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 6–3 overall and 4–1 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

[7]

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.
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