1897_New_Hampshire_football_team

1897 New Hampshire football team

1897 New Hampshire football team

American college football season

The 1897 New Hampshire football team[lower-alpha 1] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[lower-alpha 2] during the 1897 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team played a seven-game schedule and finished with a record of 2–5.

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Schedule

Scoring during this era awarded four points for a touchdown, two points for a conversion kick (extra point), and five 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.

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The team's original schedule included games against Holy Cross, Maine, and Boston College.[18] New Hampshire would not play these teams until 1909,[19] 1903,[20] and 1899,[21] respectively.

The October 2 game in Amherst was the first meeting in the New Hampshire–Massachusetts football rivalry.[22]

The final game of the season was awarded to Dover by a score of 6–0, as the New Hampshire team left the field due to rough play.[15] The score on the field had been 6–0 in favor of New Hampshire at the time the game was abandoned.[15]

Roster

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Notes

  1. The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  2. The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  3. Game date per contemporary news report in The Boston Globe; other sources place this game on October 28.
  4. Game date per contemporary news report in The Boston Globe; other sources place this game on November 11.

References

  1. [1]
    "(photo)". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 3. December 1897. p. 50. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. [2]
    "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
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    "P. E. A., 26; N. H. C., 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 2. November 1897. pp. 43–44. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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    "Phillips Exeter 26, New Hampshire College 0". Fall River Daily Evening News. Fall River, Massachusetts. September 30, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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    "M. A. C., 10; N. H. C., 4". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 2. November 1897. pp. 44–45. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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    "Football Season Opened". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. October 4, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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    "N. H. C., 22; N. H. C. S., 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 2. November 1897. p. 45. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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    "College Football Yesterday". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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    "N. H. C., 34; D. H. S., 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 2. November 1897. pp. 45–46. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. [10]
    "Bowdoin, 64; N. H. C., 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 3. December 1897. pp. 68–69. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. [11]
    "Yesterday's College Football". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. [12]
    "Tufts, 12; N. H. C., 4". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 3. December 1897. pp. 69–70. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. [13]
    "Tufts 12, N H College 4". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  14. [14]
    "N. H. C., 6; Dover, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 3. December 1897. pp. 70–71. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  15. [15]
    "Game at Dover Ends in a Row". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  16. [16]
    "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  17. [17]
    "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  18. [18]
    "Foot-ball". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5, no. 1. October 1897. p. 25. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  19. [19]
    "New Hampshire vs Holy Cross (MA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  20. [20]
    "New Hampshire vs Maine". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  21. [21]
    "New Hampshire vs Boston College (MA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  22. [22]
    "New Hampshire vs Massachusetts". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.

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