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2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record6–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (8th season)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 James Madison $^   8 0     14 2  
No. 18 Albany ^   6 2     9 5  
No. 15 Villanova ^   5 3     9 4  
New Hampshire   5 3     6 5  
Towson   4 4     7 5  
Maine   4 4     6 6  
Elon   4 4     5 6  
Richmond   4 4     5 7  
Delaware   3 5     5 7  
William & Mary   3 5     5 7  
Stony Brook   2 6     5 7  
Rhode Island   0 8     2 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by interim head coach Ricky Santos, due to longtime head coach Sean McDonnell taking a leave of absence for medical reasons.[1] The team played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season 6–5 overalla nd 5–3 in CAA play to tie for third place.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in seventh place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 James Madison 238 (20)
2 Towson 217 (3)
3 Maine 201 (1)
4 Elon 164
5 Delaware 162
6 Stony Brook 151
7 New Hampshire 109
8 Rhode Island 104
9 Villanova 84
10 Richmond 62
11 William & Mary 58
12 Albany 34

Preseason All–CAA team

The Wildcats had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 71:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*StadiumL 10–138,372[3]
September 147:00 p.m.at FIU*ESPN3L 17–3011,756[4]
September 216:00 p.m.Rhode IslandNECNW 27–247,519[5]
September 286:00 p.m.Duquesne*
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSBW 23–67,920[6]
October 53:30 p.m.Elondagger
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSBW 26–1017,132[7]
October 126:00 p.m.at No. 22 Stony BrookFloSportsW 20–145,599[8]
October 191:00 p.m.at No. 24 DelawareNo. 22FloSportsL 10–1616,730[9]
November 21:00 p.m. No. 11 Villanova
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSBW 28–207,895[10]
November 93:30 p.m.at No. 2 James MadisonNo. 23FloSportsL 16–5419,660[11]
November 161:00 p.m.at AlbanyFloSportsL 17–242,486[12]
November 231:00 p.m.Maine
NBCSBW 28–1010,061[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[14][15]

Game summaries

At Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 3 7 10
Crusaders 0 3 0 10 13

At FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 0 7 0 17
Panthers 7 6 7 10 30

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 3 14 24
Wildcats 7 7 7 6 27

Duquesne

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0 0 0 6 6
Wildcats 10 3 3 7 23

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 3 7 0 0 10
Wildcats 13 7 0 6 26

At Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 3 10 20
No. 22 Seawolves 0 7 7 0 14

At Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Wildcats 0 10 0 0 10
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 10 3 3 16

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Nova Wildcats 7 13 0 0 20
UNH Wildcats 7 0 14 7 28

At James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Wildcats 10 0 6 0 16
No. 2 Dukes 10 20 14 10 54

At Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 3 17
Great Danes 7 10 0 7 24

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 7 0 0 3 10
Wildcats 7 7 0 14 28

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRV2223RVRV
CoachesRV2325RV

References

  1. ^ Connolly, John (August 27, 2019). "New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell on leave for health reasons". Boston Herald. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "New Hampshire vs. Holy Cross - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "New Hampshire vs. Florida International - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "Rhode Island vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "Duquesne vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 28, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Elon vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "New Hampshire vs. Stony Brook - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "New Hampshire vs. Delaware - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Villanova vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  11. ^ "New Hampshire vs. James Madison - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  12. ^ "New Hampshire vs. Albany - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  13. ^ "Maine vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  14. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  15. ^ "2019 New Hampshire Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.