1931 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1931 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 1931 college football season. In its 16th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[lower-alpha 1] the team compiled a 7–2 record,[lower-alpha 2] and outscored their opponents, 171–84. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[lower-alpha 3]

1931 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	New England Conference
1931 record	7–2 (2–0 New England)
Head coach	Butch Cowell (16th season)
Captain	Richard Eustis[1]
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1931 New England Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire +	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Rhode Island State +	2	–	0	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Maine	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Connecticut	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	3	–	3
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Lowell Textile*[lower-alpha 4]	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 12–6		[6]
October 3	Boston University*	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 6–0		[7]
October 10	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–39	20,000	[8][9][10]
October 17	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME (rivalry)	W 13–7		[11][12]
October 24	at Vermont*	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 43–0		[13]
October 31	Tufts*	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 9–0	5,000	[14][15]
November 7	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Field Storrs, CT	W 49–0		[16]
November 14	Springfield*	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 26–13		[17]
November 21	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–19		[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Source: [3][1]

The 1931 game remains the last time that the Brown and New Hampshire football programs have met.[19]

New Hampshire captain Richard Eustis was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.[20] Eustis, who died in 1969 at the age of 62, served as athletic director at nearby Exeter High School,[21] where the school named its football field after him in 1970.[22]

Notes

1. This was Cowell's 17th year and 16th season as head coach, as the school did not field a team in 1918 due to World War I.
2. New Hampshire's varsity record in 1931 was 7–2.[2][1] College Football Data Warehouse also lists a tied game, against Saint Anselm;[3] however, contemporary news reports are clear that it was New Hampshire's freshman team that played Saint Anselm.[4]
3. Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's field hockey team.[5]
4. Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.

References

1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1933. pp. 191–193. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
2. "Wildcat Football Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2019: 54–55. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via issuu.com. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
4. "Murphy's 80-yard Run Gives St Anselm's Tie". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1931. p. 11. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
5. "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
6. "New Hampshire Wins Over Lowell Textile, 12-6". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 27, 1931. p. 34. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
7. "Hart in Pioneers' Lineup at Durham". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1931. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
8. "Harvard Leads New Hampshire, 32-0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
9. "Harvard-New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
10. "Harvard Trounces New Hampshire By 39 To 0 Margin". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 11, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
11. "New Hampshire Bears Maine Gridmen, 13 to 7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 18, 1931. p. 42. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
12. "Wildcats Defeat U. of M., 13 to 7". The New Hampshire. 22 (4). October 22, 1931. p. 2. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
13. "New Hampshire Drubs Vermont Eleven, 43-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 25, 1931. p. 42. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
14. "Tufts-N. H." The Boston Globe. October 31, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
15. "New Hampshire Tames Tufts Jumbos, 9 to 0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 1, 1931. p. 38. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
16. "New Hampshire Wildcats Claw Crippled Connecticut Aggies For 49-0 Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 8, 1931. p. 35. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
17. "Wildcats Claw Way To Victory Over Springfield". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 15, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
18. "Brown Win Thrilling Game From New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 22, 1931. p. 35. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
19. "New Hampshire vs Brown (RI)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
20. "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
21. "Exeter High Director Of Athletics Dies at 62". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. December 17, 1969. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
22. Favinger, Larry (October 19, 1970). "Sport City – Suitable Memorials". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.