1986 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1986 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 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 15th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 7–4 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of eight teams in the Yankee Conference.[1]

1986 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
1986 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Delaware +^ 5 2 09 4 0
No. 19 Connecticut + 5 2 08 3 0
UMass + 5 2 08 3 0
New Hampshire 4 3 07 4 0
Maine 3 4 07 4 0
Richmond 3 4 04 7 0
Boston University 3 4 04 7 0
Rhode Island 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at No. T–9 RichmondL 12–3815,117[2]
September 13at No. 6 DelawareW 28–21
September 20Boston UniversityW 26–9
September 27at Dartmouth*W 66–129,927[3]
October 4No. 18 Connecticut
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 42–19
October 11at Lafayette*No. 14W 20–1612,500[4]
October 25Northeastern*No. 13
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 24–21
November 1Rhode IslandNo. 11
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 28–24
November 8MaineNo. 11
L 13–14
November 15at UMassNo. 20L 31–388,117
November 22Colgate*
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 23–273,075[5]

References

  1. "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. "Bleier, UR roll over Wildcats". Daily Press. September 6, 1986. Retrieved November 2, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Reinert, Bob (September 28, 1986). "UNH Annihilates Dartmouth, 66-12". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Laubach, Ed (October 12, 1986). "UNH Rebuffs Lafayette". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Record-Setting Gamble Leads Colgate, 27-23". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. November 23, 1986. pp. 6D, 2D via Newspapers.com.
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