1978 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1978 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record6–4–1 (1–3–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
1978 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–4 UMass $^ 5 0 09 4 0
No. 7 Rhode Island 3 2 07 3 0
Connecticut 3 2 04 7 0
Boston University 2 3 06 4 0
New Hampshire 1 3 16 4 1
Maine 0 4 13 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its seventh year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record (1–3–1 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.