1971 UMass Redmen football team
| 1971 UMass Redmen football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1971 record | 4–4–1 (3–1–1 YC) |
| Head coach | Dick MacPherson (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1971 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in the NCAA's College Division. The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1971 season was the last in which Massachusetts was named the "Redmen," as the university would change the nickname of all athletic teams to the "Minutemen" due to changing attitudes regarding the use of Native American-themed mascots in sports. It was also the first season of Dick MacPherson's tenure as head coach. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–4–1 overall and 3–1–1 in conference play.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 18 | at Maine | Orono, ME | W 13–0 | 4,800 | |||||
| September 25 | Dartmouth* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | L 7–31 | 16,700 | |||||
| October 9 | Boston University* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | L 21–47 | 6,100 | |||||
| October 16 | Rhode Island | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | L 3–31 | 13,500 | |||||
| October 23 | at Connecticut | Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT (Rivalry) | T 3–3 | 14,386 | |||||
| October 30 | Vermont | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 24–15 | 7,000 | |||||
| November 6 | Holy Cross* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 38–27 | 14,500 | |||||
| November 13 | at New Hampshire | Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Rivalry) | W 38–20 | 11,762 | |||||
| November 20 | at Boston College* | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry) | L 0–35 | 25,311 | |||||
 Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)