1910 New Hampshire football team

The 1910 New Hampshire football team[a] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[b] during the 1910 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under first-year head coach Ray B. Thomas, the team finished with a record of 2–3–1.

1910 New Hampshire football
Coach Ray B. Thomas is seated at far right wearing a "Brown" shirt (his alma mater). The team captain is presumably holding the football, seated at center.
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1909
1911 →
1910 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     9 0 0
Harvard     9 0 1
Penn     9 1 1
Princeton     7 1 0
Trinity (CT)     7 1 0
Ursinus     6 1 0
Rhode Island State     5 1 1
Lafayette     7 2 0
Army     6 2 0
Brown     7 2 1
Yale     6 2 2
Dartmouth     5 2 0
Cornell     5 2 1
Penn State     5 2 1
Colgate     4 2 1
Swarthmore     5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 2
Syracuse     5 4 1
Rutgers     3 2 3
Carlisle     8 6 0
Holy Cross     3 3 2
Temple     3 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     3 3 1
Wesleyan     4 4 1
New Hampshire     2 3 1
NYU     2 4 1
Geneva     2 5 2
Dickinson     3 7 0
Lehigh     2 6 1
Bucknell     2 6 0
Vermont     1 5 1
Carnegie Tech     1 6 1
Tufts     1 7 1
Boston College     0 4 2
Villanova     0 4 2

Schedule

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Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and three points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system. Game summaries from this season mention teams playing four quarters; in earlier seasons, two halves were played.

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 Boston College Durham, NH W 11–0
October 8 Bowdoin Durham, NH L 0–23 [2]
October 15 at Bates Lewiston, ME L 0–5 [3]
October 22 USS Tennessee Durham, NH W 41–0 [4]
October 29 Massachusetts T 0–0 [5]
November 12 at Rhode Island State Kingston, RI L 0–6 [6][7]

Notes

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  1. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[1] 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. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Bowdoin, 23; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 18, no. 2. November 15, 1910. pp. 27–29. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Bates, 5; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 18, no. 2. November 15, 1910. p. 27. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "New Hampshire, 41; U.S.S. Tennessee, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 18, no. 2. November 15, 1910. pp. 29–30. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "New Hampshire, 0; Massachusetts, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 18, no. 2. November 15, 1910. pp. 30–33. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ "Rhode Island, 6; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 18, no. 3. December 15, 1910. p. 45. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "R. I. State 6, N. H. State 0". The Boston Globe. November 13, 1910. p. 16. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved November 28, 2024.