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1946 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1946 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 1946 college football season. In its first year under head coach Bill Glassford, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record, outscoring their opponents 161–45. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.

1946 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Yankee Conference co-champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record6–1–1 (3–0–1 Yankee)
Head coach
CaptainRalph Pino[1]
Home stadiumLewis Field
Seasons
← 1944
1947 →
1946 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Connecticut + 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island State 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts State 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Vermont 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 3 – 2
Maine 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Due to World War II, the Wildcats had not fielded a team in 1945.[2] With the exception of a four-game limited schedule played in 1944, this was the first football season for the Wildcats since 1942, and their first eight-game season since 1941.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 at Colby*
W 13–01,000 [3]
October 5 Rhode Island State
W 25–126,000 [4]
October 12 at Maine
W 27–0 [5]
October 19 Springfield* 
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
L 6–147,000 [6]
October 26 at Vermont*
W 39–04,500 [7]
November 2 Northeastern*
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
W 26–06,500 [8][a]
November 9 at Boston University*
W 13–7 [9]
November 16 Connecticut
  • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
T 12–126,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Source: [11]

Wildcat Carmen Ragonese, selected by the Boston Yanks in the 1948 NFL draft,[12] was a 1982 inductee to the university's athletic hall of fame.[13] One of his 1946 highlights was an endzone-to-endzone interception return against Rhode Island State; reported as 101 yards in contemporary newspapers,[4] it still stands as a Wildcat record, listed by the university as 104 yards.[14]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Northeastern game ended approximately six minutes early due to darkness, by mutual agreement of coaches and officials.[8]
  2. ^ During this era, Boston University played at a Nickerson Field in Weston; this is not the Nickerson Field later used in Boston.

References edit

  1. ^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1947. pp. 220–223. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. ^ "University of New Hampshire Not to Support Grid Team". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. August 22, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Freshman Back Leads New Hampshire to Win". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. UP. September 29, 1946. p. 38. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "New Hampshire Back Makes 101-Yard Run". Brooklyn Eagle. UP. October 6, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine Athletics. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved November 28, 2019 – via goblackbears.com.
  6. ^ "New Hampshire's Streak Smashed By Springfield". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 20, 1946. p. C3. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "NH Smears UVM, 39-0". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. October 28, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Fowle, Leonard M. (November 3, 1946). "New Hampshire Rips Huskies, 26-0". The Boston Globe. p. 26. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Birtwell, Roger (November 10, 1946). "With B. U. Eyes on Star, Unknown Snags Late Pass to Give Wildcats 13-7 Win". The Boston Globe. p. 23. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "3 Scores Recalled, N. H. Settles for Tie With Uconns, 12-12". The Boston Globe. November 17, 1946. p. 26. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ "Colleges Beginning With N". DraftHistory.com. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  13. ^ "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "UNH Wildcats Football Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2015. p. 63. Retrieved January 30, 2020 – via pdfslide.net.
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