1965 UMass Redmen football team

1965 UMass Redmen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–2 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
UMass 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Vermont 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Connecticut 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
New Hampshire 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1965 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1965 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. The 1965 season was the Redmen's first in Alumni Stadium, their home field until 2012. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–2 overall and 4–1 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Maine
L 8–109,200–9,215[1]
September 25American International*
W 41–09,648
October 2Buffalo*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 6–1810,200
October 9at Connecticut
W 20–712,551
October 16Rhode Islanddagger
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 30–016,100
October 23at Boston University*
W 34–1813,000
October 30Vermont
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 41–68,400[2]
November 6Holy Cross*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 27–017,400[3]
November 13at New Hampshire
W 46–03,000–5,000[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

  1. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Landry passes rip Vt. for UMass, 41–6". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1965. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Monahan, Bob (November 7, 1965). "Landry leads UMass to 27–0 triumph over H.C." The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.


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