1918 New Hampshire football team

American college football season

1918 New Hampshire football

SATC team, from The New Hampshire student newspaper in November 1918

Conference| Independent
Record| varsity: season cancelled
SATC: 2–2–1
Head coach|

* Edson D. Sanborn (SATC)[1]

Captain| White (SATC)[1]
Home stadium| College Oval[a]

Seasons

<- 1917

1919 ->

1918 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0

The 1918 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team slated to represent New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1918 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. However, due to World War I, the varsity season was cancelled. The school did field a team composed of Student Army Training Corps (SATC) personnel, which played a five-game schedule.

## Varsity

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New Hampshire's varsity team had an eight-game schedule planned, which was released in March 1918.[5] None of the games were played, and by mid-October the season was abandoned, as head coach William "Butch" Cowell was commissioned in the United States Army.[6][d] The team would have been captained by E. Dewey Graham;[8] he later captained the 1919 varsity team.

Varsity schedule (cancelled)  Date | Opponent | Site

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October 5 | Fort McKinley | Durham, NH
October 12 | Bates | Durham, NH
October 19 | Rhode Island State | Durham, NH
October 26 | Boston University | Durham, NH
November 2 | at Dartmouth | Hanover, NH
November 9 | Massachusetts | Durham, NH
November 16 | at Worcester Tech | Worcester, MA
November 23 | [e]

## SATC

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By early November, the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) had selected a 35-man roster and was holding practices.[9] The team was coached by Edson D. "Chuck" Sanborn,[9] who had been captain of the 1908 New Hampshire football team.[10] Five games with other teams were organized, most being played after the Armistice with Germany.

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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November 9 |  Bates SATC |

* Central Park
* Dover, NH

| W 6–0|  | [11][12][13]
November 16 |  Fort McKinley |

* College Oval
* Durham, NH

| W 15–0| 400 | [14]
November 23 | vs. Maine SATC |

* Bayside Park
* Portland, ME

| L 0–20|  | [15][16]
November 28 | vs. Worcester Tech |

* Textile Field
* Manchester, NH

| T 0–0| 700 | [17][18]
November 30 | vs. MIT |

* Playstead
* Haverhill, MA

| L 3–6| 300 | [19][20]

* Source: [1]

These games do not appear in New Hampshire's media guide,[21] as this was not a varsity team.

## Notes

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1. ^ College Oval (also known as College Field) was New Hampshire's home field through the 1920 season;[2] Memorial Field, dedicated in 1921, was built in the same location.[3]
2. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[4] 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. ^ Cowell was discharged from the Army in December 1918.[7]
5. ^ The final game of the varsity schedule was listed as "pending".

## References

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1. ^ a b c The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 1920. pp. 214–215\. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.214-215&rft.pub=New+Hampshire+College+of+Agriculture+and+the+Mechanic+Arts&rft.date=1920&rft_id=https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1920&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1918+New+Hampshire+football+team" class="Z3988">
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
5. ^ "Announce Football Schedule for 1918". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 21\. March 16, 1918. p. 1\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.
6. ^ "Contests on Gridiron On Card for Today". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. October 19, 1918. p. 9. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Application for Headstone or Marker". fold3.com. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
8. ^ "Graham Made Captain Of New Hampshire Eleven". New-York Tribune. March 17, 1918. p. 17. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
9. ^ a b "Football Game Today Cancelled". The New Hampshire. Vol. 8, no. 6\. November 2, 1918. p. 1\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.
10. ^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 1910. pp. 130–131\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.130-131&rft.pub=New+Hampshire+College+of+Agriculture+and+the+Mechanic+Arts&rft.date=1910&rft_id=https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1910&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1918+New+Hampshire+football+team" class="Z3988">
11. ^ "Football Game Today at Dover". The New Hampshire. Vol. 8, no. 7\. November 9, 1918. p. 1\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.
12. ^ "N. H. State 6, Bates 0". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1918. p. 14. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
13. ^ "New Hampshire Defeats Bates". The New Hampshire. Vol. 8, no. 8\. November 16, 1918. p. 1\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.
14. ^ "Fort McKinley Team Defeated". The New Hampshire. Vol. 8, no. 9\. November 23, 1918. p. 1\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.
15. ^ "Maine 20, New Hampshire 0". The Boston Globe. November 24, 1918. p. 15. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
16. ^ "New Hampshire Loses to Maine". The New Hampshire. Vol. 8, no. 10\. November 30, 1918. p. 4\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.
17. ^ "Play Scoreless Battle". The Boston Post. November 29, 1918. p. 17. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
18. ^ "New Hampshire Ties with Tech". The New Hampshire. Vol. 8, no. 10\. November 30, 1918. pp. 1–2\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.1-2&rft.date=1918-11-30&rft_id=https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/tnh:0228&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1918+New+Hampshire+football+team" class="Z3988">
19. ^ "M. I. T. 6, New Hampshire 3". The Boston Globe. December 1, 1918. p. 15. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
20. ^ "Team Loses Last Game of Season". The New Hampshire. Vol. 8, no. 11\. December 11, 1918. p. 1\. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020 - via library.unh.edu.
21. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

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