1991 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1991
| team = New Hampshire Wildcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 9–3
| conf_record = 7–1
| head_coach = Bill Bowes
| hc_year = 20th
| captain =
| stadium = Cowell Stadium
| champion = Yankee co-champion
| bowl = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowl_result = L 13–29 vs. Samford
}}
{{1991 Yankee Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=2017 New Hampshire Media Guide|publisher=University of New Hampshire|year=2017|page=67|accessdate=September 20, 2021|url=https://issuu.com/unhathletics/docs/unh_football_media_guide_2017_web}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1991
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 7|at|No. T–14 Marshall
|September 14||Connecticut||Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH|W 21–16|6,802|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-journal-wildcats-hold-off-huskies/162991895/|work=Record-Journal|title=Wildcats hold off Huskies|date=September 15, 1991|accessdate=November 28, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 21||{{cfb link|year=1991|team=Hofstra Flying Dutchmen|title=Hofstra}}
|September 28||Maine|T–20|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH (rivalry)|W 38–20|9,533|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news-griffin-sparks-wil/162992277/|work=The Bangor Daily News|title=Griffin sparks Wildcats past Black Bears in 4th quarter|date=September 29, 1991|accessdate=November 28, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 5|at|No. 5 Delaware|T–20|Delaware Stadium|Newark, DE|W 45–28|22,304|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-bourassa-buries-delaware/162989670/|work=Concord Monitor|title=Bourassa buries Delaware|date=October 7, 1991|accessdate=January 13, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 12||Richmond|14|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH|W 34–0|11,077|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112538323/unh-express-rolls-on/|work=The Boston Globe|title=UNH express rolls on|date=October 13, 1991|accessdate=November 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 26|at|Northeastern
|November 2||Boston University|8|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH|W 45–26||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-bourassa-runs-for-148-ya/162992642/|work=Concord Monitor|title=Bourassa runs for 148 yards|date=November 4, 1991|accessdate=January 13, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 9|at|No. 9 Villanova|7|Villanova Stadium|Villanova, PA|L 7–33|10,416|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unh-is-sidetracked-by-v/162991452/|work=Boston Sunday Globe|title=UNH is sidetracked by Villanova|date=November 10, 1991|accessdate=January 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 16||Rhode Island|15|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH|W 42–35|6,639|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-new-hampshire-42-rhode-island-3/162992865/|work=The Day|title=New Hampshire 42, Rhode Island 35|date=November 17, 1991|accessdate=January 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 23|at|UMass|12|McGuirk Stadium|Hadley, MA (rivalry)|W 35–28|4,126|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-unh-bumps-umass/162993003/|work=The Republican|title=UNH bumps UMass|date=November 24, 1991|accessdate=January 12, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 30||No. 10 Samford|11|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)|L 13–29||{{cite news|title=Samford downs UNH 29-13: Samford 29, New Hampshire 13|newspaper=Sunday News Journal|date=December 1, 1991|page=D4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85761810/samford-downs-unh-29-13/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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{{Yankee Conference football champions}}
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