1986 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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1986 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Delaware +^ 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
No. 19 Connecticut + 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
UMass + 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
New Hampshire 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Maine 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Richmond 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Boston University 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Rhode Island 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 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 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 15th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 7–4 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of eight teams in the Yankee Conference.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at No. T–9 Richmond
L 12–3815,117[2]
September 13at No. 6 Delaware
W 28–21
September 20Boston University
W 26–9
September 27at Dartmouth*
W 66–129,927[3]
October 4No. 18 Connecticut
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 42–19
October 11at Lafayette*No. 14
W 20–1612,500[4]
October 25Northeastern*No. 13
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 24–21
November 1Rhode IslandNo. 11
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 28–24
November 8MaineNo. 11
L 13–14
November 15at UMassNo. 20
L 31–388,117
November 22Colgate*
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 23–273,075[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bleier, UR roll over Wildcats". Daily Press. September 6, 1986. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Reinert, Bob (September 28, 1986). "UNH Annihilates Dartmouth, 66-12". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Laubach, Ed (October 12, 1986). "UNH Rebuffs Lafayette". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Record-Setting Gamble Leads Colgate, 27-23". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. November 23, 1986. pp. 6D, 2D – via Newspapers.com.
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