The 1895 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts during the 1895 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team played a six-game schedule without facing any other college teams, and finished with a record of 1–4–1 or 2–3–1, per 1895 sources or modern sources, respectively.
At the close of the 1894 season, the team had selected William C. Dudley to again captain the 1895 squad. However, with Dudley and seven other members of the team having left college, Everett S. Whittemore became captain of the 1895 squad, until he resigned the position mid-season and was replaced by Fred F. Hayes.
Schedule Scoring during this era awarded 4 points for a touchdown, 2 points for a conversion kick (extra point), and 5 points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.
DateOpponentSiteper 1895 sourcesper modern sourcesResultSourceResultSource September 21 at Exeter Academy Exeter, NH L 0–29 L 0–29 September 28 Dover YMCA Durham, NH T 6–6 T 6–6 October 12 Portsmouth Athletic Assoc. unknownL 0–22 not listed October 19 at Dover YMCA Burgett ParkDover, NH L 10–14 L 10–14 November 2 Somersworth High School Durham, NH W 10–6 W 10–6 November 2 at Berwick Academy South Berwick, ME NH second team W 14–6 November 16 at Brewster Academy Wolfeboro, NH L 10–14 L 10–14 Overall record(1–4–1)(2–3–1)
A report in The New Hampshire College Monthly by the team's student manager stated that the team played six games, Recaps of seven games were provided in the College Monthly; six varsity contests plus a game played by the second team (backups). On November 2, the varsity defeated Somersworth High School while the second team defeated Berwick Academy. College Football Data Warehouse and the Wildcats' media guide list both of those contests, while omitting the October 12 loss against the Portsmouth Athletic Association. While the student manager's report noted that the "Portsmouth game was postponed three times", the College Monthly is clear that the game did get played; thus it is included in the overall record per 1895 sources, in lieu of the second team's win over Berwick Academy.
Roster Name Position Team photo location John W. Ash center seated, front row, center-left in black sweater David B. Bartlett quarterback seated, front row, second from right J. S. Black left guard seated, middle row, center-left in black shirt Walter F. Buck right halfback standing, left Richard C. Butterfield right guard seated, middle row, center-right in white shirt Henry M. Chamberlain fullback standing, center Elwin H. Forristall right end seated, front row, far left Fred F. Hayes left halfback standing, right J. A. Langlier substitute seated, back row, far right Herbert F. Moore substitute seated, back row, second from left Gerry A. Morgan substitute seated, back row, far left J. N. G. Nesbit left end seated, front row, far right Fred D. Sanborn right tackle seated, front row, second from left D. R. Taft student manager seated, back row, wearing hat Everett S. Whittemore center seated, front row, with football Walter M. Wiggin left tackle seated, middle row, at right with NHC sweater Source:
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