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1986 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons← 19851987 →
1986 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Delaware +^ 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
No. 19 Connecticut + 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
UMass + 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
New Hampshire 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Maine 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Richmond 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Boston University 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Rhode Island 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 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 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 15th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 7–4 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of eight teams in the Yankee Conference.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at No. T–9 RichmondL 12–3815,117
September 13at No. 6 DelawareW 28–21 17,294
September 20Boston UniversityW 26–9
September 27at Dartmouth*W 66–129,927
October 4No. 18 Connecticut
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 42–19
October 11at Lafayette*No. 14W 20–1612,500
October 25at Northeastern*No. 13W 24–215,600
November 1Rhode IslandNo. 11
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 28–2410,350
November 8MaineNo. 11L 13–14
November 15at UMassNo. 20L 31–388,117
November 22Colgate*
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 23–273,075

References

  1. "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. "Bleier, UR roll over Wildcats". Daily Press. September 6, 1986. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "New Hampshire works OT to top Hens". Sunday News Journal. September 14, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "New Hampshire handles BU, 26–9". The Sunday Republican. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Reinert, Bob (September 28, 1986). "UNH Annihilates Dartmouth, 66-12". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "UNH bombs sloppy UConn". Record-Journal. October 5, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Laubach, Ed (October 12, 1986). "UNH Rebuffs Lafayette". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "UNH outkicks Northeastern". Boston Sunday Globe. October 26, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "New Hampshire 28, Rhode Island 24". Sun Herald. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Maine snaps New Hampshire streak". Kennebec Journal. November 10, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "UMass on top". Boston Sunday Globe. November 16, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Record-Setting Gamble Leads Colgate, 27–23". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. November 23, 1986. pp. 6D, 2D – via Newspapers.com.
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