1942 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

This was the Wildcats' first undefeated football season in school history.[1] New Hampshire averaged 310 yards rushing per game, while holding their opponents to a 225-yard average, and completed 47% of their passes while holding opponents to 25% pass completion.[1] Running back Theo "Tuffy" Fitanides gained 735 yards on 144 carries,[1] while missing the final game of the season due to an injury sustained during military training on campus.[4] Fitanides was later selected to captain New Hampshire's 1943 team;[5] however, the season was cancelled due to the war.[6] Fitanides would go on to be the first Wildcat drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team, being selected in the fifth round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.[7]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Colby*		—		[8]
October 3	Bates*		—		[8]
October 10	Maine	Lewis Field Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 20–7	5,000	[9]
October 17	Springfield*	Lewis Field Durham, NH	W 20–7		[10][11]
October 24	Rhode Island State	Lewis Field Durham, NH	W 14–13		[12][13]
October 31	at Norwich*	Sabine Field Northfield, VT	W 16–13		[14][15]
November 7	at Tufts*	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	W 13–6		[16]
November 14	Northeastern	Lewis Field Durham, NH	W 18–0		[17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Source: [18]

Games against Colby and Bates were cancelled due to an expected delay in players arriving at the university due to "working in war industries during the summer".[8]

The 1942 game remains the last time that the New Hampshire and Norwich football programs have met.[19]

Wildcat captain Charles Judd became a high school teacher and restaurant owner; he died in July 2006 at age 89.[20] Tuffy Fitanides died in March 2012 at age 90.[21]