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 4–4–1 overall and 3–1–1 in conference play.
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 4–4–1 (3–1–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| Connecticut + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | at Maine | W 13–0 | 4,800 | |||
| September 25 | Dartmouth* | L 7–31 | 16,700 | |||
| October 9 | 1:30 p.m. | at Boston University* | L 21–47 | 6,100–6,110 | [1][2][3] | |
| October 16 | Rhode Island |
| L 3–31 | 13,500 | ||
| October 23 | at Connecticut | T 3–3 | 14,386 | |||
| October 30 | Vermont |
| W 24–15 | 7,000 | ||
| November 6 | Holy Cross* |
| W 38–27 | 14,500 | ||
| November 13 | at New Hampshire | W 38–20 | 11,762 | |||
| November 20 | at Boston College* | L 0–35 | 25,311 | |||
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Roster
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References
edit- ^ "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
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- ^ Jerry Nason (October 10, 1971). "BU gives Umass rude greeting, 47-21". The Boston Globe. pp. 77, 84 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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