1976 UMass Minutemen football team

1976 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	5–5 (3–2 YC)
Head coach	Dick MacPherson (6th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1976 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–8 New Hampshire $^	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
UMass	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Boston University	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1976 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1976 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in Division II (NCAA). 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 5–5 overall and 3–2 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Toledo*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 28–14	9,500
September 18	at Maine	Orono, ME	W 24–3	7,100
September 25	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	L 13–24	14,454
October 9	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 33–6	1,000
October 16	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 14–7	8,359
October 23	Connecticut	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 6–28	14,900
October 30	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 7–24	20,100
November 6	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 21–14	10,011
November 13	New Hampshire	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 0–23	10,900
November 20	Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 0–35	13,300
*Non-conference game Homecoming

References

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)