This was the first season that the team represented the University of New Hampshire, which had been incorporated on July 1, 1923.[4] In prior seasons, the school had operated as
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.[d] This was also the first season of play for the New England Conference.[5]
During the November 3 game against Lowell Textile, New Hampshire
tackle Leonard P. Stearnes experienced abdominal pain.[15] Later admitted to a hospital in his hometown of
Belmont, Massachusetts, he died on November 8.[16] The 1925 edition of The Granite, New Hampshire's annual college yearbook, was dedicated to Stearnes.[15]
Team captain
Cy Wentworth set, and still holds, the New Hampshire record for most points scored in a single game, with 37 points against Lowell Textile,[17] made via six
touchdowns and one
extra point kick.[11]
Notes
^The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
^This was Cowell's 9th year and 8th season as head coach, as the school did not field a varsity team in 1918 due to World War I.
^Memorial Field remains in use by the New Hampshire women's
field hockey team.[3]
^The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.