1907 New Hampshire football team
The 1907 New Hampshire football team[lower-alpha 1] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[lower-alpha 2] during the 1907 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under second-year head coach Edward Herr,[lower-alpha 3] the team finished with a record of 1–5–2.
| 1907 New Hampshire football | |
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 Team captain Cone is seated in the center of the photo, holding football | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 1907 record | 1–5–2 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Charles F. Cone[1] |
| Home stadium | College grounds, Durham, NH |
| 1907 Eastern college football independents records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | – | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlisle | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western U. of Penn. | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington & Jefferson | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYU | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geneva | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tufts | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frankin & Marshall | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | – | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesleyan | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carnegie Tech | – | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and four points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system, and games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21[lower-alpha 4] | at Norwich | Northfield, VT | L 0–10 | [3][4] | |||
| September 28[lower-alpha 5] | at Brown |
| L 0–16 | [5] | |||
| October 5 | at Colby | Waterville, ME | T 0–0 | [6] | |||
| October 9 | at Dartmouth |
| L 0–10 | [7][8] | |||
| October 19 | at Bowdoin | Brunswick, ME | W 5–0 | [9] | |||
| October 26 | Bates | Durham, NH | L 0–22 | [10] | |||
| November 2 | Rhode Island State | Durham, NH | T 6–6 | [11] | |||
| November 9 | Vermont | Durham, NH | L 0–34 | [12] | |||
The September 21 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Norwich football programs.[15]
New Hampshire's second team (reserves) defeated Berwick Academy in Berwick, Maine, 5–4.[16]
Roster
A team roster published early in the season had 32 names;[17] after the season, 13 players plus the student team manager were awarded varsity letters:[18]
| Name | Position | Class | Age | Wt. & Ht. |
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| Arthur M. Batchelder | Quarterback | 1908 | 22 | 155 / 5'10" |
| Carl Chase | Center | 1909 | 22 | 158 / 5'9" |
| Francis Clough | Team manager | 1908 | ||
| Charles F. Cone | Halfback | 1908 | 22 | 170 / 6'1" |
| Roland B. Hammond | Tackle | 1909 | 20 | 185 / 5'9" |
| Merritt C. Huse | Guard | 1908 | 22 | 178 / 6'1" |
| James M. Leonard | End | 1910 | 19 | 150 / 5'8 1⁄2" |
| Frederick R. McGrail[lower-alpha 6] | Guard | 1910 | 19 | 182 / 5'8" |
| John J. O'Connor | Tackle | 1908 | 21 | 168 / 6'1" |
| Benjamin F. Proud | Halfback | 1911 | 21 | 167 / 5'10" |
| Edson D. Sanborn | Halfback | 1909 | 20 | 162 / 5'4" |
| Moses H. Sanborn | End | 1908 | 24 | 158 / 5'10" |
| George L. Waite | Fullback | 1908 | 21 | 160 / 5'11" |
| Carroll B. Wilkins | Halfback | 1909 | 23 | 153 / 5'10" |
In December 1908, Carl Chase and another student drowned while canoeing in the nearby Great Bay.[19][20] Edson D. Sanborn later coached the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) personnel of the 1918 New Hampshire football team that competed in place of the varsity.[21]
Notes
- The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] 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.
- New Hampshire's media guide lists 1905 as Herr's first season as head coach, but this is not corroborated; see discussion at 1905 New Hampshire football team.
- Other sources have the Norwich game on September 20; accounts from 1907 are clear it was September 21.
- Other sources have the Brown game on September 27; accounts from 1907 are clear it was September 28.
- First name listed as "Frederic" in The Granite yearbook.
Further reading
- "The Football Outlook". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 1. October 15, 1907. p. 4. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Review of the Football Season". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 3. December 15, 1907. pp. 55–56. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
References
- "The Celebration". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 2. November 15, 1907. p. 36. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- "The Norwich Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 1. October 15, 1907. pp. 6–7. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Norwich 10, N. H. State 0". The Daily Journal. Montpelier, Vermont. September 23, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- "The Brown Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 1. October 15, 1907. pp. 5–6. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "The Colby Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 1. October 15, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "The Dartmouth Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 1. October 15, 1907. pp. 4–5. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Dartmouth Wins, 10 To 0: New Hampshire State, Working at a Disadvantage, Puts Up a Great Game". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1907. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
- "The Bowdoin Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 2. November 15, 1907. p. 31. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Bates, 22; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 2. November 15, 1907. p. 32. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "The Vermont Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 2. November 15, 1907. pp. 32–33. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "The Rhode Island Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 2. November 15, 1907. pp. 33–34. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- "New Hampshire vs Norwich (VT)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Second vs. Berwick Academy". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 2. November 15, 1907. p. 34. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "The Football Squad". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 1. October 15, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Lettermen". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 15 no. 3. December 15, 1907. p. 56. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- "College Students Drown". The Evening Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. December 9, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 1910. p. 25. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
In Memoriam
- The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 1920. pp. 214–215. Retrieved February 19, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
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