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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
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Connecticut $ 4 1 1     5 3 1
UMass $ 4 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
Holy Cross 0 2 0     4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1971 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in the NCAA's College Division. 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.

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)


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