1974 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →
1974 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UMass + 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Maine + 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Boston University 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Connecticut 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Vermont 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1974 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bill Bowes and finished the season 5–4 overall and 3–3 in the Yankee Conference, placing in a four-way tie for third.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Boston University
W 28–07,257[1][2]
September 28at No. 4 Delaware*
L 10–3419,388[3]
October 5Connecticut
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 24–4111,240
October 12Maine
L 9–2312,387–12,390[4]
October 19at Vermont
W 38–219,123[5]
October 26at Northeastern*
W 34–145,237
November 2Rhode Island
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 29–149,912
November 9Springfield*
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 27–187,227
November 16at UMass
L 17–2711,300
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "New Hampshire 28, Boston Univ. 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 22, 1974. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "New Hampshire rules". The Bridgeport Post. September 22, 1974. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Powers, John (September 29, 1974). "Delaware Bombs New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Final 1974 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Freshman QB Allen's bomb sparks UNH past Vermont". The Boston Globe. October 20, 1974. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Final 1974 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Game by Game Results : 1970-1974". Cfbdatawarehose.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
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