1980 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1980 New Hampshire Wildcats football
1980 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	6–4 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (9th season);
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 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 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its ninth year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 6–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.^[1]

1980 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Boston University $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. T–10 UMass	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. T–10 Connecticut	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maine	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Connecticut		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 10–20		^[2]
September 13	Wayne State (MI)*		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 7–17		^[3]
September 20	Boston University		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 9–27	5,500	^[4]
September 27	at Dartmouth*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 24–7	11,027	^[5]
October 11	Maine		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 19–13		^[6]
October 18	at Towson State*		Towson Stadium Towson, MD	W 10–6		^[7]
October 25	at Northeastern*		Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 48–12	1,600	^[8]
November 1	Rhode Island		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 31–28	2,000	^[9]
November 8	Lafayette*		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 26–6	7,121	^[10]
November 15	at No. 9 UMass	No. T–10	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 0–17	9,206	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1980 New Hampshire Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT		Ken Kaplan	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Steve Doig	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "Connecticut wins on passes". The Springfield News-Leader. September 7, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wayne upends New Hampshire". Detroit Free Press. September 14, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "BU strikes early, settles matters with UNH". The Boston Globe. September 21, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Candon, Mark (September 28, 1980). "UNH Upends Dartmouth, 24-7, in Granite State Battle". The Sunday Rutland Herald. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire rallies to dump Maine, 19–13". The Hartford Courant. October 12, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire steals 6 passes, tops Towson, 10–6". The Baltimore Sun. October 19, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UNH big guns too much for NU". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UNH catches URI at end of 5th in row". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bruckner, Mike (November 9, 1980). "Quinn TDs Lead UNH". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire 31, URI 28". Syracuse Herald-Journal. November 16, 1980. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.