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2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
American college football season
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.
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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STATS | No. 21 |
FCS Coaches | No. 20 |
Record | 9–5 (5–3 CAA) |
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Offensive coordinator | Ryan Carty (10th season) |
Defensive coordinator | John Lyons (6th season) |
Home stadium | Wildcat Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | Maine | No. 13 | CSL[1] | W 24–23 | 15,854 | |
September 9[2] | 4:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern* | No. 12 | ESPN3 | W 22–12 | 3,387 | |
September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | No. 9 | Charter TV3 | L 26–51 | 7,906 | |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Rhode Island![]() | No. 15 |
| ESPN3 | W 28–14 | 22,135 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Bryant* | No. 15 |
| ESPN3 | W 45–17 | 7,951 |
October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook | No. 12 | Wolfievision | L 24–38 | 12,311 | |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Towson | No. 18 |
| UNHAthletics via YouTube | W 40–17 | 10,522 |
October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 1 James Madison | No. 17 | MadiZone | L 0–21 | 25,298 | |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 21 | TATV | W 35–16 | 5,426 | |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 7 Elon | No. 18 |
| FCS FSGO | W 16–6 | 7,294 |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Albany | No. 16 | CSL[1] | L 0–15 | 3,459 | |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut* | No. 21 |
| ESPN3 | W 14–0 | 2,385 |
December 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Central Arkansas* | No. 21 |
| ESPN3 | W 21–15 | 6,243 |
December 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 6 South Dakota State* | No. 21 |
| ESPN3 | L 14–56 | 5,583 |
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Maine
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Black Bears | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
No. 13 Wildcats | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
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See also: 2017 Maine Black Bears football team
At Georgia Southern
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No. 12 Wildcats | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
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At Holy Cross
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No. 9 Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
Crusaders | 3 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 51 |
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See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Rhode Island
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Rams | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
No. 15 Wildcats | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 28 |
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See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team
Bryant
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Bulldogs | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
No. 15 Wildcats | 17 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 45 |
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See also: 2017 Bryant Bulldogs football team
At Stony Brook
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No. 12 Wildcats | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Seawolves | 9 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 38 |
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See also: 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team
Towson
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Tigers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
No. 18 Wildcats | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 40 |
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See also: 2017 Towson Tigers football team
At James Madison
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No. 17 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 1 Dukes | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
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See also: 2017 James Madison Dukes football team
At William & Mary
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No. 21 Wildcats | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Tribe | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
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Elon
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No. 7 Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
No. 18 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
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See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team
At Albany
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No. 16 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Great Danes | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
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See also: 2017 Albany Great Danes football team
NCAA First Round—Central Connecticut
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Blue Devils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 21 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
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NCAA Second Round—at Central Arkansas
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No. 21 Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
No. 3 Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
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NCAA Quarterfinal–at South Dakota State
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No. 21 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
No. 6 Jackrabbits | 21 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
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- Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- "UNH/Georgia Southern Game Moved to Birmingham, Ala". UNH Wildcats. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.