| 1940 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 5–3 (2–0 New England) |
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| Captain | Matthew Flaherty[1] |
| Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 5–3 record, outscoring their opponents 121–86.
New Hampshire was ranked at No. 218 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28 | at Colby* | Waterville, ME | L 19–21 | [3] | |||
| October 5 | Bates* | W 27–6 | [4][5] | ||||
| October 12 | Maine |
| W 20–14 | 8,000 | [6][1] | ||
| October 19 | Springfield* |
| W 19–6 | ||||
| October 26 | at Vermont* | L 13–33 | 2,000 | [7][8] | |||
| November 2 | at Saint Anselm* | Manchester, NH | L 0–6 | 200 | [9][10] | ||
| November 9 | at Tufts* |
| W 14–0 | ||||
| November 16 | Connecticut |
| W 9–0 | [11] | |||
The 1940 game remains the last time that the Saint Anselm and New Hampshire football programs have met.[14]
New Hampshire captain Matthew Flaherty was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.[15] Flaherty served in World War II, was a teacher and basketball coach at nearby Dover High School, and later became a high school principal; he died in November 2004 at age 86.[16]
References
- ^ a b The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1942. pp. 108–113. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wildcats Still Seeking First Grid Victory". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 1, 1940. p. 3. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Simmons Stars For Statesmen". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. October 7, 1940. p. 11. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sauer Pleased By Wildcat Score". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 7, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Plan Memorial Service At UNH For W. H. Cowell". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 2, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Hickey, Walt (October 28, 1940). "Once Again Cats Upset Dope By Beating New Hampshire". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. p. 13. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Hickey, Walt (October 28, 1940). "Once Again Cats Upset Dope By Beating New Hampshire (cont'd)". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Jones, Fred (November 4, 1940). "Sportcity". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. p. 5. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Signals Over". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 4, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Scores Touchdown And Field Goal To Defeat Connecticut, 9-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 17, 1940. p. 49. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Season's Records of Leading College Football Teams". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 25, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs Saint Anselm (NH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- ^ "Matthew J. Flaherty". Bangor Daily News. September 25, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
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