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1951 UMass Redmen football team

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1951 UMass Redmen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–4–1 (2–0 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 3 0 1 6 0 1
UMass 2 0 0 3 4 1
Connecticut 2 1 0 4 4 0
New Hampshire 1 2 1 5 2 1
Rhode Island 1 3 0 3 5 0
Vermont 0 3 0 0 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1951 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Thomas Eck and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1951 season was Eck's last as coach of the Minutemen. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–4–1 overall and 2–0 in conference play.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Bates*W 21–7
October 6Worcester Tech*L 13–14
October 13Williams*
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 7–14
October 20Rhode Island
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 40–7
October 27at Northeastern*L 7–20
November 3at VermontW 6–0200[1]
November 10at Springfield*
L 14–42
November 17Tufts*
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
T 6–6
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  1. ^ "Conway scores UMass. downs Vermont by 6–0". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1951. Retrieved June 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.