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1975 UMass Minutemen football team

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1975 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record8–2 (4–1 YC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 New Hampshire $^ 5 0 0 9 3 0
UMass 4 1 0 8 2 0
Connecticut 3 2 0 4 7 0
Boston University 1 4 0 5 6 0
Maine 1 4 0 4 6 0
Rhode Island 1 4 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1975 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1975 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 8–2 overall and 4–1 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 20MaineW 10–0
September 27Dartmouth*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 7–3
October 4Northeastern*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 34–14
October 11Boston University
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 21–0
October 18Rhode Island
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 23–7
October 25at ConnecticutW 29–14
November 1at Western Illinois*W 16–13
November 8Holy Cross*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 45–13
November 15at New HampshireL 11–14
November 22at Boston College*L 14–24
  • *Non-conference game

References

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)