The 1893 New Hampshire football team was an

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team that represented

New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (NHC) was founded and incorporated in 1866, as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College. In 1893, NHC moved to Durham, where it became the University of New Ha ...

during the 1893 college football season—the school became the

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in 1923. This was the first year that the college fielded a football team, which lost the only game it played.

Schedule

Scoring during this era awarded 4 points for a

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, 2 points for a conversion kick (extra point), and 5 points for a field goal. Teams played in the

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and the

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was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters. ;Game summary * Date: November 4, 1893 * Game weather: Rain * Referee: G. L. Teeple of Durham * Umpire: C. S. Haley of Newmarket ;Scoring :First half * Newmarket – Mellows run (Mellows kick failed). NHC 0, Newmarket 4 :Second half * Newmarket – Griffin run (Mellows kick good). NHC 0, Newmarket 10 Time: 40 minutes NHC roster: Whittemore (C), Forrestal (RG), Sprague (RT), Brown (RE), Wiggin (LG), Russell (LT), Shattuck (LE), Roberts (QB), Howe (HB), Janvrin (HB), Demeritte (FB) Newmarket roster: Barrett (C), Simpson (RG), G. Evans (RT), P. Griffin (RE), Walker (LG), Kennedy (LT), Maguire (LE), Haley (QB), W. Evans (HB), M. Griffin (HB), Mellows (FB) Source:

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