1991 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1991 New Hampshire Wildcats football
1991 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Yankee co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 13–29 vs. Samford
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	9–3 (7–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (20th season);
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Delaware +^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Villanova +^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 New Hampshire +^	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maine	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1991 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 20th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 9–3 record (7–1 against conference opponents), tied for the Yankee Conference championship, and lost to Samford in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at No. T–14 Marshall*	No. 8	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	L 23–24
September 14	Connecticut		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 21–16
September 21	Hofstra*	No. 20	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 48–28
September 28	Maine	No. T–20	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	W 38–20
October 5	at No. 5 Delaware	No. T–20	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 45–28	22,304
October 12	Richmond	No. 14	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 34–0	11,077	^[2]
October 26	at Northeastern*	No. 9	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 18–14
November 2	Boston University	No. 8	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 45–26
November 9	at No. 9 Villanova	No. 7	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 7–33
November 16	Rhode Island	No. 15	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 42–35
November 23	at UMass	No. 12	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 35–28	4,126
November 30	No. 10 Samford	No. 11	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 13–29		^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "UNH express rolls on". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1991. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Samford downs UNH 29-13: Samford 29, New Hampshire 13". Sunday News Journal. December 1, 1991. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e New Hampshire Wildcats football
Venues	College Oval ( –1920) Memorial Field (1921–1935) Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth UMass: Colonial Clash Bill Knight Trophy Maine: Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Appalachian State Delaware Eastern Kentucky James Madison Marshall McNeese State Middle Tennessee Nevada New Hampshire Northern Iowa Sam Houston State Samford Villanova Weber State Western Illinois Youngstown State
Champion – Youngstown State Penguins