| 2020New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Division | North Division |
| Record | 0–1 (0–1 CAA) |
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| Defensive coordinator | John Lyons (10th season) |
| Home stadium | Wildcat Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4Delaware x$^ | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18Rhode Island † | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16Villanova | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany † | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire † | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3James Madison x^ | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15Richmond | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented theUniversity of New Hampshire in the2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 21st-year head coachSean McDonnell following his leave of absence for medical reasons during the2019 season.[1] The Wildcats have played their home football games atWildcat Stadium since 1936, and have competed incollege football as an associate member of theColonial Athletic Association (CAA) since 2007.
On July 17, 2020, the CAA announced that it would not play fall sports due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The conference gave teams the option to play asindependents for the 2020 season if they still wished to play in the fall.[2] 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."[3] 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 toAlbany. Their next three games were postponed due to COVID concerns, and on April 6, the program opted out of the remainder of the season.[4]
The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.[5]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| March 5, 2021 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 13Albany | No. 14 | FloFootball | L 20–24 | 0 | [6] | |||
| March 20, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 12Delaware | No. 20 |
| FloFootball | Canceled | [7] | |||
| March 27, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 16Villanova | No. 24 | FloFootball | Canceled | [8] | ||||
| April 3, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 22Rhode Island | FloFootball | Canceled | [9] | |||||
| April 10, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | Stony Brook |
| FloFootball | Canceled | |||||
| April 17, 2021 | 2:00 p.m. | atMaine | FloFootball | Canceled | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Great Danes | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
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.