1939 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
American college football season
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The 1939 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 1939 college football season. In its third year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 3â5 record, being outscored by their opponents 126â71.
- George Sauer (3rd season)
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| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 3â5 (1â1 New England) |
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| Captain | Burton Mitchell[1] |
| Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Hampshire was ranked at No. 260 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]
The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 30 | Colby* | L 6â20 | [3] | ||||
| October 7 | Northeastern |
| W 15â6 | [4] | |||
| October 14 | at Maine | L 0â6 | [5] | ||||
| October 20 | at Springfield* |
| L 2â3 | [6][7] | |||
| October 28 | Vermont* |
| W 22â7 | 6,000 | [8][9] | ||
| November 4 | at Rutgers* | L 13â32 | [10] | ||||
| November 11 | Tufts* |
| W 13â6 | 6,000 | [11][12] | ||
| November 18 | at Harvard* | L 0â46 | 15,000 | [13][14] | |||
The Harvard team was captained by "Torby" Macdonald,[1] roommate of John F. Kennedy, who would go on serve in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1976. The 1939 game remains the last time that the Harvard and New Hampshire football programs have met.[16]
New Hampshire captain Burton Mitchell was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1998.[17]