1894 New Hampshire football team

American college football season

1894 New Hampshire football

Team captain William Dudley is seated left of center, holding football; student manager Lewis Kittredge is in the front row, with hat

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–3
Head coach|

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Captain| William C. Dudley[1]
Home stadium| College grounds, Durham, NH

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1894 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 16  | - | 0  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 0  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Holy Ghost College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 5  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 1
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
Trinity (CT) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Massachusetts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Western Univ. Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 9  | - | 0
Williams |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
MIT |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0

The 1894 New Hampshire football team[a] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[b] during the 1894 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team played a five-game schedule, including the program's first contests against other college teams, Bates and Saint Anselm, and finished with a record of 2–3, being outscored by their opponents by a total of 74 to 32.

## Schedule

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Scoring during this era awarded 4 points for a touchdown, 2 points for a conversion kick (extra point), and 5 points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 6 |  Exeter Academy (second team)|  Durham, NH | W 4–0|  | [3]
October 20 | at Bates |  Lewiston, ME | L 4–26|  | [4][5]
November 15 | at Dover High School |

* Burgett Park
* Dover, NH

| L 4–10|  | [6][7]
November 21 |  Dover High School |  Durham, NH | W 20–6| 200 | [8][9]
November 29 | at Saint Anselm |  Manchester, NH | L 0–32|  | [10]

* Source: [11][12]

A report by the student manager of the team, Lewis H. Kittredge, indicates that two other games had been planned for the season but had to be cancelled; one against McGaw Institute (Merrimack, New Hampshire) and another against the "Andover second eleven" (Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts).[13] Kittredge would go on to become president of the Peerless Motor Company.[14]

## Roster

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Name | Position | Team photo location

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Walter F. Buck | left halfback | standing, far left
Henry M. Chamberlain | right halfback | standing, second from right
Frank DeMerritte | fullback | standing, center, NHC sweater
William C. Dudley (captain) | right guard | seated, middle left, holding football
Elwin H. Forristall | right end | seated, front row, left
Horace L. Howe | substitute | seated, back row, left
J. Norton Hunt | substitute | standing, second from left
Lewis H. Kittredge | student manager | seated, center, wearing hat
George T. McKenna | quarterback | seated, back row, right
William F. Russell | left tackle | seated, far right
Charles A. Trow | left end | seated, front row, right
Charles W. Vickery | substitute | standing, far right
Everett S. Whittemore | center | seated, center, NHC sweater
Tappan S. Wiggin | left guard | seated, middle right, all-white shirt
Perley A. Young | right tackle | seated, far left

Source:[15]

## Notes

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1. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
2. ^ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.

## References

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1. ^ "New Hampshire College Players". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
3. ^ "N. H. C. vs. Exeter Second". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 2\. October 1894. p. 30. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.
4. ^ "Lewiston". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via newspapers.com. "In the afternoon a game will be played at the same place between Bates and the New Hampshire state college."
5. ^ "N. H. C. v. Bates". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 3\. November 1894. pp. 43–44. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.43-44&rft.date=1894-11&rft_id=https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18941895newh/page/43/mode/1up/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1894+New+Hampshire+football+team" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "Dover High 10, N. H. College 4". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
7. ^ "College News". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 4\. December 1894. p. 59. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.
8. ^ "N. H. College 20, Dover 6". The Boston Globe. November 22, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
9. ^ "N. H. C. v. D. H. S." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 4\. December 1894. pp. 56–57. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.56-57&rft.date=1894-12&rft_id=https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18941895newh/page/56/mode/1up&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1894+New+Hampshire+football+team" class="Z3988">
10. ^ "N. H. C. v. St. Anselm's". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 4\. December 1894. pp. 58–59. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.58-59&rft.date=1894-12&rft_id=https://archive.org/details/newhampshirec18941895newh/page/58/mode/2up/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1894+New+Hampshire+football+team" class="Z3988">
11. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.
12. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
13. ^ "Report of Football Manager". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 5\. January 1895. p. 70. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.
14. ^ A History of Cleveland, Ohio: Biographical. Vol. II. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1910. pp. 356–359. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Google Books.356-359&rft.pub=S.+J.+Clarke+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1910&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5U6AQAAIAAJ&pg;=PA356&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1894+New+Hampshire+football+team" class="Z3988">
15. ^ "(photo)". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 2, no. 3\. November 1894. p. 34. Retrieved February 22, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.

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