The 1921 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

1921 college football season The 1921 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing California Golden Bears, Cornell Big Red, Iowa Hawkeyes, Lafayette Leopards, Washington & Jefferson Presidents, and V ...

—the school became the

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mo ...

in 1923. In its sixth season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record, only losing to

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, while outscoring their opponents by a total of 234 to 66. Early in the season, the team played two "home" games in nearby Dover, New Hampshire. The first home game at Memorial Field, located in

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, was held in November; the field was used for home football games through the 1935 season.

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Although ''The Granite'' yearbook described the September 24 contest against USMC Portsmouth as a "practice game", the result is listed by College Football Data Warehouse and the Wildcats' media guide. A newspaper article about the next season's rematch noted that the USMC team was composed of Marine Corps personnel working at the

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in nearby

Kittery, Maine Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes Badger's Island, the seaside district of Kittery Point, and part of the Isles of Shoals. The southernmost town in t ...

. The 1921 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Army football programs. It was one of two contests the Cadets played on October 1; before losing to New Hampshire, Army defeated

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that same day. The Dartmouth game was attended by

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, a Dartmouth graduate. Following their 1921 game, New Hampshire and Holy Cross next met in 1973. New Hampshire's 56–7 win over Massachusetts remains the largest margin of victory in what later became known as the

Colonial Clash The Colonial Clash was an annual college football rivalry game played between the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The two teams first played each other in 1897, and met annually from 1952 th ...

rivalry. Other than 1943 and 1945, when New Hampshire did not field teams due to World War II, 1921 remains the most recent season without a New Hampshire–Maine game. Team captain

Dutch Connor Stafford Joseph "Dutch" Connor (April 16, 1895 – November 24, 1978) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Providence Steam Roller in 1925 and ...

was an inaugural member of the UNH Wildcats Hall of Fame in 1982.

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