1918 New Hampshire football team

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The 1918 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team slated to represent New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1918 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. However, due to World War I, the varsity season was cancelled. The school did field a team composed of Student Army Training Corps (SATC) personnel, which played a five-game schedule.

ConferenceIndependent
Recordvarsity: season cancelled
SATC: 2–2–1
Headcoach
  • Edson D. Sanborn (SATC)[1]
CaptainWhite (SATC)[1]
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1918 New Hampshire football
SATC team, from The New Hampshire student newspaper in November 1918
ConferenceIndependent
Recordvarsity: season cancelled
SATC: 2–2–1
Head coach
  • Edson D. Sanborn (SATC)[1]
CaptainWhite (SATC)[1]
Home stadiumCollege Oval[a]
Seasons
← 1917
1919 â†’
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1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell â€“ 6–0–0
Princeton â€“ 3–0–0
Holy Cross â€“ 2–0–0
Army â€“ 1–0–0
Buffalo â€“ 6–1–0
Columbia â€“ 5–1–0
Syracuse â€“ 5–1–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 4–1–0
Boston College â€“ 5–2–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–1–0
Geneva â€“ 4–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 4–2–0
Harvard â€“ 2–1–0
Fordham â€“ 4–2–1
Villanova â€“ 3–2–0
Penn â€“ 5–3–0
Dartmouth â€“ 3–3–0
Lehigh â€“ 4–4–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 2–2–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–2–1
Lafayette â€“ 3–4–0
Brown â€“ 2–3–0
Tufts â€“ 2–3–0
Penn State â€“ 1–2–1
Vermont â€“ 0–1–1
Drexel â€“ 0–1–0
NYU â€“ 0–4–0
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Varsity

New Hampshire's varsity team had an eight-game schedule planned, which was released in March 1918.[5] None of the games were played, and by mid-October the season was abandoned, as head coach William "Butch" Cowell was commissioned in the United States Army.[6][d] The team would have been captained by E. Dewey Graham;[8] he later captained the 1919 varsity team.

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Varsity schedule (cancelled)
DateOpponentSite
October 5Fort McKinleyDurham, NH
October 12BatesDurham, NH
October 19Rhode Island StateDurham, NH
October 26Boston UniversityDurham, NH
November 2at DartmouthHanover, NH
November 9MassachusettsDurham, NH
November 16at Worcester TechWorcester, MA
November 23[e]
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SATC

By early November, the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) had selected a 35-man roster and was holding practices.[9] The team was coached by Edson D. "Chuck" Sanborn,[9] who had been captain of the 1908 New Hampshire football team.[10] Five games with other teams were organized, most being played after the Armistice with Germany.

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 9 Bates SATC
W 6–0 [11][12][13]
November 16 Fort McKinley
W 15–0400 [14]
November 23 vs. Maine SATC
L 0–20 [15][16]
November 28 vs. Worcester Tech
T 0–0700 [17][18]
November 30 vs. MIT
L 3–6300 [19][20]
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These games do not appear in New Hampshire's media guide,[21] as this was not a varsity team.

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.
  4. [d]
    Cowell was discharged from the Army in December 1918.[7]
  5. [e]
    The final game of the varsity schedule was listed as "pending".

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