The 2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the

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in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 21st-year head coach

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following his leave of absence due to medical reasons during the 2019 season. The Wildcats have played their home football games at

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since 1936, and have competed in

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as an associate member of the

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(CAA) since 2007. On July 17, 2020, the CAA announced that it would not play fall sports due to the

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. The conference gave teams the option to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wished to play in the fall. The same day, the university announced a postponement of their fall sports season, stating that they were "pursuing the feasibility of moving the fall sport programs to a spring season." In October 2020, the CAA announced a football schedule for teams to play in the spring of 2021. The Wildcats began their spring football season on March 5, 2021, with a home loss to Albany. Their next three games were postponed due to COVID concerns, and on April 6, the program opted out of the remainder of the season.

Schedule

The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.

Game summaries

Albany

This was the first game of the delayed 2020 season for both New Hampshire and Albany. New Hampshire entered the game ranked 14th, while Albany was ranked 13th. Albany had won the teams' most recent meeting, 24–17, played in November 2019 in Albany. ;First quarter *(7:59) UNH – Sean Coyne 4-yard pass from Max Brosmer, Jordan Conn kick (''Drive: 14 plays, 68 yards, 6:55; UNH 7–0'') *(1:21) ALB – Mike Gray 23-yard pass from Jeff Undercuffler, Dylan Burns kick (''Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 6:38; Tied 7–7'') ;Second quarter *(1:08) UNH – Albany punt blocked by Zedane Williams, recovered by J. J. Jerome in the end zone, Jordan Conn kick (''UNH 14–7'') ;Third quarter *(10:36) ALB – Tyler Oedekoven 18-yard pass from Jeff Undercuffler, Dylan Burns kick (''Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards, 4:21; Tied 14–14'') *(7:41) ALB – Karl Mofor 9-yard pass from Jeff Undercuffler, Dylan Burns kick (''Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:14; ALB 21–14'') ;Fourth quarter * (11:38) ALB – Dylan Burns 37-yard field goal (''Drive: 12 plays, 54 yards, 5:22; ALB 24–14'') * (6:48) UNH – Sean Coyne 18-yard pass from Max Brosmer, kick blocked (''Drive: 2 plays, 25 yards, 0:47; ALB 24–20'') Source:

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