| 1947 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
Glass Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Toledo | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (4–0 Yankee) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive scheme | T formation |
| Captain | Clayton Lane & Ernie Rainey[1] |
| Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 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 1947 college football season. In its second year under head coach Bill Glassford, the team compiled an 8–1 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the Yankee Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 255 to 59. The team's only loss was to the Toledo Rockets in the second annual Glass Bowl game.[2]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, New Hampshire was ranked at No. 125 out of 500 college football teams.[3]
This was the inaugural season of competition in the Yankee Conference, which had been formed in December 1946.[4] Quarterback Bruce Mather led the team on offense, which used a T formation scheme.[5] Mather, back Carmen Ragonese, and tackle Clayton Lane were each selected in the 1948 NFL draft.[6] Ragonese, Mather, co-captain Ernest Rainey, and co-captain Lane were each inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988, respectively; the 1947 team was inducted as a whole in 2001.[7]
The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
- ^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1948. pp. 236–240. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via library.unh.edu.
- ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "N.E. Conference Formed Among Six Colleges". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. AP. December 18, 1946. p. 20. Retrieved December 1, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Northeastern to Take to Air, Hope for Best Against N. H." The Boston Globe. November 1, 1947. p. 4. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colleges Beginning With N". DraftHistory.com. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.