1899 New Hampshire football team
American college football season
The 1899 New Hampshire football team [ c] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts [ d] during the 1899 college football season —the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team finished with a record of 3–3–1 or 4–2, per 1899 sources or modern sources, respectively.
Schedule
Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown , one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and five points for a field goal . Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.
A December editorial in The New Hampshire College Monthly stated that the team's record was 3–3–1,[ 13] whereas College Football Data Warehouse and the University's media guide list a record of 4–2.[ 4] [ 5]
Contemporary sources are clear that the Vermont game was played in Vermont;[ 13] modern sources list the site as Durham.
The October 21 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Boston College football programs.[ 16] The November 4 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Vermont football programs.[ 17]
Notes
^ per the University's media guide; 1899 sources differ
^ The New Hampshire College Monthly did not publish a team photo, which for the prior five seasons had listed starting players and identified the team captain.
^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[ 1] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
^ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
References
^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz" . unhwildcats.com . Retrieved February 14, 2020 .
^ "Football Saturday" . The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire . October 2, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "N. H. C. v. M. I. T." The New Hampshire College Monthly . Vol. 7, no. 2. November 1899. pp. 23–25. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ a b c d e f g "New Hampshire Game by Game Results" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ a b c d e f g "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide" . University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
^ "N. H. C. v. Andover" . The New Hampshire College Monthly . Vol. 7, no. 2. November 1899. pp. 25–26. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "N. H. C., 2d v. East Rochester" . The New Hampshire College Monthly . Vol. 7, no. 2. November 1899. pp. 26–27. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "N. H. C., 2d v. Somersworth" . The New Hampshire College Monthly . Vol. 7, no. 2. November 1899. pp. 27–28. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "Boston College v. N. H. C." The New Hampshire College Monthly . Vol. 7, no. 2. November 1899. pp. 28–29. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "Made One Touchdown" . The Boston Globe . October 22, 1899. p. 16. Retrieved April 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Portsmouth A. A. 0; N. H. College 0" . The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire . October 30, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Exeter vs. N. H. College" . The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire . November 2, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved April 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ a b c "Editorials" . The New Hampshire College Monthly . Vol. 7, no. 3. December 1899. pp. 42–43. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "Vermont News" . Deerfield Valley Times . Wilmington, Vermont . November 10, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Lost a Close Game" . The Burlington Free Press . Burlington, Vermont . November 6, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved April 20, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ "New Hampshire vs Boston College (MA)" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
^ "New Hampshire vs Vermont" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Wayback Machine .
Venues
College Oval ( –1920)
Memorial Field (1921–1935)
Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries People Seasons