1950 UMass Redmen football team

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1950 UMass Redmen football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record3–5 (1–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Field
Seasons
  1949
1951  
1950 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire $ 4 0 08 0 0
Maine 3 1 05 1 1
Rhode Island State 2 2 03 5 0
UMass 1 1 03 5 0
Vermont 0 3 02 5 0
Connecticut 0 3 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1950 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1950 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Thomas Eck and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–5 overall and 1–1 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30 Bates *W 26–0
October 7at Worcester Tech *
L 20–21
October 14at Williams *L 34–42
October 21at Rhode Island State L 27–38
October 28 Northeastern *
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 27–6
November 4 Vermont
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 27–13 [1]
November 11 Springfield *
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 0–26
November 18at Tufts *
L 6–7
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "UMass outdoes Vermont, 27–13, in driving rain". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1950. Retrieved June 11, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 24, 2022.