1967 UMass Redmen football team
| 1967 UMass Redmen football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (5–0 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Senior quarterback Greg Landry was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft (eleventh overall), the first QB taken.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | at Maine | W 30–9 | 7,254–7,500 | [2] | |
| September 30 | Dartmouth* | L 10–28 | 18,100 | [3] | |
| October 14 | at Connecticut | W 35–14 | 11,009 | ||
| October 21 | Rhode Island |
| W 28–24 | 16,100 | |
| October 28 | at Boston University* | W 24–0 | 10,000 | ||
| November 4 | Vermont |
| W 21–0 | 8,000 | [4] |
| November 11 | at Rutgers* | W 30–7 | 13,000 | [5] | |
| November 18 | at New Hampshire | W 14–13 | 10,500 | ||
| November 25 | at Boston College* | L 0–25 | 16,200 | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "'End of a dream'". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. January 31, 1968. p. 18.
- ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "UMass blanks Vermont; Landry hits 10 of 18". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1967. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fleming, Jimmie (November 12, 1967). "Massachusetts eleven wallops Rutgers, 30–7". The Sunday Home News. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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