1932 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1932 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 1932 college football season. In its 17th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[lower-alpha 1] the team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[lower-alpha 2] The team compiled a 3–4–1 record,[lower-alpha 3] and were outscored by their opponents, 110–105. All four losses came in away games, while the team recorded three wins and a tie in Durham.

1932 New Hampshire Wildcats football
The 1932 squad was the first New Hampshire Wildcats football team to appear in The Granite wearing numbers on the front of their uniforms.
Conference	New England Conference
1932 record	3–4–1 (1–0–1 New England)
Head coach	Butch Cowell (17th season)
Captain	Arthur Learmonth[1]
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1932 New England Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maine $	2	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	1
New Hampshire	1	–	0	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Rhode Island State	0	–	1	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Connecticut	0	–	2	–	1			0	–	6	–	2
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	at Boston University*	Nickerson Field[lower-alpha 4] Weston, MA	L 6–13		[6]
October 8	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–40		[7]
October 15	Maine	Memorial Field Durham, NH (rivalry)	T 7–7		[8]
October 22	Vermont*	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 22–6		[9][10]
October 29	Lowell Textile*[lower-alpha 5]	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 20–7		[11][12]
November 5	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 0–25		[13][14]
November 12	at Springfield*	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	L 7–12		[15]
November 19	Connecticut	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 43–0		[16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Source: [4][1]

Boston University was coached by Myles Lane,[1] who had played ice hockey with the Stanley Cup-winning 1928–29 Boston Bruins, and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.

Wildcat captain Arthur Learmonth, who had been born in Orkney, Scotland, would go on to earn a masters degree in education; he served in the United States Navy, and worked for the United States Department of Labor for 35 years—he died in February 2004 at age 93.[17]

Notes

1. This was Cowell's 18th year and 17th 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. New Hampshire's varsity record in 1932 was 3–4–1.[3][1] College Football Data Warehouse lists an additional loss, to Saint Anselm;[4] however, contemporary news reports are clear that it was New Hampshire's freshman team that played Saint Anselm.[5]
4. This was a different venue than the like-named Nickerson Field in Boston, used by BU in later years.
5. Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.

References

1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1934. pp. 185–195. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
2. "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
3. "Wildcat Football Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2019: 54–55. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via issuu.com. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "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.
5. "St Anselm's Prep Wins From New Hampshire '36". The Boston Globe. October 29, 1932. p. 8. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
6. "B. U. vs N. H." The Boston Globe. October 1, 1932. p. 7. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
7. "Harvard Rocks New Hampshire". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. AP. October 9, 1932. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
8. "Maine Held to Tie By New Hampshire Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 16, 1932. p. 40. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
9. "New Hampshire Wins Over Vermont, 22 to 6". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 23, 1932. p. 40. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
10. "New Hampshire Swamps Vermont Eleven, 22 to 6". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. October 24, 1932. p. 11. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
11. "New Hampshire Snaps Lowell Textile Wins". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 30, 1932. p. 36. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
12. "Wildcats Crush Lowell Textile by Large Score". The New Hampshire. 23 (6). November 3, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
13. "Dartmouth-N H". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
14. "Dartmouth Beats New Hampshire". Detroit Free Press. UP. November 6, 1932. p. 16. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
15. "Wildcats Lose To Springfield By 12-7 Score". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 13, 1932. p. 38. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
16. "New Hampshire Tramples Conn. Aggies". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 20, 1932. p. 35. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
17. "Arthur Learmonth Obituary". Cremation Society of New Hampshire. February 2004. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via tributes.com.