The 2022 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the

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as a member of the

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(CAA) in the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach

Ricky Santos Ricky Santos (born April 26, 1984) is an American former gridiron football quarterback who is currently the head coach for the New Hampshire Wildcats football team. He played college football at New Hampshire, and was signed by the Kansas City C ...

, played their home games at

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Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2021 season 3–8, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in eleventh place. On December 1, 2021, head coach

Sean McDonnell Sean Patrick McDonnell (born October 15, 1956) is a retired college football coach and former player, best known for his tenure as head football coach at the University of New Hampshire. Biography McDonnell, nicknamed "Coach Mac", served as the ...

announce his retirement. He finish with a 22-year record of 157–104. Former New Hampshire quarterback

will be the next head coach.

Schedule

Game summaries

Monmouth

At Albany

North Carolina Central

At Towson

At Western Michigan

Stony Brook

At Dartmouth

No. 21 Elon

At No. 14 Richmond

No. 22 Rhode Island

At Maine

NCAA Division I First Round—No. 16 Fordham

NCAA Division I Second Round—at No. 7 Holy Cross

References

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