1917 New Hampshire football team

American college football season

1917 New Hampshire football

Conference	Independent
Record	3–2–2
Head coach	Butch Cowell (3rd season)
Captain	Charles B. Broderick
Home stadium	College Oval
Seasons← 1916 1918 →

1917 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Pittsburgh		–		10	–	0	–	0
Williams		–		7	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		3	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	1	–	1
Army		–		7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers		–		7	–	1	–	1
Penn		–		9	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	2	–	0
Fordham		–		7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore		–		6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		7	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	2	–	0
Harvard		–		3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire		–		3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth		–		5	–	3	–	0
Geneva		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	2	–	3
Tufts		–		3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette		–		3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle		–		3	–	6	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	4	–	0
Delaware		–		2	–	5	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		2	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		0	–	3	–	2
Temple		–		0	–	6	–	1

The 1917 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts during the 1917 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. In its third season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled a 3–2–2 record, while outscoring their opponents by a total of 129 to 53.

The team initially selected Joseph W. Morrill of Grafton, New Hampshire, as team captain. Due to his enlistment in the United States Navy before the start of the season, Charles B. Broderick, who had played high school football in nearby Exeter, New Hampshire, was selected as the new team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 13	Fort McKinley	College Oval Durham, NH	W 23–0
October 20	at Rhode Island State	Kingston, RI	T 0–0
October 27	at Dartmouth	Alumni Oval Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 6–21
November 3	at Tufts	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	L 3–19
November 10	Maine	Central Park Dover, NH (rivalry)	W 27–0	2,000+
November 14	USS Des Moines	College Oval Durham, NH	T 13–13		‡
November 17	Worcester Tech	College Oval Durham, NH	W 57–0	1,200
Source:

‡ The game against USS Des Moines is listed as a 13–13 tie by College Football Data Warehouse and the Wildcats' media guide. Two contemporary sources, The New Hampshire college newspaper and The Granite college yearbook, recorded it as a 13–6 win for New Hampshire.

Team captain Charlie Broderick became a high school football coach in Massachusetts, winning 252 games in a 42-year career. He was inducted to the UNH Athletics Hall of Fame in 1983.

Notes

College Oval (also known as College Field) was New Hampshire's home field through the 1920 season; Memorial Field, dedicated in 1921, was built in the same location.
The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926; before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.

References

^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 1919. pp. 125–131. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"New Hampshire State College vs. University of Vermont". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 15, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
"Alumni Plan Memorial Field to Honor Men Who Died in War". The New Hampshire. Vol. 9, no. 28. May 12, 1920. p. 3. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
"New Hampshire College Football Honors". The Boston Globe. December 16, 1916. p. 14. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
"Captain Broderick". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 2. October 20, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"New Hampshire Defeats Soldiers". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 2. October 20, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"Hold Rivals to Scoreless Game". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 3. October 27, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"Team Scores on Dartmouth". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 4. November 3, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"Tufts Defeats New Hampshire". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 5. November 10, 1917. p. 4. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"New Hampshire Scores Victory". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 6. November 17, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
"New Hampshire Defeats W. P. I." The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 7. November 24, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
"2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
"Calendar of Events". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 5. November 10, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu. Football game, second team and U. S. S. Des Moines at Durham.
"Second Team Wins from Navy Yard". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 6. November 17, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu. New Hampshire second team defeated a picked team from the Portsmouth Navy Yard, here, last Wednesday, 13-6.
Richard, Mike (October 18, 2014). "Hometeam football flashback: Remembering a Leominster coaching legend". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Massachusetts. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
"Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved December 11, 2024.

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