2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football
UNH Wildcats.png
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Record4–7 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator John Lyons (7th season)
Home stadium Wildcat Stadium
Seasons
  2017
2019  
2018 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Maine $^  7 1   10 4  
No. 9 James Madison ^  6 2   9 4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^  5 3   7 5  
No. 20 Towson ^  5 3   7 5  
No. 24 Delaware ^  5 3   7 5  
No. 19 Elon ^  4 3   6 5  
Rhode Island  4 4   6 5  
William & Mary  3 4   4 6  
New Hampshire  3 5   4 7  
Villanova  2 6   5 6  
Richmond  2 6   4 7  
Albany  1 7   3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

Contents

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place. [1]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

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.

Award watch lists

AwardPlayerPositionYear
Walter Payton Award [2] Neil O'ConnorWRSR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at Maine No. 7 FCS/FSGO L 7–356,597
September 86:00 p.m. Colgate *No. 20 NBCS BOS L 3–1011,433
September 155:00 p.m.at Colorado * P12N L 14–4542,360
September 291:30 p.m.at No. 11 Elon PAA L 9–3010,856
October 61:00 p.m. Holy Cross *
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCS BOSW 28–06,497
October 133:30 p.m. Stony Brook Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
CBSI/CBS SportsLive
NBCS BOS
L 7–3517,687
October 203:30 p.m.No. 24 Delaware
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
CBSI/CBS SportsLive
NBCS BOS
L 14–3811,992
October 273:30 p.m.at Villanova CBSI/CBS SportsLiveW 34–03,919
November 31:00 p.m.No. 3 James Madison
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
FCS/FSGOW 35–247,741
November 101:00 p.m. Albany
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCS BOSW 24–105,571
November 1712:00 p.m.at Rhode Island CAA.tv L 21–243,012
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Maine

1234Total
No. 7 Wildcats00077
Black Bears0227635

Colgate

1234Total
Raiders0100010
No. 20 Wildcats03003

At Colorado

1234Total
Wildcats0014014
Buffaloes72110745

At Elon

1234Total
Wildcats36009
No. 11 Phoenix7173330

Holy Cross

1234Total
Crusaders00000
Wildcats14014028

Stony Brook

1234Total
Seawolves1477735
Wildcats07007

Delaware

1234Total
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens10714738
Wildcats070714

At Villanova

1234Total
UNH Wildcats10147334
Nova Wildcats00000

James Madison

1234Total
No. 3 Dukes3071424
Wildcats1477735

Albany

1234Total
Great Danes300710
Wildcats737724

At Rhode Island

1234Total
Wildcats0071421
Rams377724

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS 720RVRV
Coaches 922RV

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References

  1. Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.