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.