1992 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1992 New Hampshire Wildcats football
1992 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	5–5–1 (3–5 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (21st season);
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

1992 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Delaware $^	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Villanova ^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
UMass	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Richmond	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Maine	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Boston University	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1992 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 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 21st year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and finished seventh of nine teams in the Yankee Conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	L 24–27
September 12	Connecticut	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 21–24
September 19	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 28–14	7,183	^[2]
September 26	Dartmouth*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 45–27	6,838	^[3]
October 3	No. 12 Delaware	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 22–42
October 10	at No. 14 Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	L 7–15	11,011	^[4]
October 24	Northeastern*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	T 10–10
October 31	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 43–14
November 7	No. 11 Villanova	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 21–27		^[5]
November 14	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 20–13	2,218
November 21	No. T–20 UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 20–13	5,398
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ Long, Ernie (September 20, 1992). "Too Little, Too Late at Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lessels, Allen (September 27, 1992). "UNH, Bourassa Trample Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UNH stifled". Concord Monitor. October 11, 1992. Retrieved November 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Villanova's defense engineers a comeback victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 8, 1992. Retrieved April 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.