1954 UMass Redmen football team

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1954 UMass Redmen football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record4–4 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Field
Seasons
←  1953
1955  →
1954 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire $ 4 –0 –07 –1 –0
Rhode Island 3 –1 –06 –2 –0
Maine 2 –2 –05 –2 –0
Vermont 1 –1 –05 –1 –1
UMass 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Connecticut 0 –4 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1954 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–4 overall and 1–3 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 American International *
W 32–27
October 2at Harvard *
W 13–715,800 [1]
October 9 Connecticut
W 20–13
October 16at Rhode Island
L 6–52
October 23 Northeastern *
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 0–39
October 30at Vermont
L 25–277,500 [2]
November 6 New Hampshire
L 12–32
November 13at Tufts *
W 19–13
  • *Non-conference game

[3]

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The 1949 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1949 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.

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. ↑ "Massachusetts Rallies to Beat Harvard by Going 87 Yards in Last Period". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 3, 1954. p. S4.
  2. ↑ "Vermont edges UMass on McLam's kicks, 27–25". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1954. Retrieved June 9, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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