The 1902 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

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—the school became the

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in 1923. The team finished with a record of 2–3–1, under direction of the program's first head coach,

John Scannell John Thomas Scannell (January 27, 1872 – October 2, 1951) was an American player and coach of college football, and also a physician. He was the first head coach of the football team now known as the New Hampshire Wildcats. Biography Scannel ...

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Scoring during this era awarded five points for a

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, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and five points for a

field goal A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in gridiron football. To score a field goal, the team in possession of the ball must place kick, or drop kick, the ball through the goal, i.e., between the uprights and over the crossbar. The entire ba ...

. Teams played in the

one-platoon system The one-platoon system, also known as iron man football, is a platoon system in American football where players play on both offense and defense. It was the result of smaller roster sizes in the early days of the game and rules that limited player ...

and the

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was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters. ''The New Hampshire College Monthly'' is clear that the Boston College game was played on Saturday, October 25, in Dover;

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and the University's media guide list the game as having been played on October 24 in Durham. In addition to the varsity games listed above, New Hampshire's second team (reserves) lost to the Exeter Academy second team, 5–0, and defeated a team of Exeter Academy

senior Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

s, 32–6.

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