1971 UMass Redmen football team

The 1971 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1971 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1971 season was the last in which Massachusetts was named the "Redmen," as the university would change the nickname of all athletic teams to the "Minutemen" due to changing attitudes regarding the use of Native American-themed mascots in sports. It was also the first season of Dick MacPherson's tenure as head coach. UMass finished the season with a record of 441 overall and 311 in conference play.

1971 UMass Redmen football
Yankee Conference co-champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record4–4–1 (3–1–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium (17,000)
1971 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Connecticut + 3 1 15 3 1
UMass + 3 1 14 4 1
New Hampshire 3 2 04 4 1
Rhode Island 2 3 03 6 0
Vermont 2 3 02 7 0
Maine 1 4 02 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at MaineW 13–04,800
September 25Dartmouth*L 7–3116,700
October 91:30 p.m.at Boston University*L 21–476,100–6,110[1][2][3]
October 16Rhode Island
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 3–3113,500
October 23at ConnecticutT 3–314,386
October 30Vermont
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 24–157,000
November 6Holy Cross*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 38–2714,500
November 13at New HampshireW 38–2011,762
November 20at Boston College*L 0–3525,311

Roster

1971 UMass Redmen football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 19 Steve Schubert
RB 31 George Siegrist
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "UMass (1-1) battles Boston University (0-3)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 9, 1971. p. 48. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. Jerry Nason (October 10, 1971). "BU gives Umass rude greeting, 47-21". The Boston Globe. pp. 77, 84 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.


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