1940 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = New Hampshire Wildcats
| sport = football
| image = 1940 New Hampshire Wildcats football team.png
| image_size = 285
| conference = New England Conference
| short_conf = New England
| record = 5–3
| conf_record = 2–0
| head_coach = George Sauer
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Matthew Flaherty{{cite book |url=https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1942 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215215919/https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1942 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |title=The Granite |publisher=University of New Hampshire |location=Durham, New Hampshire |date=1942 |pages=108–113 |accessdate=December 15, 2019 |via=library.unh.edu }}
| stadium= Lewis Field
}}
{{1940 New England Conference football standings}}
The 1940 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 5–3 record, outscoring their opponents 121–86.
New Hampshire was ranked at No. 218 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
Schedule
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| seasonsource = {{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/1940-1944_yearly_results.php |title=New Hampshire Game by Game Results |website=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029052144/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/1940-1944_yearly_results.php |archive-date=October 29, 2016 |via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39886260/seasons_records_of_leading_college/ |title=
Season's Records of Leading College Football Teams |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=12 |date=November 25, 1940 |accessdate=November 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}
|September 28 |at |{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Colby Mules|title=Colby}}
|October 5 | |{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}
|October 12 | |Maine
|October 19 | |{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Springfield Gymnasts|title=Springfield}}
|October 26 |at |Vermont
Once Again Cats Upset Dope By Beating New Hampshire (cont'd) |first=Walt |last=Hickey |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=12 |date=October 28, 1940 |accessdate=November 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}
|November 2 |at |{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Saint Anselm Hawks|title=Saint Anselm}}
|November 9 |at |{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}
|November 16 | |Connecticut |Lewis Field |Durham, NH |W 9–0 | |{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39886682/new_hampshire_scores_touchdown_and/ |title=
New Hampshire Scores Touchdown And Field Goal To Defeat Connecticut, 9-0 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=49 |date=November 17, 1940 |accessdate=November 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}
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The 1940 game remains the last time that the Saint Anselm and New Hampshire football programs have met.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=2788 |title=New Hampshire vs Saint Anselm (NH) |website=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=January 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910055138/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/new_hampshire/opponents_records.php?teamid=2788 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |via=Wayback Machine}}
New Hampshire captain Matthew Flaherty was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.{{cite web |url=https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/7/23/Development_0723150850.aspx |title=Hall of Fame |website=unhwildcats.com |accessdate=January 27, 2020}} Flaherty served in World War II, was a teacher and basketball coach at nearby Dover High School, and later became a high school principal; he died in November 2004 at age 86.{{cite news |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2008/09/25/obituaries/matthew-j-flaherty/ |title=Matthew J. Flaherty |website=Bangor Daily News |url-access=limited |date=September 25, 2008 |accessdate=January 30, 2020}}
References
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