Bill Bowes (American football)

Bill Bowes
Biographical details
Born	October 17, 1943 (age 80); Blanchard, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1962–1964	Penn State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965	Penn State (assistant freshmen)
1966–1967	New Hampshire (OL)
1968–1971	Boston College (OL)
1972–1998	New Hampshire
Head coaching record
Overall	175–106–5
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs); 0–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	4 Yankee (1975–1976, 1991, 1994)
	College Football Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2016 (profile)

Bill Bowes (born October 17, 1943) is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire for 27 seasons, from 1972 to 1998, compiling a record of 175–106–5.^[1] Bowes is the longest-tenured and all-time winningest head coach for the New Hampshire Wildcats football team. His teams won four Yankee Conference championships and two divisional championships. Bowes played college football at Pennsylvania State University, lettering for the Nittany Lions from 1962 to 1964.

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NCAA^#	TSN^°
New Hampshire Wildcats (Yankee Conference) (1972–1996)
1972	New Hampshire	4–5	2–3	4th
1973	New Hampshire	4–5	2–3	4th
1974	New Hampshire	5–4	3–3	T–3rd
1975	New Hampshire	9–3	5–0	1st	L NCAA Division II Semifinal†
1976	New Hampshire	8–3	4–1	1st	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
1977	New Hampshire	8–2	3–2	3rd
1978	New Hampshire	6–4–1	1–3–1	5th
1979	New Hampshire	5–4–2	2–2–1	4th
1980	New Hampshire	6–4	2–3	4th
1981	New Hampshire	7–3	2–3	4th		10
1982	New Hampshire	4–6	1–4	6th
1983	New Hampshire	7–3	3–2	3rd		20
1984	New Hampshire	9–2	3–2	3rd		11
1985	New Hampshire	6–4	2–3	T–3rd
1986	New Hampshire	7–4	4–3	4th
1987	New Hampshire	7–3	4–3	4th
1988	New Hampshire	6–5	4–4	T–3rd		20
1989	New Hampshire	7–3	5–3	T–4th
1990	New Hampshire	7–3–1	5–3	T–2nd		T–19
1991	New Hampshire	9–3	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round	11
1992	New Hampshire	5–5–1	3–5	7th
1993	New Hampshire	6–5	4–4	4th (New England)
1994	New Hampshire	10–2	8–0	1st (New England)	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round		12
1995	New Hampshire	6–5	4–4	3rd (New England)
1996	New Hampshire	8–3	6–2	1st (New England)			18
New Hampshire Wildcats (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1997–1998)
1997	New Hampshire	5–6	5–3	1st (New England)
1998	New Hampshire	4–7	3–5	T–3rd (New England)
New Hampshire:		175–106–5
Total:		175–106–5
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

†The 1975 semifinal game was the Grantland Rice Bowl.

References[edit]

^ "After 27 Seasons, Bowes Calls It Quits". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. Associated Press. April 23, 1999. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

External links[edit]

Bill Bowes at the College Football Hall of Fame

[1] "After 27 Seasons, Bowes Calls It Quits". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. Associated Press. April 23, 1999. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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