1942 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1942 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 1942 college football season. In its first year under head coach Charles M. Justice, the team compiled a 6–0 record, outscoring their opponents 101–46. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
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Team photo; Theo "Tuffy" Fitanides is number 36 in the front row | |
| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 6–0 (3–0 New England) |
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| Captain | Charles "Pappy" Judd |
| Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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| New Hampshire + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's prior head coach, George Sauer, enlisted in the Navy in April 1942. Justice, who had been the team's line coach, was named as Sauer's successor in early May.
New Hampshire was ranked at No. 197 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.
After the 1942 season, the Wildcats' football program would be idle due to World War II until a four-game limited schedule in 1944, with their next full season being 1946.