1956 UMass Redmen football team
| 1956 UMass Redmen football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 2–5–1 (1–4 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Connecticut $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1956 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in the NCAA's newly created College Division. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 2–5–1 overall and 1–4 in conference play.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | at American International* | Springfield, MA | T 6–6 | ||
| September 29 | at Boston University* | L 6–19 | |||
| October 13 | at Connecticut | L 6–71 | |||
| October 20 | at Rhode Island | L 13–34 | |||
| October 27 | Northeastern* |
| W 12–6 | ||
| November 3 | at Vermont | W 26–19 | [1] | ||
| November 10 | Brandeis* |
| L 7–47 | ||
| November 17 | New Hampshire |
| L 7–28 | 4,500 | [2] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "UMass edges Vermont, 26–19". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1956. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "21-Pt. Rally by N.H. Beats UMass, 28-7". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1956. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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