American college football season
2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Record | 4–7 (3–5 CAA) |
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Head coach | - Sean McDonnell (20th season)
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Defensive coordinator | John Lyons (7th season) |
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Home stadium | Wildcat Stadium |
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The 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-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 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.
Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
3 | Delaware | 182 |
4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
6 | Villanova | 164 |
7 | Richmond | 127 |
8 | Maine | 81 |
9 | Albany | 78 |
10 | Towson | 74 |
11 | William & Mary | 55 |
12 | Rhode Island | 39 |
Preseason All-CAA Team
The Wildcats had three players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.
Offense Trevor Knight – QB Neil O'Connor – WR Defense Quinlen Dean – LB |
Award watch lists
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at Maine | No. 7 | | FCS/FSGO | L 7–35 | 6,597 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Colgate* | No. 20 | | NBCS BOS | L 3–10 | 11,433 |
September 15 | 5:00 p.m. | at Colorado* | | | P12N | L 14–45 | 42,360 |
September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 11 Elon | | | PAA | L 9–30 | 10,856 |
October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross* | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| NBCS BOS | W 28–0 | 6,497 |
October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | Stony Brook![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS | L 7–35 | 17,687 |
October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 24 Delaware | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS | L 14–38 | 11,992 |
October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | at Villanova | | | CBSI/CBS SportsLive | W 34–0 | 3,919 |
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 3 James Madison | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| FCS/FSGO | W 35–24 | 7,741 |
November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Albany | | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| NBCS BOS | W 24–10 | 5,571 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | | | CAA.tv | L 21–24 | 3,012 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Maine
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 7 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Black Bears | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 35 |
Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Raiders | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 20 Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
At Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Buffaloes | 7 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
At Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
No. 11 Phoenix | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wildcats | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Seawolves | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
At Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
UNH Wildcats | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
Nova Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 3 Dukes | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Great Danes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
At Rhode Island
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Rams | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 7 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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Coaches | 9 | 22 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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References
- ^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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Venues | - College Oval ( –1920)
- Memorial Field (1921–1935)
- Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
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