The 1973 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1973 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in NCAA Division II. The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–5 overall and 4–2 in conference play.
| 1973 UMass Minutemen football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (4–2 Yankee) |
| Head coach |
|
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8 | Holy Cross* | L 28–30 | 18,100 | [1] | |
| September 15 | Villanova* |
| W 21–20 | 12,100 | |
| September 22 | Maine |
| W 20–0 | 11,800 | |
| September 29 | at Harvard* | L 7–24 | 19,100–19,200 | [2] | |
| October 6 | at Rutgers* | W 25–22 | 11,000 | [3] | |
| October 13 | Boston University |
| W 20–6 | 6,679 | |
| October 20 | Rhode Island |
| L 35–41 | 14,500 | |
| October 27 | at Connecticut | L 6–28 | 15,551 | ||
| November 3 | Vermont |
| W 27–7 | 11,300 | [4] |
| November 17 | at New Hampshire | W 28–7 | 8,500–9,035 | ||
| November 24 | at Boston College* | L 14–59 | 19,227 | ||
| |||||
References
edit- ^ Concannon, Joe (September 9, 1973). "Holy Cross outlasts UMass, 30–28, as safety proves decisive". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Nason, Jerry (September 28, 1973). "Harvard opens with a bang leaves UMass in dust, 24–7". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 7, 1973). "UMass hangs on to win, 25–22". The Boston Globe. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Minute Men trounce Vermont Catamounts". Hartford Courant. November 4, 1973. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
 | This college football 1970s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |