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1911 New Hampshire football team

The 1911 New Hampshire football team[a] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[b] during the 1911 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team finished with a record of 1–5–1.

1911 New Hampshire football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–1
Head coach
CaptainClarence M. Lowd[1]
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn State – 8–0–1
Carlisle – 11–1–0
Princeton – 8–0–2
Trinity (CT) – 6–0–2
Temple – 6–1–0
Army – 6–1–1
Swarthmore – 6–1–1
Dartmouth – 8–2–0
Lafayette – 8–2–0
Yale – 7–2–1
Harvard – 6–2–1
Cornell – 7–3–0
Rhode Island State – 5–2–1
Brown – 7–3–1
Bucknell – 6–3–1
Penn – 7–4–0
Pittsburgh – 4–3–1
Washington & Jefferson – 6–4–0
Syracuse – 5–3–2
Dickinson – 4–4–0
Lehigh – 5–5–1
Rutgers – 4–4–1
Dickinson – 4–4–0
St. Bonaventure – 2–2–0
Carnegie Tech – 4–5–0
Holy Cross – 4–5–0
Tufts – 3–4–0
Vermont – 3–5–0
NYU – 1–3–3
Colgate – 3–6–0
Franklin & Marshall – 3–6–0
New Hampshire – 1–5–1
Geneva – 1–6–1
Villanova – 0–5–1
Boston College – 0–7–0

The team began the season with new head coach George McCaa,[3] but he resigned on October 9, after three games had been played, to become supervisor of athletics and assistant football coach at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.[4] Coaching of the team for the next two games is unclear—some contemporary sources named Joseph Courtney,[5] apparently hired and quickly dismissed,[6][c] but Courtney is believed to have been coach of the 1911 Boston College football team for the entire season. New Hampshire's athletic association hired Ray B. Thomas, who had coached the 1910 New Hampshire football team, to coach the final two games of the season.[6][d]

Schedule

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Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and three points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system.

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Bates Durham, NH T 6–6 [9]
September 30 at Brown
L 0–56 [10]
October 7 at Maine Orono, ME (rivalry) L 0–12 [11]
October 14 at Springfield Training School Springfield, MA L 0–28 [5][12]
October 21 Boston College Durham, NH W 12–0 [13]
October 28 Rhode Island State Durham, NH L 8–9 [14]
November 4 Massachusetts Manchester, NH (rivalry) L 0–8 [15]

Roster

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Player Position
Philip C. JonesLeft end
Augustine W. JennessLeft end
Percy R. CrosbyLeft guard
Irving C. PerkinsCenter
Ralph C. MorganRight guard
James B. PettengillRight tackle
James E. KileyRight end
William H. L. BrackettQuarterback
Clarence M. LowdLeft halfback
Fred H. SwaseyRight halfback
Ray E. HainesFullback
Daniel P. A. WillardLeft guard
Perley A. FosterHalfback

Each of the above players was awarded a varsity letter. Howard W. Sanborn, Byron H. Clark, Myles S. Watson, Timothy P. Reardon, Frank S. Davison, and Thomas J. Twomey were also listed as earning varsity letters.

Manager: George W. Berry, class of 1912

Asst. Managers: Perry E. Tubman and Gilbert F. Lane, class of 1913

Source:[8][17]

Notes

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  1. ↑ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  2. ↑ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  3. ↑ The New Hampshire stated that Courtney was fired due to "dissatisfaction" with his work and for missing a practice game against crew members of the USS North Carolina.[6]
  4. ↑ Thomas is the only coach listed for the 1911 season in New Hampshire's media guide,[7] and in the recap of the 1911 season appearing in the school's 1913 yearbook.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ "Football Practice". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 1. Durham, New Hampshire. September 20, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  2. ↑ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Football Coach". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 1. Durham, New Hampshire. September 20, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  4. ↑ "Coach to Leave". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 4. Durham, New Hampshire. October 11, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  5. 1 2 "Easy Victory for Training School". The Morning Union. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 15, 1911. p. 1D. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 3 "Ray B. Thomas Returns as Coach: Coaching Situation Settled". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 6. Durham, New Hampshire. October 25, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  7. 1 2 "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Football". The Granite. Vol. V. 1913. p. 13. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via unh.edu.
  9. ↑ "New Hampshire 6 Bates 6". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 2. Durham, New Hampshire. September 27, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  10. ↑ "Brown Defeats New Hampshire". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 3. Durham, New Hampshire. October 4, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  11. ↑ "Team Makes Better Showing: But is Defeated by the Maine Team". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 4. Durham, New Hampshire. October 11, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  12. ↑ "N. H. Loses to Springfield". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 5. Durham, New Hampshire. October 18, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  13. ↑ "Boston College Defeated 12-0". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 6. Durham, New Hampshire. October 25, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  14. ↑ "Rhode Island 9---New Hampshire 8". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 7. Durham, New Hampshire. November 1, 1911. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts 8---New Hampshire 0". The New Hampshire. Vol. 1, no. 8. Durham, New Hampshire. November 8, 1911. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  16. ↑ "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
  17. ↑ "Wearers of the N. H." The Granite. Vol. V. 1913. p. 21. Retrieved November 30, 2024 – via unh.edu.
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