The 1967 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1967 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Vic Fusia and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–2 overall and 5–0 in conference play, repeating as conference champions.
| 1967 UMass Redmen football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (5–0 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Senior quarterback Greg Landry was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft (eleventh overall), the first QB taken.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | at Maine | W 30–9 | 7,254–7,500 | [2] | |
| September 30 | Dartmouth* | L 10–28 | 18,100 | [3] | |
| October 14 | at Connecticut | W 35–14 | 11,009 | ||
| October 21 | Rhode Island |
| W 28–24 | 16,100 | |
| October 28 | at Boston University* | W 24–0 | 10,000 | ||
| November 4 | Vermont |
| W 21–0 | 8,000 | [4] |
| November 11 | at Rutgers* | W 30–7 | 13,000 | [5] | |
| November 18 | at New Hampshire | W 14–13 | 10,500 | ||
| November 25 | at Boston College* | L 0–25 | 16,200 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "'End of a dream'". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. January 31, 1968. p. 18.
- ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 1, 1967). "Dartmouth roars back, 28–10, after UMass takes 10–0 lead". The Boston Sunday Globe. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UMass blanks Vermont; Landry hits 10 of 18". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1967. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fleming, Jimmie (November 12, 1967). "Massachusetts eleven wallops Rutgers, 30–7". The Sunday Home News. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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