2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was scheduled to represent the University of New Hampshire in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was scheduled to be led by 21st-year head coach Sean McDonnell following his leave of absence due to medical reasons during the 2019 season.[1] The team has played its home football games at Wildcat Stadium since 1936, and have competed in college football as an associate member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) since 2007.

2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2020 record0–0 (0–0 CAA)
Head coachSean McDonnell (21st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorMichael Ferzoco (2nd season as OC, 13th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorAlex Miller (2nd season as OC, 10th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (10th season)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
2020 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Albany   –      –  
Delaware   –      –  
Elon   –      –  
James Madison   –      –  
Maine   –      –  
New Hampshire   –      –  
Rhode Island   –      –  
Richmond   –      –  
Stony Brook   –      –  
Towson   –      –  
Villanova   –      –  
William & Mary   –      –  
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Colonial Athletic suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from STATS Poll

On July 17, 2020, the CAA announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference gave teams the option to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wished to play in the fall.[2] The same day, the university announced a postponement of their fall sports season, stating that they were "pursuing the feasibility of moving the fall sport programs to a spring season."[3]

Previous season
Main article: 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The Wildcats finished the 2019 season 6–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish tied for third place.

Schedule

The below schedule was released prior to the university's announcement on July 17 to postpone their fall sports season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 at Kansas*
September 12 Richmond
September 19 at Rhode Island
September 26 at Colgate*
October 3 Merrimack*
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
October 10 Stony Brook
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
October 24 at Elon
October 31 at Towson
November 7 William & Mary
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
November 14 Albany
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
November 21 at Maine
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

The Colgate game scheduled for September 26 was cancelled on July 13, resulting from the Patriot League's decision to cancel fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

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References
  1. Connolly, John (August 27, 2019). "New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell on leave for health reasons". Boston Herald. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. Downey, KC (July 17, 2020). "UNH announces postponement of fall sports season because of coronavirus crisis". WMUR-TV. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  4. "2020 New Hampshire Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  5. "Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus". ESPN.com. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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