1934 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1934 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 1934 college football season. In its 19th 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 3–4–2 record, being outscored by their opponents 89–148, while going undefeated at home, registering two wins and two ties in Durham.

1934 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	New England Conference
1934 record	3–4–2 (1–0 New England)
Head coach	Butch Cowell (19th season)
Captain	Thomas M. Clarke[1]
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1934 New England Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire $	1	–	0	–	0			3	–	4	–	2
Rhode Island State	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Connecticut State	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Maine	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Lowell Textile*[lower-alpha 3]	Memorial Field Durham, NH	W 8–6		[3]
October 6	at Boston University*	Nickerson Field[lower-alpha 4] Weston, MA	L 12–13		[4][5]
October 13	Bates*	Memorial Field Durham, NH	T 7–7		[6]
October 20	Maine	Memorial Field Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 24–7		[7]
October 27	Springfield*	Memorial Field Durham, NH	T 7–7	3,000	[8]
November 3	at Tufts*	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	L 0–26	3,500	[9][10]
November 10	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 7–21	5,000	[11][12]
November 17	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 3–47	15,000	[13][14][15]
November 24	at Saint Anselm*	Manchester, NH	W 21–14	8,000	[16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Source: [17][1]

The game against Saint Anselm was the third-ever meeting between the two programs; their prior games had been in 1894 (won by Saint Anselm) and in 1898 (won by New Hampshire).[16] New Hampshire's field goal in the Harvard game was the only time the Wildcats scored against the Crimson in seven games played from 1929 to 1939, as Harvard outscored New Hampshire by a total of 282–3 in those contests.[18] New Hampshire and Dartmouth would not meet again until 1956.[19]

Notes

1. This was Cowell's 20th year and 19th 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. Lowell Textile is now University of Massachusetts Lowell.
4. This was a different venue than the like-named Nickerson Field in Boston, used by BU in later years.

References

1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1936. pp. 186–187. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
2. "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
3. "Lowell Textile Bows In Final Quarter". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. September 30, 1934. p. 38. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
4. "Boston Univ. 13, New Hampshire 12". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1934. p. 8. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
5. "New Hampshire Loses to B. U. by One Point". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 8, 1934. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
6. "New Hampshire and Bates Play Tie Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 14, 1934. p. 46. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
7. "New Hampshire Drubs Maine Eleven, 24 to 7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 21, 1934. p. 40. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
8. "New Hampshire and Springfield Play Tie". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 28, 1934. p. 42. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
9. "Tufts-N. Hampshire". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
10. "Tufts Defeats New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 4, 1934. p. 38. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
11. "Dartmouth 21, New Hamp 7". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1934. p. 10. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
12. "Dartmouth Wins By 21 To 7 Over New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 11, 1934. p. 39. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
13. Sullivan, Donal M. (November 17, 1934). "Harvard-N. H." The Boston Globe. p. 1. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
14. Sullivan, Donal M. (November 17, 1934). "Harvard—". The Boston Globe. p. 9. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
15. "Harvard Eleven Saves Goal Posts By Beating New Hampshire, 47-3". The Baltimore Sun. AP. November 18, 1934. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
16. "St Anselm's-N. Hampshire". The Boston Globe. November 24, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
17. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
18. "New Hampshire vs Harvard (MA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
19. "New Hampshire vs Dartmouth (NH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.