1962 UMass Redmen football team

The 1962 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1962 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Vic Fusia and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 63 overall and 41 in conference play.

1962 UMass Redmen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record6–3 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
1962 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire $ 4 0 17 0 1
UMass 4 1 06 3 0
Connecticut 2 2 03 6 0
Rhode Island 1 3 12 5 2
Vermont 1 3 03 5 0
Maine 1 4 04 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22MaineW 10–07,000–7,058[1]
September 29at Dartmouth*L 3–278,500[2]
October 6at Bucknell*W 21–206,000–8,000[3]
October 13Connecticut
W 16–610,075
October 20at Rhode IslandW 42–87,440–7,500[4]
October 27Boston University*
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 6–207,656
November 3at VermontW 34–66,500[5]
November 10at Villanova*W 19–188,000
November 17New Hampshire
L 14–168,557[6]
  • *Non-conference game

[7]

References

  1. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  2. "Dartmouth tops Massachusetts". The New York Times. United Press International. September 30, 1962. p. S3.
  3. "UMass nips Bucknell in torrid finish, 21–20". The Boston Sunday Globe. United Press International. October 7, 1962. p. 83 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  5. "UMass rolls, 34–6". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1962. Retrieved June 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "NH edges UMass for Yankee title". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1962. pp. 67, 70 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.