1907 New Hampshire football team

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The 1907 New Hampshire football team[a] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[b] during the 1907 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under second-year head coach Edward Herr,[c] the team finished with a record of 1–5–2.

ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–2
Headcoach
CaptainCharles F. Cone[1]
Quick facts New Hampshire football, Conference ...
1907 New Hampshire football
Team captain Cone is seated in the center of the photo, holding football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles F. Cone[1]
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1906
1908 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1907 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 9–0–1
Dartmouth â€“ 8–0–1
Penn â€“ 11–1–0
Carlisle â€“ 10–1–0
Temple â€“ 4–0–2
Fordham â€“ 6–1–1
Cornell â€“ 8–2–0
Western U. of Penn. â€“ 8–2–0
Princeton â€“ 7–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 7–2–0
Lafayette â€“ 7–2–1
Lehigh â€“ 7–2–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–2–0
Army â€“ 6–2–1
NYU â€“ 5–2–0
Vermont â€“ 4–1–2
Harvard â€“ 7–3–0
Brown â€“ 7–3–0
Penn State â€“ 6–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–1
Drexel â€“ 3–2–2
Colgate â€“ 4–4–1
Geneva â€“ 4–5–2
Dickinson â€“ 3–4–2
Amherst â€“ 3–4–1
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 4–6–0
Rutgers â€“ 3–5–1
Springfield Training School â€“ 2–4–2
Bucknell â€“ 4–7–0
New Hampshire â€“ 1–5–2
Villanova â€“ 1–5–1
Holy Cross â€“ 1–7–2
Wesleyan â€“ 1–7–1
Carnegie Tech â€“ 1–8–0
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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.

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21[d] at Norwich Northfield, VT L 0–10 [3][4]
September 28[e] at Brown
L 0–16 [5]
October 5 at Colby Waterville, ME T 0–0 [6]
October 9 at Dartmouth
L 0–10 [7][8]
October 19 at Bowdoin Brunswick, ME W 5–0 [9]
October 26 Bates Durham, NH L 0–22 [10]
November 2 Rhode Island State Durham, NH T 6–6 [11]
November 9 Vermont Durham, NH L 0–34 [12]
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The September 21 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Norwich football programs.[15]

New Hampshire's second team (reserves) defeated Berwick Academy in Berwick, Maine, 5–4.[16]

Roster

A team roster published early in the season had 32 names;[17] after the season, 13 players plus the student team manager were awarded varsity letters:[18]

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NamePositionClassAgeWt. & Ht.
Arthur M. BatchelderQuarterback190822155 / 5'10"
Carl ChaseCenter190922158 / 5'9"
Francis CloughTeam manager1908 
Charles F. ConeHalfback190822170 / 6'1"
Roland B. HammondTackle190920185 / 5'9"
Merritt C. HuseGuard190822178 / 6'1"
James M. LeonardEnd191019150 / 5'8+1⁄2"
Frederick R. McGrail[f]Guard191019182 / 5'8"
John J. O'ConnorTackle190821168 / 6'1"
Benjamin F. ProudHalfback191121167 / 5'10"
Edson D. SanbornHalfback190920162 / 5'4"
Moses H. SanbornEnd190824158 / 5'10"
George L. WaiteFullback190821160 / 5'11"
Carroll B. WilkinsHalfback190923153 / 5'10"
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In December 1908, Carl Chase and another student drowned while canoeing in the nearby Great Bay.[19][20] Edson D. Sanborn later coached the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) personnel of the 1918 New Hampshire football team that competed in place of the varsity.[21]

Notes

  1. [a]
    The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  2. [b]
    The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  3. [c]
    New Hampshire's media guide lists 1905 as Herr's first season as head coach, but this is not corroborated; see discussion at 1905 New Hampshire football team.
  4. [d]
    Other sources have the Norwich game on September 20; accounts from 1907 are clear it was September 21.
  5. [e]
    Other sources have the Brown game on September 27; accounts from 1907 are clear it was September 28.
  6. [f]
    First name listed as "Frederic" in The Granite yearbook.

Further reading

  • "The Football Outlook". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15, no. 1. October 15, 1907. p. 4. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  • "Review of the Football Season". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15, no. 3. December 15, 1907. pp. 55–56. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.

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