# 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by interim head coach Ricky Santos, due to longtime head coach Sean McDonnell taking a leave of absence for medical reasons. The team played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season 6–5 overall and 5–3 in CAA play to tie for third place.

## Preseason
### CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in seventh place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | James Madison | 238 (20) |
| 2 | Towson | 217 (3) |
| 3 | Maine | 201 (1) |
| 4 | Elon | 164 |
| 5 | Delaware | 162 |
| 6 | Stony Brook | 151 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 109 |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 104 |
| 9 | Villanova | 84 |
| 10 | Richmond | 62 |
| 11 | William & Mary | 58 |
| 12 | Albany | 34 |

### Preseason All–CAA team

The Wildcats had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | | Fitton FieldWorcester, MA | Stadium | L 10–13 | 8,372 |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at FIU* | | Riccardo Silva StadiumMiami, FL | ESPN3 | L 17–30 | 11,756 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | NECN | W 27–24 | 7,519 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Duquesne* | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | NBCSB | W 23–6 | 7,920 |
| October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | Elon | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | NBCSB | W 26–10 | 17,132 |
| October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Stony Brook | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | FloSports | W 20–14 | 5,599 |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Delaware | No. 22 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | FloSports | L 10–16 | 16,730 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 11 Villanova | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | NBCSB | W 28–20 | 7,895 |
| November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 James Madison | No. 23 | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA | FloSports | L 16–54 | 19,660 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Albany | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | FloSports | L 17–24 | 2,486 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Maine | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket) | NBCSB | W 28–10 | 10,061 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Crusaders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |

### At FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Panthers | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 |

### Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |

### Duquesne

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dukes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Wildcats | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 |

### Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Phoenix | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Wildcats | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 |

### At Stony Brook

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| No. 22 Seawolves | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 22 Wildcats | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |

### Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Nova Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| UNH Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |

### At James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 23 Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 54 |

### At Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Great Danes | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | 22 | | | 23 | RV | | RV |
| Coaches | RV | | | | | | | 23 | | | 25 | RV | | |