1931 New Hampshire Wildcats football team explained

Year:1931
Team:New Hampshire Wildcats
Sport:football
Conference:New England Conference
Short Conf:New England
Record:7–2
Conf Record:2–0
Head Coach:Butch Cowell
Hc Year:16th
Captain:Richard Eustis[1]
Stadium:Memorial Field

The 1931 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1931 college football season. In its 16th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled a 7–2 record, and outscored their opponents, 171–84. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.

Schedule

The 1931 game remains the last time that the Brown and New Hampshire football programs have met.[2]

New Hampshire captain Richard Eustis was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.[3] Eustis, who died in 1969 at the age of 62, served as athletic director at nearby Exeter High School,[4] where the school named its football field after him in 1970.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Granite . . . 1933 . 191–193 . January 28, 2020 . library.unh.edu . January 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127030639/https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1933 . dead .
  2. Web site: New Hampshire vs Brown (RI) . College Football Data Warehouse . January 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910045553/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=421 . September 10, 2015 . Wayback Machine.
  3. Web site: Hall of Fame . unhwildcats.com . January 28, 2020.
  4. News: Exeter High Director Of Athletics Dies at 62 . . . 3 . December 17, 1969 . January 28, 2020 . newspapers.com.
  5. News: Sport City – Suitable Memorials . Larry . Favinger . . . 9 . October 19, 1970 . January 28, 2020 . newspapers.com.