| Year: | 1944 |
| Team: | New Hampshire Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | New England Conference |
| Short Conf: | New England |
| Record: | 1–3 |
| Conf Record: | 1–1 |
| Head Coach: | Herbert Snow |
| Captain: | Claude Henry |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Single-wing formation |
| Stadium: | Lewis Field |
| Prev Year: | 1942 |
| Next Year: | 1946 |
The 1944 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 1944 college football season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Herbert Snow and completed the season with a record of 1–3. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire had not fielded a team in 1943, due to World War II.[1] In mid-September 1944, university administrators approved an "informal" team, limited to four games, with a roster consisting of 17-year-olds and returning veterans.[2] The program's most recent head coach, Charles M. Justice, had entered the Navy in April 1944.[3] Selected as his successor was Herbert Snow, a Springfield College graduate who had been the head coach at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts.[2] The team began practices in early October, with only one player from their 1942 squad—Claude Henry, a reserve back who had returned to the university after serving in the Marine Corps.[4]
The 1944 games remain the last time that the Middlebury and New Hampshire football programs have met.[5]
| Player | Touchdowns | Conversions | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Black | 3 | 3 | 21 | |
| Joe Swekla | 2 | – | 12 | |
| Bill Pizzano | 1 | – | 6 | |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 39 |
Quarterback Bill Pizzano was named to the All-New England Small College Team;[7] he was later inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame, in 2004.[8]