1973 UMass Minutemen football team

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1973 UMass Minutemen football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record6–5 (4–2 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
Seasons
←  1972
1974  →
1973 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Connecticut $ 5 –0 –18 –2 –1
Rhode Island 4 –1 –16 –2 –2
UMass 4 –2 –06 –5 –0
New Hampshire 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Boston University 2 –3 –03 –7 –0
Maine 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Vermont 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1973 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1973 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in NCAA Division II. The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–5 overall and 4–2 in conference play.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8 Holy Cross *
L 28–3018,100 [1]
September 151:00 p.m. Villanova *
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 21–2012,100
September 22 Maine
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 20–011,800
September 29at Harvard *
L 7–2419,100–19,200 [2]
October 6at Rutgers *
W 25–2211,000 [3]
October 13 Boston University
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 20–66,679
October 20 Rhode Island
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 35–4114,500
October 27at Connecticut
L 6–2815,551
November 3 Vermont
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 27–711,300 [4]
November 17at New Hampshire
W 28–78,500–9,035
November 24at Boston College *
L 14–5919,227

[5]

References

  1. ↑ Concannon, Joe (September 9, 1973). "Holy Cross outlasts UMass, 30–28, as safety proves decisive". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Nason, Jerry (September 28, 1973). "Harvard opens with a bang leaves UMass in dust, 24–7". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 7, 1973). "UMass hangs on to win, 25–22". The Boston Globe. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Minute Men trounce Vermont Catamounts". Hartford Courant. November 4, 1973. Retrieved June 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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