1954 UMass Redmen football team
| 1954 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1954 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1954 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.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | American International* | W 32–27 | |||
| October 2 | at Harvard* | W 13–7 | 15,800 | [1] | |
| October 9 | Connecticut |
| W 20–13 | ||
| October 16 | at Rhode Island | L 6–52 | |||
| October 23 | Northeastern* |
| L 0–39 | ||
| October 30 | at Vermont | L 25–27 | 7,500 | [2] | |
| November 6 | New Hampshire |
| L 12–32 | ||
| November 13 | at Tufts* |
| W 19–13 | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Rallies to Beat Harvard by Going 87 Yards in Last Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 3, 1954. p. S4.
- ^ "Vermont edges UMass on McLam's kicks, 27–25". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1954. 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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