2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by interim head coach Ricky Santos, due to longtime head coach Sean McDonnell taking a leave of absence for medical reasons.[1] The team played their home games at Wildcat Stadium and were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Wildcats finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish tied for third place.

2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2019 record6–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (8th season)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –2  
No. 18 Albany ^  6 –2     9 –5  
No. 15 Villanova ^  5 –3     9 –4  
New Hampshire  5 –3     6 –5  
Towson  4 –4     7 –5  
Maine  4 –4     6 –6  
Elon  4 –4     5 –6  
Richmond  4 –4     5 –7  
Delaware  3 –5     5 –7  
William & Mary  3 –5     5 –7  
Stony Brook  2 –6     5 –7  
Rhode Island  0 –8     2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The Wildcats finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in seventh place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison238 (20)
2Towson217 (3)
3Maine201 (1)
4Elon164
5Delaware162
6Stony Brook151
7New Hampshire109
8Rhode Island104
9Villanova84
10Richmond62
11William & Mary58
12Albany34

Preseason All–CAA team

The Wildcats had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 71:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*
StadiumL 10–138,372[3]
September 147:00 p.m.at FIU*
ESPN3L 17–3011,756[4]
September 216:00 p.m.Rhode Island
NECNW 27–247,519[5]
September 286:00 p.m.Duquesne*
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSBW 23–67,920[6]
October 53:30 p.m.Elon
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSBW 26–1017,132[7]
October 126:00 p.m.at No. 22 Stony Brook
FloSportsW 20–145,599[8]
October 191:00 p.m.at No. 24 DelawareNo. 22
FloSportsL 10–1616,730[9]
November 21:00 p.m. No. 11 Villanova
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSBW 28–207,895[10]
November 93:30 p.m.at No. 2 James MadisonNo. 23
FloSportsL 16–5419,660[11]
November 161:00 p.m.at Albany
FloSportsL 17–242,486[12]
November 231:00 p.m.Maine
NBCSBW 28–1010,061[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Holy Cross
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 3 7 10
Crusaders 0 3 0 10 13
See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

at FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 0 7 0 17
Panthers 7 6 7 10 30
See also: 2019 FIU Panthers football team

Rhode Island
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 3 14 24
Wildcats 7 7 7 6 27
See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team

Duquense
1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0 0 0 6 6
Wildcats 10 3 3 7 23
See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team

Elon
1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 3 7 0 0 10
Wildcats 13 7 0 6 26
See also: 2019 Elon Phoenix football team

at Stony Brook
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 3 10 20
No. 22 Seawolves 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2019 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

at Delaware
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Wildcats 0 10 0 0 10
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 10 3 3 16
See also: 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Villanova
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Nova Wildcats 7 13 0 0 20
UNH Wildcats 7 0 14 7 28
See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

at James Madison
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Wildcats 10 0 6 0 16
No. 2 Dukes 10 20 14 10 54
See also: 2019 James Madison Dukes football team

at Albany
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 3 17
Great Danes 7 10 0 7 24
See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

Maine
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 7 0 0 3 10
Wildcats 7 7 0 14 28
See also: 2019 Maine Black Bears football team and Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

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 RV 22 23 RV RV 
Coaches RV 23 25 RV

References
  1. Connolly, John (August 27, 2019). "New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell on leave for health reasons". Boston Herald. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  2. Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  3. "New Hampshire vs. Holy Cross - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. "New Hampshire vs. Florida International - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  5. "Rhode Island vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  6. "Duquesne vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - September 28, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  7. "Elon vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  8. "New Hampshire vs. Stony Brook - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  9. "New Hampshire vs. Delaware - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  10. "Villanova vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  11. "New Hampshire vs. James Madison - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  12. "New Hampshire vs. Albany - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  13. "Maine vs. New Hampshire - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  14. "2019 Football Schedule". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  15. "2019 New Hampshire Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
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