The 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place.^[1]

The Wildcats had three players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	at Maine	No. 7	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	FCS/FSGO	L 7–35	6,597
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Colgate*	No. 20	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	NBCS BOS	L 3–10	11,433
September 15	5:00 p.m.	at Colorado*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	L 14–45	42,360
September 29	1:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Elon		Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	PAA	L 9–30	10,856
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	NBCS BOS	W 28–0	6,497
October 13	3:30 p.m.	Stony Brook		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS	L 7–35	17,687
October 20	3:30 p.m.	No. 24 Delaware		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	CBSI/CBS SportsLive NBCS BOS	L 14–38	11,992
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	CBSI/CBS SportsLive	W 34–0	3,919
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 3 James Madison		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	FCS/FSGO	W 35–24	7,741
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Albany		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	NBCS BOS	W 24–10	5,571
November 17	12:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CAA.tv	L 21–24	3,012
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time