1973 UMass Minutemen football team

1973 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	6–5 (4–2 YC)
Head coach	Dick MacPherson (3rd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1973 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Connecticut $	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Rhode Island	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
UMass	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Boston University	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Maine	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Vermont	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1973 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1973 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in NCAA Division II. The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–5 overall and 4–2 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 8	Holy Cross*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 28–30
September 15	Villanova*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 21–20
September 22	Maine	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 20–0
September 29	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	L 7–24
October 6	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 25–22
October 13	Boston University	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 20–6
October 20	Rhode Island	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 35–41
October 27	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 6–28
November 3	Vermont	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 27–7
November 17	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 28–7
November 24	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	L 14–59
*Non-conference game

References

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)