1937 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
American college football season
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The 1937 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 1937 college football season. In its first year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 7â1 record, outscoring their opponents 144â31. Five of the team's wins were by shutout. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
- George Sauer (1st season)
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| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 7â1 (1â0 New England) |
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| Captain | Edward Little[1] |
| Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire + | 1 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut State + | 1 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 0 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sauer was named head coach of the Wildcats on July 19, 1937, succeeding William "Butch" Cowell who had coached the team from 1915 through 1936.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Lowell Textile*[a] | W 20â0 | [3] | ||||
| October 2 | Bates* |
| W 21â12 | [4] | |||
| October 9 | at Maine | W 13â0 | [5] | ||||
| October 16 | Colby* |
| W 33â0 | ||||
| October 23 | Vermont* |
| W 34â0 | [6] | |||
| October 30 | at Saint Anselm* | Manchester, NH | L 6â13 | 8,000 | [7][8] | ||
| November 6 | Tufts* |
| W 3â0 | [9] | |||
| November 13 | at Springfield* |
| W 14â6 | [10] | |||
The game in Manchester against St. Anselm was attended by Governor of New Hampshire Francis P. Murphy.[7]
Wildcat Fritz Rosinski set a team record of 11 interceptions in a season, which still stands.[12]
Notes
- Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.