1949 UMass Redmen football team

1949 UMass Redmen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	3–5 (1–1 YC)
Head coach	Thomas Eck (3rd year of 2nd stint; 4th overall season)
Home stadium	Alumni Field

1949 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Connecticut +	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Maine +	2	–	0	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
UMass	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
Vermont	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Vermont was ineligible for the conference title.

The 1949 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1949 college football season as a member of the NCAA's Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Thomas Eck and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–5 overall and 1–1 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 24	vs. Bates*	Boston, MA	W 19–0
October 1	Norwich*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	W 54–0
October 8	Worcester Tech*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 6–7
October 15	Rhode Island	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	W 32–19
October 22	Rochester*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 20–27
October 29	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	L 12–20
November 5	Springfield*	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	L 0–22
November 12	Tufts*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 7–27
*Non-conference game