1971 UMass Redmen football
Yankee Conference co-champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record4–4–1 (3–1–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut + 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
UMass + 3 – 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
  • + – Conference co-champions

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Maine
W 13–04,800
September 25Dartmouth*
L 7–3116,700
October 91:30 p.m.at Boston University*
L 21–476,100–6,110[1][2][3]
October 16Rhode Island
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 3–3113,500
October 23at Connecticut
T 3–314,386
October 30Vermont
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 24–157,000
November 6Holy Cross*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 38–2714,500
November 13at New Hampshire
W 38–2011,762
November 20at Boston College*
L 0–3525,311

Roster

1971 UMass Redmen football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 19 Steve Schubert
RB 31 George Siegrist
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "UMass (1-1) battles Boston University (0-3)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 9, 1971. p. 48. Retrieved March 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Jerry Nason (October 10, 1971). "BU gives Umass rude greeting, 47-21". The Boston Globe. pp. 77, 84 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.


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