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
Conf.Overall
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

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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.