1973 UMass Minutemen football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1973 UMass Minutemen football Yankee Conference Yankee 6–5 4–2 Dick MacPherson 3rd Alumni Stadium 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. Schedule Eastern September 8 l y Holy Cross Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 28–30 18,100 Holy Cross outlasts UMass, 30–28, as safety proves decisive Joe Concannon September 9, 1973 90 Boston Sunday Globe Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71349546/1973-umass-hc/ September 15 1:00 p.m. w y Villanova Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 21–20 12,100 September 22 w Maine Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 20–0 11,800 September 29 l y y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 7–24 19,100–19,200 Harvard opens with a bang leaves UMass in dust, 24–7 Jerry Nason September 28, 1973 71 Boston Sunday Globe Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55960560/1973-harvard-umass October 6 w y y Rutgers Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ 25–22 11,000 UMass hangs on to win, 25–22 Joe Concannon October 7, 1973 69 The Boston Globe Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71353042/1973-rutgers-umass/ October 13 w Boston University Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 20–6 6,679 October 20 l Rhode Island Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 35–41 14,500 October 27 l y Connecticut Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT rivalry 6–28 15,551 November 3 w Vermont Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 27–7 11,300 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78825099/minute-men-trounce-vermont-catamounts/ Hartford Courant Minute Men trounce Vermont Catamounts November 4, 1973 June 2, 2021 Newspapers.com November 17 w y New Hampshire Cowell Stadium Durham, NH rivalry 28–7 8,500–9,035 Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (New Hampshire) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/469/stats/13634 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 26, 2022 November 24 l y y Boston College Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA rivalry 14–59 19,227 Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (UMass) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/400/stats/13634 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 24, 2022 References UMass Category:UMass Minutemen football seasons UMass Minutemen football