1954 UMass Redmen football team

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1954 UMass Redmen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record4–4 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Rhode Island 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Maine 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Vermont 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
UMass 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Connecticut 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1954 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–4 overall and 1–3 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25American International*
W 32–27
October 2at Harvard*
W 13–715,800[1]
October 9Connecticut
W 20–13
October 16at Rhode Island
L 6–52
October 23Northeastern*
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 0–39
October 30at Vermont
L 25–277,500[2]
November 6New Hampshire
L 12–32
November 13at Tufts*
W 19–13
  • *Non-conference game

[3]

References

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Rallies to Beat Harvard by Going 87 Yards in Last Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 3, 1954. p. S4.
  2. ^ "Vermont edges UMass on McLam's kicks, 27–25". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1954. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.


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