2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-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 9–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Connecticut and Central Arkansas before losing in the quarterfinals to South Dakota State.

2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 21
FCS CoachesNo. 20
Record9–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (10th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (6th season)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 James Madison $^   8 0     14 1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^   7 1     10 3  
No. 20 Elon ^   6 2     8 4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^   5 3     9 5  
Delaware   5 3     7 4  
Richmond   4 4     6 5  
Towson   3 5     5 6  
Villanova   3 5     5 6  
Maine   3 5     4 6  
Albany   2 6     4 7  
Rhode Island   2 6     3 8  
William & Mary   0 8     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

edit
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.MaineNo. 13CSL[1]W 24–2315,854
September 9[2]4:00 p.m.at Georgia Southern*No. 12ESPN3W 22–123,387
September 161:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*No. 9Charter TV3L 26–517,906
September 233:30 p.m.Rhode Island No. 15
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ESPN3W 28–1422,135
September 306:00 p.m.Bryant*No. 15
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ESPN3W 45–177,951
October 146:00 p.m.at Stony BrookNo. 12WolfievisionL 24–3812,311
October 212:00 p.m.TowsonNo. 18
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthletics via YouTubeW 40–1710,522
October 283:30 p.m.at No. 1 James MadisonNo. 17MadiZoneL 0–2125,298
November 42:00 p.m.at William & MaryNo. 21TATVW 35–165,426
November 112:00 p.m.No. 7 ElonNo. 18
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
FCS
FSGO
W 16–67,294
November 181:00 p.m.at AlbanyNo. 16CSL[1]L 0–153,459
November 252:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*No. 21
ESPN3W 14–02,385
December 22:00 p.m.at No. 3 Central Arkansas*No. 21
ESPN3W 21–156,243
December 93:00 p.m.at No. 6 South Dakota State*No. 21
ESPN3L 14–565,583
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

edit

Maine

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 7 3 7 6 23
No. 13 Wildcats 14 3 0 7 24

At Georgia Southern

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Wildcats 15 7 0 0 22
Eagles 0 0 5 7 12

At Holy Cross

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Wildcats 7 0 12 7 26
Crusaders 3 13 21 14 51

Rhode Island

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 7 7 14
No. 15 Wildcats 8 7 0 13 28

Bryant

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 17 0 0 17
No. 15 Wildcats 17 14 0 14 45

At Stony Brook

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Wildcats 6 18 0 0 24
Seawolves 9 7 6 16 38

Towson

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 0 0 14 17
No. 18 Wildcats 7 26 7 0 40

At James Madison

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
No. 1 Dukes 0 14 7 0 21

At William & Mary

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Wildcats 7 14 7 7 35
Tribe 0 10 0 6 16

Elon

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Phoenix 0 0 0 6 6
No. 18 Wildcats 0 7 9 0 16

At Albany

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Great Danes 0 3 9 3 15

NCAA First Round—Central Connecticut

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 0 0 0 0
No. 21 Wildcats 0 7 0 7 14

NCAA Second Round—at Central Arkansas

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Wildcats 7 0 7 7 21
No. 3 Bears 7 0 0 8 15

NCAA Quarterfinal–at South Dakota State

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14
No. 6 Jackrabbits 21 7 14 14 56

Ranking movements

edit
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS1312915151312181721181621
Coaches16121116141312181619161420

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "UNH/Georgia Southern Game Moved to Birmingham, Ala". UNH Wildcats. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.