1931 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
American college football season
The 1931 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 1931 college football season . In its 16th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell ,[ a] the team compiled a 7–2 record,[ b] and outscored their opponents, 171–84. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire , at Memorial Field.[ c]
Schedule
The 1931 game remains the last time that the Brown and New Hampshire football programs have met.[ 19]
New Hampshire captain Richard Eustis was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.[ 20] Eustis, who died in 1969 at the age of 62, served as athletic director at nearby Exeter High School ,[ 21] where the school named its football field after him in 1970.[ 22]
Notes
^ This was Cowell's 17th year and 16th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
^ New Hampshire's varsity record in 1931 was 7–2.[ 2] [ 1] College Football Data Warehouse also lists a tied game, against Saint Anselm ;[ 3] however, contemporary news reports are clear that it was New Hampshire's freshman team that played Saint Anselm.[ 4]
^ Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[ 5]
^ Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell .
References
^ a b c The Granite . Durham, New Hampshire : University of New Hampshire . 1933. pp. 191–193. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
^ "Wildcat Football Media Guide" . University of New Hampshire. 2019. pp. 54–55. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via issuu.com.
^ a b "New Hampshire Game by Game Results" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "Murphy's 80-yard Run Gives St Anselm's Tie" . The Boston Globe . October 31, 1931. p. 11. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Memorial Field Then" . unh.edu . Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
^ "New Hampshire Wins Over Lowell Textile, 12-6" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . September 27, 1931. p. 34. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Hart in Pioneers' Lineup at Durham" . The Boston Globe . October 3, 1931. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard Leads New Hampshire, 32-0" . The Boston Globe . October 10, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard-New Hampshire" . The Boston Globe . October 10, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard Trounces New Hampshire By 39 To 0 Margin" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . AP . October 11, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire Bears Maine Gridmen, 13 to 7" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . AP . October 18, 1931. p. 42. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Wildcats Defeat U. of M., 13 to 7" . The New Hampshire . Vol. 22, no. 4. October 22, 1931. p. 2. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
^ "New Hampshire Drubs Vermont Eleven, 43-0" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . October 25, 1931. p. 42. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Tufts-N. H." The Boston Globe . October 31, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire Tames Tufts Jumbos, 9 to 0" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . AP . November 1, 1931. p. 38. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire Wildcats Claw Crippled Connecticut Aggies For 49-0 Victory" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . November 8, 1931. p. 35. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Wildcats Claw Way To Victory Over Springfield" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . AP . November 15, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Brown Win Thrilling Game From New Hampshire" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . AP . November 22, 1931. p. 35. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire vs Brown (RI)" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "Hall of Fame" . unhwildcats.com . Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
^ "Exeter High Director Of Athletics Dies at 62" . The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire . December 17, 1969. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ Favinger, Larry (October 19, 1970). "Sport City – Suitable Memorials" . The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire . p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
Venues
College Oval ( –1920)
Memorial Field (1921–1935)
Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries People Seasons