1917 New Hampshire football team

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The 1917 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1917 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. In its third season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled a 3–2–2 record, while outscoring their opponents by a total of 129 to 53.

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–2
Headcoach
CaptainCharles B. Broderick[1]
Quick facts New Hampshire football, Conference ...
1917 New Hampshire football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles B. Broderick[1]
Home stadiumCollege Oval[a]
Seasons
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1918 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh â€“ 10–0–0
Williams â€“ 7–0–1
Yale â€“ 3–0–0
Princeton â€“ 2–0–0
Syracuse â€“ 8–1–1
Army â€“ 7–1–0
Rutgers â€“ 7–1–1
Penn â€“ 9–2–0
Brown â€“ 8–2–0
Fordham â€“ 7–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–2–0
Boston College â€“ 6–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 6–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 7–3–0
Colgate â€“ 4–2–0
Harvard â€“ 3–1–3
New Hampshire â€“ 3–2–2
Dartmouth â€“ 5–3–0
Geneva â€“ 5–3–1
Penn State â€“ 5–4–0
Buffalo â€“ 4–4–0
NYU â€“ 2–2–3
Tufts â€“ 3–3–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 2–3–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–5–1
Lafayette â€“ 3–5–0
Holy Cross â€“ 3–4–0
Rhode Island State â€“ 2–4–2
Carlisle â€“ 3–6–0
Columbia â€“ 2–4–0
Delaware â€“ 2–5–0
Cornell â€“ 3–6–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–6–0
Villanova â€“ 0–3–2
Temple â€“ 0–6–1
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Team captain Charlie Broderick

The team initially selected Joseph W. Morrill of Grafton, New Hampshire, as team captain.[5] Due to his enlistment in the United States Navy before the start of the season, Charles B. Broderick, who had played high school football in nearby Exeter, New Hampshire, was selected as the new team captain.[6]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13 Fort McKinley
W 23–0 [7]
October 20 at Rhode Island State Kingston, RI T 0–0 [8]
October 27 at Dartmouth
L 6–21 [9]
November 3 at Tufts
L 3–19 [10]
November 10 Maine
W 27–02,000+ [11]
November 14 USS Des Moines
  • College Oval
  • Durham, NH
T 13–13 ‡
November 17 Worcester Tech
  • College Oval
  • Durham, NH
W 57–01,200 [12]
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‡ The game against USS Des Moines is listed as a 13–13 tie by College Football Data Warehouse and the Wildcats' media guide.[13][14] Two contemporary sources, The New Hampshire college newspaper and The Granite college yearbook, recorded it as a 13–6 win for New Hampshire.[1][15][16]

Team captain Charlie Broderick became a high school football coach in Massachusetts, winning 252 games in a 42-year career.[17] He was inducted to the UNH Athletics Hall of Fame in 1983.[18]

Notes

  1. [a]
    College Oval (also known as College Field) was New Hampshire's home field through the 1920 season;[2] Memorial Field, dedicated in 1921, was built in the same location.[3]
  2. [b]
    The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[4] 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.

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