Colonial Clash

The Colonial Clash was an annual college football rivalry game played between the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The two teams first played each other in 1897, and met annually from 1952 through 2011. The rivalry was branded as the Colonial Clash beginning in 2010. In 2012, UMass transitioned to the Football Bowl subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, leaving the future of the rivalry in question. In 74 playings, UMass has won 43 games, UNH has won 28 games, and there have been three ties. Beginning with the 1986 playing, the MVP of the game was awarded the Bill Knight Trophy.

Colonial Clash
History
First meetingMassachusetts 10, New Hampshire 4 (1897)[1]
Last meetingNew Hampshire 27, Massachusetts 21 (2011)
Next meetingNone scheduled
Number of meetings74
All-time seriesUMass leads, 43–28–3[1]
Largest victoryNew Hampshire, 56–7 (1921)
Current streakNew Hampshire, 2
Longest UMass win streak6 (1969–74, 1977–82)
Longest UNH win streak4 (1953–56, 1994–97)
MVP Trophy:Bill Knight Trophy
Locations of UMASS and UNH

History

The first game played between the two schools took place on October 2, 1897, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Massachusetts won the game by a score of 10–4.[2][3] At the time, UMass was known as Massachusetts Agricultural College and New Hampshire was officially New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. They had formed a loose association with other public colleges in New England such as present day UConn and Rhode Island for the purpose of scheduling football matchups between the schools.

The colleges continued to schedule matches intermittently through 1922, but then had a 30-year hiatus until next meeting in 1952.[1] They then met annually through the 2011 season, along with one playoff game as part of the 2006 postseason.[1]

In August 2010, the matchup was branded as the "Colonial Clash", coincident with an arrangement to have the game played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[4] The 2010 matchup, a 39–13 win by New Hampshire,[5] was the first college football game played at Gillette,[6] the home stadium of the NFL's New England Patriots. The 2011 game, the second (and to date, most recent) playing under the Colonial Clash branding, was also won by UNH, 27–21.[7]

UMass leads the all-time series, 43–27–3, a winning percentage of .610, although UNH has the edge in games played since 1990, 14–9.[1] From 1958 through 1989, UMass won 26 of the meetings, losing only six times, including only one instance of back-to-back losses to their rival (1975 and 1976). The most successful run for New Hampshire occurred from 1990 to 2002, when the Wildcats won 10 matchups and lost only three.

In 2012, UMass moved up to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA's highest level of college football. The Minutemen joined the Mid-American Conference (MAC) at that time, then in 2016 became an independent. UNH remained in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). No meetings between the programs have been scheduled since 2011, leaving the future of the rivalry in doubt.

Year-by-year game results
Massachusetts victoriesNew Hampshire victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1897 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 10–4
2 1905 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 15–0
3 1906 Amherst, MA Tie0–0
4 1908 Manchester, NH Massachusetts 13–9
5 1909 Manchester, NH New Hampshire 17–0
6 1910 Manchester, NH Tie0–0
7 1911 Manchester, NH Massachusetts 8–0
8 1912 Manchester, NH Massachusetts 21–3
9 1913 Manchester, NH Massachusetts 34–0
10 1919 Durham, NH New Hampshire 9–7
11 1920 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 9–0
12 1921 Durham, NH New Hampshire 56–7
13 1922 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 12–10
14 1952 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 26–13
15 1953 Durham, NH New Hampshire 32–12
16 1954 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 32–12
17 1955 Durham, NH New Hampshire 21–7
18 1956 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 28–7
19 1957 Durham, NH Tie7–7
20 1958 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 25–24
21 1959 Durham, NH Massachusetts 19–6
22 1960 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 35–15
23 1961 Durham, NH Massachusetts 9–7
24 1962 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 16–14
25 1963 Durham, NH Massachusetts 48–2
26 1964 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 47–0
27 1965 Durham, NH Massachusetts 46–0
28 1966 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 14–7
29 1967 Durham, NH Massachusetts 14–13
30 1968 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 16–0
31 1969 Durham, NH Massachusetts 48–7
32 1970 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 24–14
33 1971 Durham, NH Massachusetts 38–20
34 1972 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 42–7
35 1973 Durham, NH Massachusetts 28–7
36 1974 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 27–17
37 1975 Durham, NH New Hampshire 14–11
38 1976 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 23–0
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
39 1977 Durham, NH Massachusetts 19–6
40 1978 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 34–0
41 1979 Durham, NH Massachusetts 29–0
42 1980 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 17–0
43 1981 Durham, NH Massachusetts 20–9
44 1982 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 27–0
45 1983 Durham, NH New Hampshire 35–10
46 1984 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 14–10
47 1985 Durham, NH Massachusetts 21–17
48 1986 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 38–31
49 1987 Durham, NH New Hampshire 17–10
50 1988 Durham, NH Massachusetts 64–42
51 1989 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 34–28
52 1990 Durham, NH New Hampshire 36–18
53 1991 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 35–28
54 1992 Durham, NH New Hampshire 20–13
55 1993 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 15–13
56 1994 Durham, NH New Hampshire 14–11
57 1995 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 32–29
58 1996 Durham, NH New Hampshire 40–7
59 1997 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 28–10
60 1998 Durham, NH Massachusetts 27–26
61 1999 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 34–19
62 2000 Durham, NH New Hampshire 24–16
63 2001 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 35–24
64 2002 Durham, NH New Hampshire 31–14
65 2003 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 44–30
66 2004 Durham, NH Massachusetts 38–21
67 2005 Amherst, MA New Hampshire 34–28
68 2006 Durham, NH Massachusetts 28–20
69 2006* Amherst, MA Massachusetts 24–17
70 2007 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 27–7
71 2008 Durham, NH New Hampshire 52–21
72 2009 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 23–17
73 2010 Foxboro, MA New Hampshire 39–13
74 2011 Foxboro, MA New Hampshire 27–21
Series: Massachusetts leads 43–28–3
* NCAA Playoff Quarterfinals

Source: [1]

See also

References
  1. "New Hampshire vs Massachusetts". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. "M. A. C., 10; N. H. C., 4". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 5 no. 2. November 1897. pp. 44–45. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. "Football Season Opened". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. October 4, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "UMass, UNH rivalry game rebranded 'Colonial Clash'". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. August 19, 2010. p. 26. Retrieved March 3, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. Larson, Craig (October 24, 2010). "Wildcats are the class of the Clash". The Boston Globe. p. C17. Retrieved March 3, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. Larson, Craig (October 23, 2010). "Evans hitting stride at UNH". The Boston Globe. p. C6. Retrieved March 3, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. Vega, Michael (October 23, 2011). "UNH bids adieu to UMass with win". The Boston Globe. p. C15. Retrieved March 3, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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