1951 UMass Redmen football team

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1951 UMass Redmen football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record3–4–1 (2–0 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Field
Seasons
←  1950
1952  →
1951 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maine $ 3 –0 –16 –0 –1
UMass 2 –0 –03 –4 –1
Connecticut 2 –1 –04 –4 –0
New Hampshire 1 –2 –15 –2 –1
Rhode Island 1 –3 –03 –5 –0
Vermont 0 –3 –00 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1951 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. The 1951 season was Eck's last as coach of the Minutemen. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–4–1 overall and 2–0 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Bates *
W 21–7
October 6 Worcester Tech *
L 13–14
October 13 Williams *
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 7–14
October 20 Rhode Island
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 40–7
October 27at Northeastern *
L 7–20
November 3at Vermont
W 6–0200 [1]
November 10at Springfield (MA) *
L 14–42
November 17 Tufts *
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
T 6–6
  • *Non-conference game

[2]

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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.

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The 1948 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1948 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 3–4–1 overall and 1–1 in conference play.

References

  1. ↑ "Conway scores UMass. downs Vermont by 6–0". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1951. Retrieved June 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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