American college football season
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 [ edit ] CAA Poll [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. at Maine No. 7 FCS /FSGO L 7–356,597 September 8 6:00 p.m. Colgate * No. 20 NBCS BOS L 3–1011,433 September 15 5:00 p.m. at Colorado * P12N L 14–4542,360 September 29 1:30 p.m. at No. 11 Elon PAA L 9–3010,856 October 6 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross * Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCS BOS W 28–06,497 October 13 3:30 p.m. Stony Brook Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH CBSI /CBS SportsLive NBCS BOSL 7–3517,687 October 20 3:30 p.m. No. 24 Delaware Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS L 14–3811,992 October 27 3:30 p.m. at Villanova CBSI/CBS SportsLive W 34–03,919 November 3 1:00 p.m. No. 3 James Madison Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH FCS/FSGO W 35–247,741 November 10 1:00 p.m. Albany Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCS BOS W 24–105,571 November 17 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island CAA.tv L 21–243,012 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ edit ] At Maine [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 7 Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7 Black Bears 0 22 7 6 35
Colgate [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 0 10 0 0 10 No. 20 Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
At Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 14 0 14 Buffaloes 7 21 10 7 45
At Elon [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 3 6 0 0 9 No. 11 Phoenix 7 17 3 3 30
Holy Cross [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Crusaders 0 0 0 0 0 Wildcats 14 0 14 0 28
Stony Brook [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Seawolves 14 7 7 7 35 Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7
Delaware [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens 10 7 14 7 38 Wildcats 0 7 0 7 14
At Villanova [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total UNH Wildcats 10 14 7 3 34 Nova Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
James Madison [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Dukes 3 0 7 14 24 Wildcats 14 7 7 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Great Danes 3 0 0 7 10 Wildcats 7 3 7 7 24
At Rhode Island [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 7 14 21 Rams 3 7 7 7 24
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 7 20 RV RV — — — — — — — — — Coaches 9 22 RV — — — — — — — — — —
References [ edit ]
Venues College Oval ( –1920) Memorial Field (1921–1935) Wildcat Stadium (1936–present) Bowls & rivalries People Seasons