1915 New Hampshire football team

1915 New Hampshire football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6–1[a]
Head coach
CaptainKyle C. Westover[1]
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 1 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   9 – 1 – 2
Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Allegheny   –   5 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Fordham   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 4 – 2
Muhlenberg   –   4 – 5 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 2
WPI   –   3 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 2
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 5 – 0
New Hampshire   –   3 – 6 – 1
Gettysburg   –   3 – 6 – 0
Rochester   –   3 – 6 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 6 – 3
Vermont   –   1 – 4 – 2
Williams   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1915 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1915 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under first-year head coach Butch Cowell,[1] the team finished with a record of 3–6–1.[a]

Schedule

During this era, teams played in the one-platoon system. Scoring values were consistent with the present day: six points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and three points for a field goal.[d]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 at Bowdoin Brunswick, ME L 0–19 [3]
October 2 at Colby
L 0–18 [4]
October 9 Connecticut Durham, NH W 18–0 [5]
October 16 Bates Durham, NH W 6–0 [6]
October 23 at Middlebury Middlebury, VT L 0–14 [7]
October 26 Fort McKinley[e] Durham, NH L 0–6 [8]
October 30 Norwich Durham, NH T 13–13[f] [9][10][11]
November 6 at Vermont
L 7–21 [12][13]
November 13 at Worcester Tech
W 20–02,500 [14]
November 20 at Rhode Island State Kingston, RI L 0–19 [15][16][17]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Contemporary sources from 1915 reported the tie game as a New Hampshire win, and one loss as being a practice game; this would yield a 4–5 record.
  2. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  3. ^ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  4. ^ For additional detail, see Early history of American football#Scoring table.
  5. ^ The New Hampshire referred to the contest against Fort McKinley as a practice game, and the result is absent from the season summary in The Granite yearbook.
  6. ^ Contemporary newspapers and The Granite yearbook reported a 14–13 victory for New Hampshire.

References

  1. ^ a b "Football Prospects Good for a Successful Season". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 1. Durham, New Hampshire. September 24, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  2. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "N. H. Loses First Game to Bowdoin". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 2. Durham, New Hampshire. October 1, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  4. ^ "Colby Defeats N. H. by Score of 18--0". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 3. Durham, New Hampshire. October 8, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  5. ^ "Connecticut Loses to New Hampshire". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 4. Durham, New Hampshire. October 15, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  6. ^ "New Hampshire is Victor Over Bates". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 5. Durham, New Hampshire. October 23, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  7. ^ "Middlebury Trims New Hampshire". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 6. Durham, New Hampshire. October 30, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  8. ^ "Fort McKinley Game". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 6. Durham, New Hampshire. October 30, 1915. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via UNH.edu. Fort McKinley defeated New Hampshire, 12-6, last Tuesday in a practice game on the home field.
  9. ^ "Just Nosed Out: Norwich Beaten by New Hampshire State, 14 to 13". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1915. p. 9. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "New Hampshire State 14—N. U. 13". News and Advertiser. Northfield, Vermont. November 2, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "New Hampshire State 14 -N. U. 13". Norwich University Record. Vol. VII, no. 13. November 6, 1915. p. 2. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via archives.norwich.edu.
  12. ^ "Vermont University Defeats N. H. 21-7". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 8. Durham, New Hampshire. November 13, 1915. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved December 12, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  13. ^ "Break comes in University's losing streak". The Burlington Free Press. November 8, 1915. p. 10. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "New Hampshire Wins Big Game of Year". The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 9. Durham, New Hampshire. November 19, 1915. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved December 12, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  15. ^ "Starts For Kingston, R I". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 20, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved December 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Rhode Island 19, New Hampshire 0". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1915. p. 15. Retrieved December 12, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Rhode Island State Defeats N. H. C." The New Hampshire. Vol. 5, no. 10. Durham, New Hampshire. December 3, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 12, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  18. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
  19. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved December 10, 2024.