New Hampshire Wildcats football

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New Hampshire Wildcats
2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
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First season	1893
Athletic director	Marty Scarano
Head coach	Sean McDonnell 17th year, 126–73 (.633)
Stadium	Cowell Stadium
Seating capacity	8,000
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Durham, New Hampshire
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
All-time record	538–444–55 (.545)
Claimed nat'l titles	0
Conference titles	15
Heisman winners	0
Mascot	Wild E. Cat, Casey Creamer
Rivals	UMass Minutemen, Maine Black Bears
Website	UNHWildcats.com

The New Hampshire Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of New Hampshire located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. New Hampshire's first football team was fielded in 1893. The team plays its home games at the 8,000 seat Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. The Wildcats are coached by Sean McDonnell.

Conference affiliations

• 1893–1946: Independent
• 1947–96: Yankee Conference
• 1997–2006: Atlantic 10 Conference
• 2007–present: Colonial Athletic Association

Notable former players

Notable alumni who played in the NFL/AFL include:

• TB Jerry Azumah (’95-’98)
• WR David Ball (’03-’06)
• OL Jason Ball (’98-’01)
• DB Etienne Boulay (’02-’05)
• DL Joe Fleming (’91-’94)
• WR David Gamble (’90-’93)
• LB Dwayne Gordon (’89-’92)
• DB Corey Graham (’03-’07)
• LB Bruce Huther (’73-’76)
• RB Chad Kackert (’05-’09)
• OL Greg Krause (’94-’98)
• FB Dan Kreider (’95-’99)
• LB Dave Rozumek (’72-’75)
• LB Dwayne Sabb (’88-’91)
• QB Ricky Santos (’03-’07)
• TE Scott Sicko (’06-’09)
• WR RJ Harris ('11–'14)
• TE Harold Spears ('11–'14)
• C Mike Coccia ('11–'14)
• RB Avrom Smith (’91-’94)
• DT Jared Smith ('09–'12)
• WR Randal Williams (’96-’00)

Coaches

Updated as of December 19, 2013

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	NCs
5000000000000000000♠—	No coaches	1893–1901	50	16	32	2	.340	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0	0
1	John Scannell	1902–1903	15	4	9	2	.333	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0	0
2	G.B. Ward	1904	7	2	5	0	.286	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0	0
3	Edward Herr	1905–1907	24	5	14	5	.313	0	0	0	5000000000000000000♠–	0	0	0	0
4	Charles Gill	1908	8	1	7	0	.125	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
5	Willard Gildersleeve	1909	7	3	4	0	.429	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
6	Ray Thomas	1910–1911	7	3	4	0	.429	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
7	Tod Eberle	1912–1913	14	5	8	1	.393	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
8	T.D. Sheppard	1914	9	1	6	2	.222	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
9	William Cowell	1915–1917, 1919–1936	178	87	68	23	.553	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0
10	George Sauer	1937–1941	41	22	18	1	.549	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
11	Charlie Justice	1942	6	6	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
12	Bill Glassford	1946–1948	25	19	5	1	.780	7	1	0	.875	0	0	2	0
13	Chief Boston	1949–1964	127	60	57	10	.512	25	34	8	.433	0	0	4	0
14	Andy Mooradian	1965	8	0	8	0	.000	0	5	0	.000	0	0	0	0
15	Joe Yukica	1966–1967	16	7	9	0	.438	3	7	0	.300	0	0	0	0
16	Jim Root	1968–1971	33	18	14	1	.561	11	9	0	.550	0	0	1	0
17	Bill Bowes	1972–1998	286	175	106	5	.621	97	74	2	.566	1	4	4	0
18	Sean McDonnell	1999–present	182	112	70	0	.615	71	52	0	.577	9	9	2	0

Playoffs

The Wildcats have appeared in the Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs 14 times. Their combined record is 11–14.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1991	First Round	Samford	L 13–29
1994	First Round	Appalachian State	L 10–17
2004	First Round Quarterfinals	Georgia Southern Montana	W 27–23 L 17–47
2005	First Round Quarterfinals	Colgate Northern Iowa	W 55–21 L 21–24
2006	First Round Quarterfinals	Hampton Massachusetts	W 41–38 L 17–24
2007	First Round	Northern Iowa	L 35–38
2008	First Round Quarterfinals	Southern Illinois Northern Iowa	W 29–20 L 34–36
2009	First Round Quarterfinals	McNeese State Villanova	W 49–13 L 46–7
2010	Second Round Quarterfinals	Bethune-Cookman Delaware	W 45–20 L 3–16
2011	Second Round	Montana State	L 25–26
2012	Second Round	Wofford	L 7–23
2013	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Lafayette Maine Southeastern Louisiana North Dakota State	W 45–7 W 41–27 W 20–17 L 14–52
2014	Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Fordham Chattanooga Illinois State	W 44–19 W 35–30 L 18–21
2015	First Round	Colgate	L 20–27

Rivalries

Maine Black Bears

Main article: Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

UMass Minutemen

Main article: Colonial Clash

External links

• Official website