1949 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 1949 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1949 college football season. In its first year under head coach Clarence E. "Chief" Boston, the team compiled a 4–4 record (1–3 against conference opponents), scoring and allowing an equal number of points, 153. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.

1949 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1949 record	4–4 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Chief Boston (1st season)
Captain	Alphie Swekla & Mickey Gage[1]
Home stadium	Lewis Field

1949 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vermont	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Connecticut +	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Maine +	2	–	0	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
UMass	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	at Rhode Island State	Meade Field Kingston, RI	W 28–20
October 8	Maine	Lewis Field Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 13–26		[2][3]
October 15	at Springfield*	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	W 20–7
October 22	Vermont	Lewis Field Durham, NH	L 6–13		[4]
October 29	at Northeastern*	Huntington Field Brookline, MA	W 40–12	4,000	[5]
November 5	Tufts*	Lewis Field Durham, NH	W 25–0	6,000	[6]
November 12	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Field Storrs, CT	L 7–27	7,000	[7]
November 19	Toledo*	Lewis Field Durham, NH	L 14–48	8,000	[8]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Source: [9]

After playing Toledo in three consecutive seasons, 1947–1949, the two programs would not meet again until 2011.[10]

References

1. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1950. pp. 278–282. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.
2. "Maine Bears to Assist UNH With Homecoming". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 7, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved November 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
3. "Maine Comes From Behind to Clip N. H., 26-13". The Boston Globe. AP. October 9, 1949. p. 47. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
4. "Vermonters Score 13 to Beat U.N.H." The Boston Globe. October 23, 1949. p. 48. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
5. "New Hampshire Topples Northeastern Grid Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 30, 1949. p. 1C. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
6. "New Hampshire Upsets Tufts College By 25-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 6, 1949. p. 1C. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
7. Keyes, Frank (November 13, 1949). "Connecticut Huskies Whip New Hampshire By 27 To 7". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 2C. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
8. "New Hampshire Wildcats Routed By Toledo, 48-14". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. November 20, 1949. p. C7. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
9. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
10. "New Hampshire vs Toledo (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.