1970 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1970 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	5–3 (3–2 Yankee)
Head coach	Jim Root (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium

1970 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Connecticut $	4	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
UMass	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Maine	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Vermont	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1970 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 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In its third year under head coach Jim Root, the team compiled a 5–3 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and tied for third place in the Yankee Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at No. 5 Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 12–53	13,348–17,318
October 3	Connecticut	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 14–27	9,872
October 10	Maine	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	W 13–9	12,678
October 17	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 27–0	3,700
October 24	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 33–7	4,130
October 31	Rhode Island	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 59–7	10,053
November 7	Springfield*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 40–21	12,236
November 14	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 14–24	12,200
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game