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American college football season
The 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by 20th-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 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.
Preseason [ edit ]
CAA Poll [ edit ]
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
241 (21)
2
New Hampshire
206 (2)
3
Delaware
182
4
Stony Brook
169
5
Elon
168 (1)
6
Villanova
164
7
Richmond
127
8
Maine
81
9
Albany
78
10
Towson
74
11
William & Mary
55
12
Rhode Island
39
Preseason All-CAA Team [ edit ]
The Wildcats had three players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.
Offense
Trevor Knight – QB
Neil O'Connor – WR
Defense
Quinlen Dean – LB
Award watch lists [ edit ]
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. at Maine No. 7 FCS /FSGO L 7–356,597
September 8 6:00 p.m. Colgate * No. 20 NBCS BOS L 3–1011,433
September 15 5:00 p.m. at Colorado * P12N L 14–4542,360
September 29 1:30 p.m. at No. 11 Elon PAA L 9–3010,856
October 6 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross * Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCS BOS W 28–06,497
October 13 3:30 p.m. Stony Brook Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH CBSI /CBS SportsLive NBCS BOSL 7–3517,687
October 20 3:30 p.m. No. 24 Delaware Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS L 14–3811,992
October 27 3:30 p.m. at Villanova CBSI/CBS SportsLive W 34–03,919
November 3 1:00 p.m. No. 3 James Madison Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH FCS/FSGO W 35–247,741
November 10 1:00 p.m. Albany Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH NBCS BOS W 24–105,571
November 17 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island CAA.tv L 21–243,012
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ edit ]
At Maine [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Wildcats
0
0
0
7
7
Black Bears
0
22
7
6
35
Colgate [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
0
10
0
0
10
No. 20 Wildcats
0
3
0
0
3
At Colorado [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
14
0
14
Buffaloes
7
21
10
7
45
At Elon [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
3
6
0
0
9
No. 11 Phoenix
7
17
3
3
30
Holy Cross [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
0
0
0
0
Wildcats
14
0
14
0
28
Stony Brook [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seawolves
14
7
7
7
35
Wildcats
0
7
0
0
7
Delaware [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens
10
7
14
7
38
Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
At Villanova [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
UNH Wildcats
10
14
7
3
34
Nova Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
James Madison [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Dukes
3
0
7
14
24
Wildcats
14
7
7
7
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
3
0
0
7
10
Wildcats
7
3
7
7
24
At Rhode Island [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
7
14
21
Rams
3
7
7
7
24
Ranking movements [ edit ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 7 20 RV RV — — — — — — — — — Coaches 9 22 RV — — — — — — — — — —
References [ edit ]
Venues
College Oval ( –1920)
Memorial Field (1921–1935)
Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries People Seasons