1896 New Hampshire football
Team captain Hayes at bottom right, holding football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4[a]
Head coach
  • None
CaptainFred F. Hayes[1][2]
Home stadiumBurgett Park, Dover, NH
College grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
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1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   11 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   14 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   11 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   10 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Storrs   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   6 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   4 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 2
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 6 – 1
Western Univ. Penn.   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 1
Swarthmore   –   2 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   1 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   0 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1896 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1896 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team played a five-game schedule and finished with a record of 2–3 or 1–4, per 1896 sources or modern sources, respectively.

Schedule

Scoring during this era awarded 4 points for a touchdown, 2 points for a conversion kick (extra point), and 5 points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.

Date Opponent Site per 1896 sources per modern sources
Result Source Result Source
September 26 at Brewster Academy Wolfeboro, NH W 12–0 [4] not listed
October 9 Bates Burgett Park · Dover, NH L 6–10 [5][6] L 6–10 [7][8]
October 14 at Colby Waterville, ME L 0–28 [9][10] L 0–28 [7][8]
October 17 at Andover Academy Andover, MA L 0–16 [1][11] L 0–16 [7][8]
October 23 Brewster Academy Durham, NH W 32–0 [2][12] W 32–0 [7][8]
October 30 Somersworth High School Burgett Park · Dover, NH NH second team [13] L 0–10 [7][8]
Overall record (2–3) (1–4)

College Football Data Warehouse and the University's media guide do not list the game against Brewster Academy, but do list the game against Somersworth.[7][8] The New Hampshire College Monthly provides a summary of the Brewster Academy game,[4] and refers to the Bates contest as the "second game this season".[5] The College Monthly notes that the Somersworth game was contested by New Hampshire's second team (backups) rather than the varsity.[13]

The October 14 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Colby football programs.[14]

Maine State College (now the University of Maine) released a football schedule in September that listed a game against New Hampshire to be played on November 7.[15] However, that game was not played, and the first Maine–New Hampshire game would not occur until 1903.[16]

Roster

Name Position Team photo location
Richard C. Butterfield left tackle seated, far left
Arthur W. Colburn left end seated, right-center (next to Demerritt)
G. S. Demerritt student manager seated, center (in suit)
Arthur Given center standing, center
A. G. Gordon substitute seated, right-end behind Hayes
Hayden right end standing, leftmost
Fred F. Hayes (captain) right halfback on floor, right (with football)
J. Norton Hunt left end on floor, left
Rane fullback seated, second from left
Fred D. Sanborn right tackle seated, extreme right
Everett S. Whittemore left guard standing, second from right
C. F. Willard right guard standing, second from left
Wilson quarterback on floor, center
Wright left halfback standing, rightmost

Source:[17]

Notes

  1. ^ per the University's media guide; 1896 sources differ
  2. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[3] 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "N. H. C. v. P. A. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 2. November 1896. p. 31. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b "N. H. C. v. B. F. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 2. November 1896. pp. 29–30. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "N. H. C. v. B. F. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 1. October 1896. p. 11. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ a b "N. H. C. v. Bates University". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 2. November 1896. pp. 31–32. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ "Bates 10, N. H. College 6". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "N. H. C. v. Colby University". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 2. November 1896. p. 29. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "Colby 28, N. H. College 0". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "College Games". The Boston Post. October 18, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Other Gridiron Games". The Boston Post. October 25, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b "Foot-ball". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 3. December 1896. p. 52. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ "New Hampshire vs Colby (ME)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ "Maine State College Schedule". The Boston Globe. September 22, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "New Hampshire vs Maine". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ "(photo)". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 3. December 1896. p. 36. Retrieved February 25, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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