1976 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1976 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Yankee Conference champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record8–3 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–8 New Hampshire $^ 4 1 0 8 3 0
UMass 3 2 0 5 5 0
Maine 2 3 0 6 5 0
Rhode Island 2 3 0 3 5 0
Boston University 2 3 0 3 7 0
Connecticut 2 3 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1976 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 1976 NCAA Division II football season. In its fifth year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–1 against conference opponents), won the Yankee Conference championship, and lost to eventual national champion Montana State in the quarterfinal of the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs.[1]

  1. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.