1930 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1930 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 1930 college football season. In its 15th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[lower-alpha 1] the team compiled a 5–2–1 record, and outscored their opponents, 160–54. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[lower-alpha 2]

1930 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	New England Conference
1930 record	5–2–1 (2–0 New England)
Head coach	Butch Cowell (15th season)
Captain	Kenneth Clapp & Herbert Hagstrom[1]
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1930 New England Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire $	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Maine	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State	0	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Connecticut	0	–	2	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion Dubious – Discuss

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	at Boston University*	Nickerson Field[lower-alpha 3] Weston, MA	T 12–12		[3]
October 11	at Lowell Textile*[lower-alpha 4]	Lowell, MA	W 20–0		[4]
October 18	Maine	Memorial Field Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 14–6		[5]
October 25	Vermont*	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 59–0		[6]
November 1	at Tufts*	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	L 8–10		[7]
November 8	Connecticut	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 33–0		[8]
November 15	at Springfield*	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	L 7–26		[9]
November 22	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 7–0		[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Source: [11][1]

In 15 contests between New Hampshire and Brown, played during 1905–1931, the 1930 game was the only Wildcat victory.[12]

Wildcat co-captain Herbert Hagstrom would go on to serve as principal and later superintendent of nearby Portsmouth High School; he died in March 1971 at age 62.[13] Co-captain Kenneth Clapp died in September 1959 at age 51; he had served in World War II and worked for Kraft Foods in the Chicago area.[14]

Notes

1. This was Cowell's 16th year and 15th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
2. Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[2]
3. This was a different venue than the like-named Nickerson Field in Boston, used by BU in later years.
4. Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.

References

1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1932. pp. 208–209. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
2. "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
3. "New Hampshire Ties Boston Univ. 12-12". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 5, 1930. p. 35. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
4. "New Hampshire 20, Lowell 0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 12, 1930. p. 41. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
5. "New Hampshire in 14 to 6 Victory Over University of Maine". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 19, 1930. p. 43. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
6. "New Hampshire Team Buries Vermont, 59-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 26, 1930. p. 44. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
7. "Tufts Gridmen Get 10-8 Decision Over New Hampshire Squad". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 2, 1930. p. 40. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
8. "Wildcats Win, 33 To 0 Over Aggies". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1930. p. 34. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
9. "New Hampshire Beaten, 26 To 7 By Springfield". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 16, 1930. p. 36. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
10. "Fumbled Pass in Closing Seconds Gives New Hampshire First Triumph Over Brown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 23, 1930. p. 40. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
11. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
12. "New Hampshire vs Brown (RI)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
13. "Hagstrom Dies of Injuries". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. March 3, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
14. "Kenneth T. Clapp". Chicago Tribune. September 24, 1959. p. 54. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via newspapers.com.