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2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record6–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (8th season)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
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

The 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) 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. The Wildcats finished the season 6–5 overalla nd 5–3 in CAA play to tie for third place.

Preseason[edit]

CAA poll[edit]

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)
1 James Madison 238 (20)
2 Towson 217 (3)
3 Maine 201 (1)
4 Elon 164
5 Delaware 162
6 Stony Brook 151
7 New Hampshire 109
8 Rhode Island 104
9 Villanova 84
10 Richmond 62
11 William & Mary 58
12 Albany 34

Preseason All–CAA team[edit]

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

Schedule[edit]

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.Elondagger
  • 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[14][15]

Game summaries[edit]

At Holy Cross[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Duquesne[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRV2223RVRV
CoachesRV2325RV

References[edit]

  1. ^ Connolly, John (August 27, 2019). "New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell on leave for health reasons". Boston Herald. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b 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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_New_Hampshire_Wildcats_football_team