1977 UMass Minutemen football team

1977 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference champion
Conference	Yankee Conference
1977 record	8–3 (5–0 YC)
Head coach	Dick MacPherson (7th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons

Template:1977 Yankee Conference football standings The 1977 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1977 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in Division II (NCAA). The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1977 season was the last the Minutemen would play as members of Division II, as the Yankee Conference would be included in the newly formed Division I-AA in 1978. This season was also MacPherson's last as head coach of the team. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–0 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 10–34	22,101
September 17	Maine	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 28–0	8,400
September 24	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	W 17–0	10,116
October 1	Youngstown State*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 54–13	7,200
October 8	Boston University	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 41–16	4,700
October 15	Rhode Island	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 37–6	10,500
October 28	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	W 10–0	7,122
November 5	Holy Cross*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 28–6	8,100
November 12	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 19–6	20,000
November 19	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	L 7–34	30,846
November 26	Lehigh*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (NCAA Division II Playoffs)	L 23–30	4,964
*Non-conference game

References

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)