Maine vs. New Hampshire
Maine and New Hampshire have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1904; New Hampshire leads the series 19–5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s New Hampshire 8–2, and New Hampshire has won the last 4. The winner takes home the Brice–Cowell Musket, played for since 1948. New Hampshire has held it since the 2022 game. Share
- Maine wins
- 5
- New Hampshire wins
- 19
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1904
- Longest streak
- 7 New Hampshire
- Current streak
- 4 New Hampshire
- Last 10 meetings
- New Hampshire 8–2
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–7 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–4 |
- Average margin
- 11.3 points; 12 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Maine
- 3–8 Maine’s record at home
- At New Hampshire
- 11–2 New Hampshire’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Brice–Cowell Musket
- Played for since
- 1948
- Held by
- New Hampshire since the 2022 game
- Games for it on file
- 22 New Hampshire 19, Maine 3
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since 1948 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). The rivalry’s article counts the games for it: New Hampshire leads, 45–28–4. From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Brice–Cowell Musket.
Games that tell the story
- Maine’s biggest win2018: Maine 35, New Hampshire 7by 28 points
- New Hampshire’s biggest win2007: New Hampshire 39, Maine 14by 25 points
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1904 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 17, 1904
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.