American college football season
The 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Connecticut and Central Arkansas before losing in the quarterfinals to South Dakota State.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Maine | No. 13 | | CSL[1] | W 24–23 | 15,854 |
[2] | 4:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern* | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | W 22–12 | 3,387 |
September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | No. 9 | | Charter TV3 | L 26–51 | 7,906 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Rhode Island![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 15 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| ESPN3 | W 28–14 | 22,135 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Bryant* | No. 15 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| ESPN3 | W 45–17 | 7,951 |
October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook | No. 12 | | Wolfievision | L 24–38 | 12,311 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Towson | No. 18 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| UNHAthletics via YouTube | W 40–17 | 10,522 |
October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 1 James Madison | No. 17 | | MadiZone | L 0–21 | 25,298 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 21 | | TATV | W 35–16 | 5,426 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 7 Elon | No. 18 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| FCS FSGO | W 16–6 | 7,294 |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Albany | No. 16 | | CSL[1] | L 0–15 | 3,459 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | W 14–0 | 2,385 |
December 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Central Arkansas* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | W 21–15 | 6,243 |
December 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 6 South Dakota State* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | L 14–56 | 5,583 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
Maine
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
6 |
23 |
No. 13 Wildcats
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
24 |
At Georgia Southern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 12 Wildcats
|
15
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
22 |
Eagles
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
7 |
12 |
At Holy Cross
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 9 Wildcats
|
7
|
0
|
12
|
7 |
26 |
Crusaders
|
3
|
13
|
21
|
14 |
51 |
Rhode Island
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
No. 15 Wildcats
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
13 |
28 |
Bryant
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
0 |
17 |
No. 15 Wildcats
|
17
|
14
|
0
|
14 |
45 |
At Stony Brook
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 12 Wildcats
|
6
|
18
|
0
|
0 |
24 |
Seawolves
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
16 |
38 |
Towson
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
17 |
No. 18 Wildcats
|
7
|
26
|
7
|
0 |
40 |
At James Madison
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 17 Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 1 Dukes
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
At William & Mary
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 21 Wildcats
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
Tribe
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
6 |
16 |
Elon
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 7 Phoenix
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
No. 18 Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
9
|
0 |
16 |
At Albany
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 16 Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Great Danes
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
3 |
15 |
NCAA First Round—Central Connecticut
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 21 Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
NCAA Second Round—at Central Arkansas
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 21 Wildcats
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
No. 3 Bears
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
8 |
15 |
NCAA Quarterfinal–at South Dakota State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 21 Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
No. 6 Jackrabbits
|
21
|
7
|
14
|
14 |
56 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 13 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 21 | |
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Coaches | 16 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 20 | |
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References
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Venues |
- College Oval ( –1920)
- Memorial Field (1921–1935)
- Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
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