1971 UMass Redmen football team

1971 UMass Redmen football
Yankee Conference champion
Conference	Yankee Conference
1971 record	4–4–1 (3–1–1 YC)
Head coach	Dick MacPherson (1st season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons

Template:1971 Yankee Conference football standings 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18		at Maine	Orono, ME	W 13–0	4,800
September 25		Dartmouth*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–31	16,700
October 9		Boston University*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 21–47	6,100
October 16		Rhode Island	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 3–31	13,500
October 23		at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	T 3–3	14,386
October 30		Vermont	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 24–15	7,000
November 6		Holy Cross*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 38–27	14,500
November 13		at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 38–20	11,762
November 20		at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	L 0–35	25,311
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

References

• UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)