1976 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1976 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. In its fifth year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–1 against conference opponents), won the Yankee Conference championship, and lost to eventual national champion Montana State in the quarterfinal of the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs.[1]
| 1976 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 16–17 at Montana State | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1976 record | 8–3 (4–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Cowell Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–8 New Hampshire $^ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 11 | at Holy Cross* | W 17–3 | 12,551 | [2] | ||||
| September 18 | Boston University | W 13–0 | ||||||
| September 25 | at Dartmouth* | No. 4 | L 14–24 | 13,650 | [3] | |||
| October 2 | Connecticut |
| W 24–21 | |||||
| October 9 | Maine |
| L 0–10 | |||||
| October 16 | at Central Connecticut* | New Britain, CT | W 34–21 | |||||
| October 23 | at Northeastern* | Brookline, MA | W 35–21 | |||||
| October 30 | at West Chester | West Chester, PA | W 27–10 | |||||
| November 6 | Rhode Island |
| W 31–6 | |||||
| November 13 | at UMass | W 23–0 | 10,900 | |||||
| November 27 | at No. 1 Montana State* | No. T–8 | L 16–17 | 6,900 | [4] | |||
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Roster
| 1976 New Hampshire Wildcats football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||
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Defense
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Special teams
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References
- "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- Shaughnessy, Dan (September 12, 1976). "UNH, Burnham Feast on Holy Cross Wishbone, 17-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
- Powers, John (September 26, 1976). "Dartmouth Closets UNH, 24-13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 99 – via Newspapers.com.
- Warren Rogers (November 28, 1976). "Bobcats nip UNH, 17-16". The Billings Gazette. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
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