1944 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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Conference | New England Conference |
Record | 1–3 (1–1 New England) |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Single-wing formation [2] |
Captain | Claude Henry [1] |
Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 1944 college football season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Herbert Snow and completed the season with a record of 1–3. [3] The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire had not fielded a team in 1943, due to World War II. [4] [3] In mid-September 1944, university administrators approved an "informal" team, limited to four games, with a roster consisting of 17-year-olds and returning veterans. [5] The program's most recent head coach, Charles M. Justice, had entered the Navy in April 1944. [6] Selected as his successor was Herbert Snow, a Springfield College graduate who had been the head coach at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts. [5] The team began practices in early October, [2] with only one player from their 1942 squad—Claude Henry, a reserve back who had returned to the university after serving in the Marine Corps. [2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 21 | at Maine | L 6–13 | [7] [8] | |||
October 28 | Middlebury* | L 7–27 | [9] [10] | |||
November 4 | at Middlebury* |
| L 7–21 | [11] [12] | ||
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Maine |
| W 19–14 | 1,200 [1] | [13] [14] |
The 1944 games remain the last time that the Middlebury and New Hampshire football programs have met. [16]
1944 New Hampshire Wildcats football team roster
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Centers
Guards
Tackles
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Ends
Backs
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Black Bears | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
at Alumni Field, Orono, Maine
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Fourth quarter
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Panthers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Lewis Field, Durham, New Hampshire
Game information | ||||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Panthers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
at Porter Field, Middlebury, Vermont
Game information |
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Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Black Bears | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
at Lewis Field, Durham, New Hampshire
Game information |
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Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
† touchdowns by Bill Black and Joe Swekla (order unknown) |
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Player | Touchdowns | Conversions | Points |
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Bill Black | 3 | 3 | 21 |
Joe Swekla | 2 | – | 12 |
Bill Pizzano | 1 | – | 6 |
Total | 6 | 3 | 39 |
Quarterback Bill Pizzano was named to the All-New England Small College Team; [26] he was later inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame, in 2004. [27]
1944 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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Conference | New England Conference |
Record | 1–3 (1–1 New England) |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Single-wing formation [2] |
Captain | Claude Henry [1] |
Home stadium | Lewis Field |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 1944 college football season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Herbert Snow and completed the season with a record of 1–3. [3] The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire had not fielded a team in 1943, due to World War II. [4] [3] In mid-September 1944, university administrators approved an "informal" team, limited to four games, with a roster consisting of 17-year-olds and returning veterans. [5] The program's most recent head coach, Charles M. Justice, had entered the Navy in April 1944. [6] Selected as his successor was Herbert Snow, a Springfield College graduate who had been the head coach at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts. [5] The team began practices in early October, [2] with only one player from their 1942 squad—Claude Henry, a reserve back who had returned to the university after serving in the Marine Corps. [2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 21 | at Maine | L 6–13 | [7] [8] | |||
October 28 | Middlebury* | L 7–27 | [9] [10] | |||
November 4 | at Middlebury* |
| L 7–21 | [11] [12] | ||
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Maine |
| W 19–14 | 1,200 [1] | [13] [14] |
The 1944 games remain the last time that the Middlebury and New Hampshire football programs have met. [16]
1944 New Hampshire Wildcats football team roster
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Centers
Guards
Tackles
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Ends
Backs
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Black Bears | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
at Alumni Field, Orono, Maine
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Fourth quarter
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Panthers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Lewis Field, Durham, New Hampshire
Game information | ||||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Panthers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
at Porter Field, Middlebury, Vermont
Game information |
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Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Black Bears | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
at Lewis Field, Durham, New Hampshire
Game information |
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Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
† touchdowns by Bill Black and Joe Swekla (order unknown) |
|
Player | Touchdowns | Conversions | Points |
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Bill Black | 3 | 3 | 21 |
Joe Swekla | 2 | – | 12 |
Bill Pizzano | 1 | – | 6 |
Total | 6 | 3 | 39 |
Quarterback Bill Pizzano was named to the All-New England Small College Team; [26] he was later inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame, in 2004. [27]