1975 UMass Minutemen football team

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 82 overall and 41 in conference play.

1975 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record8–2 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium (17,000)
1975 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 New Hampshire $^ 5 0 09 3 0
UMass 4 1 08 2 0
Connecticut 3 2 04 7 0
Boston University 1 4 05 6 0
Maine 1 4 04 6 0
Rhode Island 1 4 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20MaineW 10–010,500
September 27Dartmouth*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 7–312,400[1]
October 4Northeastern*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 34–1410,200
October 11Boston University
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 21–02,000
October 18Rhode Island
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 23–75,500–6,500[2][3]
October 25at ConnecticutW 29–147,019–7,091[4]
November 1at Western Illinois*W 16–139,849
November 8Holy Cross*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 45–1310,400–13,400[5]
November 15at New HampshireNo. 11L 11–1413,400–14,500[6]
November 22at Boston College*L 14–2423,609[7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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