DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire football team has announced start times for every conference game and all six home games in the 2026 season. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon in conjunction with the release of start times by CAA Football.

UNH’s season opener – also its first conference game – is Friday, Aug. 28 (7p.m.) at UAlbany. The Wildcats’ home opener will kick off at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12 against Stonehill College.

One week later, the ‘Cats welcome Harvard University to Wildcat Stadium for a 1 p.m. kickoff.

Homecoming and Hall of Fame Weekend vs. Elon University on Oct. 3 and the Family Weekend game Oct. 17 vs. Monmouth University are both scheduled for a 1 p.m. start time.

All three of UNH’s November games – including home matchups vs. the University of Rhode Island (Nov. 7) and Stony Brook University (Nov. 14) – are also scheduled for a 1 p.m. opening kickoff.

The CAA Football conference slate includes four home games and four road contests for all 13 teams. When building the schedule, pairing teams within the same geographic area was taken into consideration as well as preserving rivalry games

UNH was one of three CAA Football teams to earn an FCS playoff berth in 2025.

For information about UNH football tickets, reach out to the UNH ticket office at 603-862-4000 or send an email to unh.tickets@unh.edu.