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1959 UMass Redmen football team

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1959 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut $ 4 0 0 6 3 0
UMass 2 2 0 3 5 1
Maine 1 2 2 3 3 2
New Hampshire 1 2 1 3 3 2
Rhode Island 1 2 1 3 5 1
Vermont 0 1 0 4 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1959 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in the NCAA's College Division. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1959 season was O'Rourke's last as coach of the Minutemen. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–5–1 overall and 2–2 in conference play.

Schedule

September 19Maine

W 21–16   September 26at Harvard*

L 22–36   October 3Delaware*

  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA

L 12–42   October 10at Connecticut

L 0–26   October 17Rhode Islanddagger

  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA

L 6–30   October 24at Northeastern*

T 0–0   October 31at Boston University*

L 6–20   November 7Brandeis*

  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA

W 25–6   November 14at New Hampshire

W 19–6  

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

UMass Athletics Archive