1895 New Hampshire football team

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The 1895 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1895 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team played a six-game schedule without facing any other college teams, and finished with a record of 1–4–1 or 2–3–1, per 1895 sources or modern sources, respectively.

ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3–1[a]
Headcoach
  • None
CaptainEverett S. Whittemore & Fred F. Hayes
Quick facts New Hampshire football, Conference ...
1895 New Hampshire football
Everett Whittemore is seated holding football,
Fred Hayes is standing at back-right
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3–1[a]
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEverett S. Whittemore & Fred F. Hayes
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1894
1896 â†’
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1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn â€“ 14–0–0
Yale â€“ 13–0–2
Princeton â€“ 10–1–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–1–1
Harvard â€“ 8–2–1
Lafayette â€“ 6–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–2–2
Army â€“ 5–2–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–2–0
Colgate â€“ 4–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 7–4–1
Tufts â€“ 8–5–0
Villanova â€“ 4–2–0
Wesleyan â€“ 6–3–0
Amherst â€“ 6–5–0
Brown â€“ 7–6–1
Carlisle â€“ 4–4–0
Drexel â€“ 3–3–1
Rhode Island â€“ 1–1–0
Penn State â€“ 2–2–3
Cornell â€“ 3–4–1
Rutgers â€“ 3–4–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–5–1
Boston College â€“ 2–4–2
Lehigh â€“ 3–6–0
CCNY â€“ 2–5–1
Buffalo â€“ 1–4–2
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 1–4–0
Massachusetts â€“ 1–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 1–6–0
Geneva â€“ 0–5–0
NYU â€“ 0–5–0
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At the close of the 1894 season, the team had selected William C. Dudley to again captain the 1895 squad.[2] However, with Dudley and seven other members of the team having left college,[3] Everett S. Whittemore became captain of the 1895 squad, until he resigned the position mid-season and was replaced by Fred F. Hayes.[4]

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.

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Date Opponent Site per 1895 sources per modern sources
Result Source Result Source
September 21 at Exeter Academy Exeter, NH L 0–29 [5] L 0–29 [6][7]
September 28 Dover YMCA Durham, NH T 6–6 [8] T 6–6 [6][7]
October 12 Portsmouth Athletic Assoc. unknown L 0–22 [9] not listed
October 19 at Dover YMCA Burgett Park Â· Dover, NH L 10–14 [10] L 10–14 [6][7]
November 2 Somersworth High School Durham, NH W 10–6 [11][12] W 10–6 [6][7]
November 2 at Berwick Academy South Berwick, ME NH second team [13] W 14–6 [6][7]
November 16 at Brewster Academy Wolfeboro, NH L 10–14 [14][15] L 10–14 [6][7]
Overall record (1–4–1) (2–3–1)
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A report in The New Hampshire College Monthly by the team's student manager stated that the team played six games,[16] Recaps of seven games were provided in the College Monthly; six varsity contests plus a game played by the second team (backups). On November 2, the varsity defeated Somersworth High School while the second team defeated Berwick Academy. College Football Data Warehouse and the Wildcats' media guide list both of those contests, while omitting the October 12 loss against the Portsmouth Athletic Association.[6][7] While the student manager's report noted that the "Portsmouth game was postponed three times",[16] the College Monthly is clear that the game did get played;[9] thus it is included in the overall record per 1895 sources, in lieu of the second team's win over Berwick Academy.

Roster

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NamePositionTeam photo location
John W. Ashcenterseated, front row, center-left in black sweater
David B. Bartlettquarterbackseated, front row, second from right
J. S. Blackleft guardseated, middle row, center-left in black shirt
Walter F. Buckright halfbackstanding, left
Richard C. Butterfieldright guardseated, middle row, center-right in white shirt
Henry M. Chamberlainfullbackstanding, center
Elwin H. Forristallright endseated, front row, far left
Fred F. Hayesleft halfbackstanding, right
J. A. Langliersubstituteseated, back row, far right
Herbert F. Mooresubstituteseated, back row, second from left
Gerry A. Morgansubstituteseated, back row, far left
J. N. G. Nesbitleft endseated, front row, far right
Fred D. Sanbornright tackleseated, front row, second from left
D. R. Taftstudent managerseated, back row, wearing hat
Everett S. Whittemorecenterseated, front row, with football
Walter M. Wiggin[d]left tackleseated, middle row, at right with NHC sweater
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Source:[18]

Notes

  1. [a]
    per the University's media guide; 1895 sources differ
  2. [b]
    The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[1] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  3. [c]
    The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  4. [d]
    Wiggin drowned in January 1896 "while skating upon the College reservoir."[17]

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