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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
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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
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | | | Stadium | L 10–13 | 8,372 | [3] |
September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at FIU* | | | ESPN3 | L 17–30 | 11,756 | [4] |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | | | NECN | W 27–24 | 7,519 | [5] |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Duquesne* | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| NBCSB | W 23–6 | 7,920 | [6] |
October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | Elon | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| NBCSB | W 26–10 | 17,132 | [7] |
October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Stony Brook | | | FloSports | W 20–14 | 5,599 | [8] |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Delaware | No. 22 | | FloSports | L 10–16 | 16,730 | [9] |
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 11 Villanova | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| NBCSB | W 28–20 | 7,895 | [10] |
November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 James Madison | No. 23 | | FloSports | L 16–54 | 19,660 | [11] |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Albany | | | FloSports | L 17–24 | 2,486 | [12] |
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Maine | | | NBCSB | W 28–10 | 10,061 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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[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 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | 22 | | | 23 | RV | | RV |
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Coaches | RV | | | | | | | 23 | | | 25 | RV | | |
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References
- ^ Connolly, John (August 27, 2019). "New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell on leave for health reasons". Boston Herald. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs. Holy Cross - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs. Florida International - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "Rhode Island vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "Duquesne vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 28, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "Elon vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs. Stony Brook - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs. Delaware - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "Villanova vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs. James Madison - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs. Albany - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "Maine vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "2019 New Hampshire Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
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- College Oval ( –1920)
- Memorial Field (1921–1935)
- Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
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