28, 2024 unh.eduhttps://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=granite_yearbook The Granite 1910 II The Team 130 November 28, 2024 unh.edu Notes References Further reading https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec19071909newh/page/76/mode/1up The New Hampshire College Monthly Statistics of the Entire Football Squad 16 3 December 1908 76 November 25, 2024 Internet Archive New Hampshire Category:New Hampshire Wildcats football seasons New Hampshire football