1920 New Hampshire football team

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The 1920 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1920 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. In its fifth season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[d] the team compiled a 5–2–1 record, while outscoring their opponents by a total of 124 to 53.

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Headcoach
CaptainHarold I. Leavitt[1]
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1920 New Hampshire football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainHarold I. Leavitt[1]
Home stadiumCollege Oval[a]
Seasons
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1921 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College â€“ 8–0–0
Harvard â€“ 8–0–1
Princeton â€“ 6–0–1
Penn State â€“ 7–0–2
Pittsburgh â€“ 6–0–2
Army â€“ 7–2–0
Dartmouth â€“ 7–2–0
Cornell â€“ 6–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–2–1
Geneva â€“ 5–2–1
New Hampshire â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 6–3–0
Bucknell â€“ 6–3–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–3–1
Penn â€“ 6–4–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 5–3–0
Lafayette â€“ 5–3–0
Holy Cross â€“ 5–3–0
Williams â€“ 5–3–0
Yale â€“ 5–3–0
Fordham â€“ 4–3–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–2–2
Boston University â€“ 4–3–1
Columbia â€“ 4–4–0
Duquesne â€“ 3–3–1
Vermont â€“ 3–5–0
NYU â€“ 2–5–1
Rhode Island State â€“ 0–4–4
Tufts â€“ 2–6–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–7–0
Buffalo â€“ 1–4–0
Colgate â€“ 1–5–2
Villanova â€“ 1–5–1
Drexel â€“ 0–6–0
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Team captain Harold I. Leavitt c. 1919, in the annual college yearbook

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Bates
W 14–0 [5]
October 9 at Boston University W 7–02,000 [6][7]
October 16 Vermont
  • College Oval
  • Durham, NH
L 0–7 [8]
October 23 at Connecticut
W 40–0 [9]
October 30 at Massachusetts W 9–0 [10]
November 6 Colbydagger
  • College Oval
  • Durham, NH
T 7–7 [11]
November 13 at Maine
W 47–7 [12]
November 20 at Holy Cross L 0–325,000 [13]
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The 1920 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Boston University football programs.[15]

Team captain Harold I. Leavitt would go on to become superintendent of properties at the University of New Hampshire from 1947 until his retirement in 1966.[16] He was an inaugural member of the UNH Wildcats Hall of Fame in 1982.[17]

Notes

  1. 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. 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. The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  4. This was Cowell's 6th year and 5th season as head coach, as the school did not field a varsity team in 1918 due to World War I.

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