1923 New Hampshire football team

1923 New Hampshire football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record4–4–1 (1–1–1 New England)
Head coach
CaptainCy Wentworth[1]
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 3 0 0 5 3 0
New Hampshire 1 1 1 4 4 1
Connecticut 1 1 1 3 4 1
Rhode Island State 0 3 0 1 5 1
Massachusetts 0 0 0 2 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Team captain Cy Wentworth c. 1923, in the annual college yearbook

The 1923 New Hampshire football team[a] was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1923 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[b] the team compiled a 4–4–1 record, and outscored opponents by a total of 106 to 75. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.[c]

This was the first season that the team represented the University of New Hampshire, which had been incorporated on July 1, 1923.[4] In prior seasons, the school had operated as New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.[d] This was also the first season of play for the New England Conference.[5]

  1. ^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1925. pp. 246–255. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  2. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Memorial Field Then". unh.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "R. D. Hetzel Now University Prexy". Corvallis Gazette-Times. July 31, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved February 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "College Conference on Sports Sunday". The Boston Globe. September 22, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved December 1, 2019 – via newspapers.com.


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