The 1955 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1955 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–4 overall and 1–3 in conference play.
| 1955 UMass Redmen football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (1–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | American International* | W 27–13 | |||
| October 1 | Harvard* |
| L 6–60 | 12,500 | [1] |
| October 8 | at Connecticut | L 13–18 | |||
| October 15 | Rhode Island |
| L 15–39 | ||
| October 22 | at Northeastern* | W 33–13 | |||
| October 29 | Vermont |
| W 54–13 | [2] | |
| November 5 | at Brandeis* |
| W 17–6 | ||
| November 12 | at New Hampshire | L 7–21 | |||
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References
edit- ^ Nason, Jerry (October 2, 1955). "Harvard rolls over UMass team, 60–6". The Boston Globe. p. 45. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UMass crushes Vermont 54–15". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1955. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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