1928 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
American college football season
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The 1928 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1928 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[a] the team compiled a 3â2â3 record, and were outscored by their opponents, 34â30. The team was shut out five times, although three of those games ended as scoreless ties. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[b]
- Butch Cowell (13th season)
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| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 3â2â3 (1â1â1 New England) |
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| Captain | Lyle Farrell[1] |
| Home stadium | Memorial Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine + | 2 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 1 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 1 | â | 0 | â | 2 | 4 | â | 1 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 2 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 0 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 29 | Colby* |
| W 12â7 | |||||
| October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | at Boston University* |
| T 0â0 | [4] | |||
| October 13 | at Rhode Island State | W 12â0 | 5,000 | [5] | ||||
| October 20 | Maine |
| L 0â7 | 7,000 | [6] | |||
| October 27 | at Springfield* |
| W 6â0 | |||||
| November 3 | at Tufts* |
| T 0â0 | [7] | ||||
| November 10 | Connecticut |
| T 0â0 | [8][9] | ||||
| November 17 | at Brown* | L 0â20 | [10] | |||||
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The 1928 game was the last meeting between New Hampshire and Rhode Island until 1942.[12]
The Maine game was attended by Governor of New Hampshire Huntley N. Spaulding.[6]
Wildcat captain Lyle Harlan Farrell[13] later served as headmaster at Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, where the fieldhouse carries his name.[14]
Notes
- This was Cowell's 14th year and 13th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
- Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[2]
- This was BU's inaugural game at their first Nickerson Field,[3] a different venue than the like-named Nickerson Field in Boston, used by BU in later years.