1970 UMass Redmen football team

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1970 UMass Redmen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–1–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut $ 4 0 1 4 4 2
UMass 3 1 1 4 5 1
New Hampshire 3 2 0 5 3 0
Rhode Island 3 2 0 3 5 0
Maine 1 4 0 3 5 0
Vermont 0 5 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1970 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1970 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. The 1970 season was the last season in which Fusia coached the Redmen. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–5–1 overall and 3–1–1 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19MaineW 28–012,000
September 26at Dartmouth*L 0–278,888
October 3at Buffalo*L 13–166,206
October 10Boston University*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 10–139,500[1]
October 17at Rhode IslandL 7–148,000–9,700[2]
October 24Connecticutdagger
T 21–2114,600
October 31at VermontW 48–63,300
November 7at Holy Cross*W 29–1312,881
November 14New Hampshire
W 24–1412,200
November 21Boston College*
L 10–2117,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

  1. ^ Francis Rosa (October 11, 1970). "BU slips past UMass on FG by Rapoport". The Boston Globe. pp. 65, 72 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.