1966 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

American college football season

1966 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record2–6 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach
  • Joe Yukica (1st season)
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Yankee Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UMass $ 5 0 0 6 3 0
Vermont 3 2 0 6 2 0
Connecticut 2 2 1 2 6 1
Maine 2 3 0 4 5 0
Rhode Island 1 3 1 1 7 1
New Hampshire 1 4 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1966 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 1966 NCAA College Division football season. In its first year under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 2–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished last out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Colby*
  • Seaverns Field
  • Waterville, ME
L 14–181,800
October 1Rhode Island
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 6–172,500–5,000[2]
October 8Maine
W 10–710,400
October 15at VermontL 24–328,500[3]
October 22at Northeastern*L 14–158,700
October 29Connecticut
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 14–159,000
November 5Springfield*
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 28–217,500
November 12at UMassL 7–146,400
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Mitchell sets records as Vt. tops UNH, 32–24". The Boston Globe. October 16, 1966. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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  • College Oval ( –1920)
  • Memorial Field (1921–1935)
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