1988 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1988 New Hampshire Wildcats football
1988 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (17th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Crowton (1st season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–10 UMass +^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Delaware +^	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Maine	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Villanova	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 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 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 17th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 6–5 record (4–4 against conference opponents) and tied for third place out of eight teams in the Yankee Conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Colgate*		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 21–7	4,000	^[2]
September 17	No. 20 Connecticut		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 27–20
September 24	at No. 19 Maine	No. T–6	Alumni Field Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	W 44–23
October 1	Delaware	No. T–4	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 20–38
October 8	at Richmond	No. T–19	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	L 17–23 ^OT	15,672	^[3]
October 15	at William & Mary*		Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 31–33
October 22	Northeastern*		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 15–10
October 29	at Boston University		Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 21–23
November 5	No. 15 Villanova		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 58–7		^[4]
November 12	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 17–9	3,669
November 19	No. 11 UMass	No. 20	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 42–64	8,650
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "Colgate's FB Rams Lehigh". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. September 11, 1988. pp. 5D, 6D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Spiders beat New Hampshire in OT". Daily Press. October 9, 1988. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire's Jean helps rout Villanova". The Hartford Courant. November 6, 1988. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e New Hampshire Wildcats football
Venues	College Oval ( –1920) Memorial Field (1921–1935) Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth UMass: Colonial Clash Bill Knight Trophy Maine: Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024