1938 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record3–6 (1–1 New England)
Head coach
CaptainPaul Horne[1]
Home stadiumLewis Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rhode Island State $ 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Maine 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Northeastern 0 – 0 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Connecticut State 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 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 1938 college football season. In its second year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 3–6 record, being outscored by their opponents 112–42. Each of the team's six losses was by shutout, including all four home games. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Lowell Textile*[a]
L 0–20 [2]
October 1 at Bates*
W 22–6 [3]
October 8 Maine
L 0–21600 [4][5]
October 15 at Colby*
L 0–6 [6]
October 22 at Vermont*
L 0–202,500 [7][8]
October 29 Saint Anselm*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
L 0–26 [9]
November 5 at Tufts*
W 10–6 [10][11]
November 12 Springfield}*dagger
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
L 0–76,000 [12]
November 19 at Connecticut State
W 10–0 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Source: [14][1]

Lowell Textile's win over New Hampshire snapped a 22-game losing streak the Millmen were on, dating back to October 1935.[2] In 16 contests between New Hampshire and Lowell Textile, played during 1912–1941, the 1938 game was the only Wildcat loss.[15]

Team captain Paul Horne set two Wildcat records in the Saint Anselm game, which still stand; most punts in a game (17) and most punting yardage in a game (527).[16]

Notes

  1. ^ Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.

References

  1. ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1940. pp. 226–231. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Freeman, Bernard (September 26, 1938). "New England Sports". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. p. 12. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wildcats Prep For Maine This Week". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 3, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.H. Prepares for Improving Colby Eleven". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 10, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.H. Prepares for Improving Colby Eleven (cont'd)". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 10, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wildcats Drop Third—Prepare for Vermont". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 17, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Vermont-New Hampshire Line-ups". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. October 22, 1938. p. 15. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Tupper Jr., Fred (October 24, 1938). "Vermont Smothers New Hampshire 20-0". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. p. 12. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "St. Anselm's Beats New Hampshire, 26-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 30, 1938. p. 42. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Lineup at Medford". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Wildcats Cop Second From Jumbos, 10-6". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 7, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wildcats Press Gymnasts Before Losing, 7-0". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 14, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "New Hampshire Wildcats Blank State College Team, Driving To 10-0 Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 20, 1938. p. 2C. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire vs Massachusetts-Lowell". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ "UNH Wildcats Football Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2015. p. 63. Retrieved January 30, 2020 – via pdfslide.net.
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