1962 UMass Redmen football team

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1962 UMass Redmen football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record6–3 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Field
Seasons
  1961
1963  
1962 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire $ 4 0 17 0 1
UMass 4 1 06 3 0
Connecticut 2 2 03 6 0
Rhode Island 1 3 12 5 2
Vermont 1 3 03 5 0
Maine 1 4 04 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1962 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1962 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Vic Fusia and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 63 overall and 41 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Maine W 10–07,000–7,058 [1]
September 29at Dartmouth *L 3–278,500 [2]
October 6at Bucknell *W 21–206,000–8,000 [3]
October 13 Connecticut
W 16–610,075
October 20at Rhode Island W 42–87,440–7,500 [4]
October 27 Boston University *
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 6–207,656
November 3at Vermont W 34–66,500 [5]
November 10at Villanova *W 19–188,000
November 17 New Hampshire
L 14–168,557 [6]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  2. "Dartmouth tops Massachusetts". The New York Times. United Press International. September 30, 1962. p. S3.
  3. "UMass nips Bucknell in torrid finish, 21–20". The Boston Sunday Globe. United Press International. October 7, 1962. p. 83 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  5. "UMass rolls, 34–6". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1962. Retrieved June 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "NH edges UMass for Yankee title". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1962. pp. 67, 70 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 24, 2022.