2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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.

2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 21
FCS CoachesNo. 20
2017 record9–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (10th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (6th season)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 0     14 1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 1     10 3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 2     8 4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 3     9 5  
Delaware  5 3     7 4  
Richmond  4 4     6 5  
Towson  3 5     5 6  
Villanova  3 5     5 6  
Maine  3 5     4 6  
Albany  2 6     4 7  
Rhode Island  2 6     3 8  
William & Mary  0 8     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.MaineNo. 13CSL[1]W 24–2315,854
September 9[2]4:00 p.m.at Georgia Southern*No. 12ESPN3W 22–123,387
September 161:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*No. 9Charter TV3L 26–517,906
September 233:30 p.m.Rhode IslandNo. 15
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ESPN3W 28–1422,135
September 306:00 p.m.Bryant*No. 15
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ESPN3W 45–177,951
October 146:00 p.m.at Stony BrookNo. 12WolfievisionL 24–3812,311
October 212:00 p.m.TowsonNo. 18
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthletics via YouTubeW 40–1710,522
October 283:30 p.m.at No. 1 James MadisonNo. 17MadiZoneL 0–2125,298
November 42:00 p.m.at William & MaryNo. 21TATVW 35–165,426
November 112:00 p.m.No. 7 ElonNo. 18
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
FCS
FSGO
W 16–67,294
November 181:00 p.m.at AlbanyNo. 16CSL[1]L 0–153,459
November 252:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*No. 21
ESPN3W 14–02,385
December 22:00 p.m.at No. 3 Central Arkansas*No. 21ESPN3W 21–156,243
December 93:00 p.m.at No. 6 South Dakota State*No. 21ESPN3L 14–565,583

Game summaries

Maine

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

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Great Danes 0 3 9 3 15

FCS Playoffs

Central Connecticut–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 0 0 0 0
No. 21 Wildcats 0 7 0 7 14

at Central Arkansas–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Wildcats 7 0 7 7 21
No. 3 Bears 7 0 0 8 15

at South Dakota State–Quarterfinals

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.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 13 12 9 15 15 13 12 18 17 21 18 16 21  
Coaches 16 12 11 16 14 13 12 18 16 19 16 14 20

References

  1. Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. "UNH/Georgia Southern Game Moved to Birmingham, Ala". UNH Wildcats. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
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