1967 UMass Redmen football team

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1967 UMass Redmen football
Yankee Conference champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
1967 record7–2 (5–0 YC)
Head coach
  • Vic Fusia (7th season)
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UMass $ 5 0 0 7 2 0
Connecticut 4 1 0 5 4 0
Rhode Island 2 2 1 6 2 1
New Hampshire 2 3 0 5 3 0
Vermont 1 3 1 3 5 1
Maine 0 5 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1967 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1967 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 Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–2 overall and 5–0 in conference play, repeating as conference champions.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Maine
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 30–97,500
September 30Dartmouth*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 10–2818,100[1]
October 14at Connecticut
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT (rivalry)
W 35–1411,009
October 21Rhode Island
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 28–2416,100
October 28at Boston University*
  • Nickerson Field
  • Boston, MA
W 24–010,000
November 4Vermont
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 21–08,000[2]
November 11at Rutgers*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 30–713,000[3]
November 18at New Hampshire
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH (rivalry)
W 14–1310,500
November 25at Boston College*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
L 0–2516,200
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 1, 1967). "Dartmouth roars back, 28–10, after UMass takes 10–0 lead". The Boston Sunday Globe. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "UMass blanks Vermont; Landry hits 10 of 18". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1967. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Fleming, Jimmie (November 12, 1967). "Massachusetts eleven wallops Rutgers, 30–7". The Sunday Home News. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
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