1959 UMass Redmen football team
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1959 UMass Redmen football | |
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 3–5–1 (2–2 Yankee) |
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Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1959 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1959 season was O'Rourke's last as coach of the Minutemen. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–5–1 overall and 2–2 in conference play.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 19 | Maine | W 21–16 | |
September 26 | at Harvard* | L 22–36 | |
October 3 | Delaware* |
| L 12–42 |
October 10 | at Connecticut | L 0–26 | |
October 17 | Rhode Island![]() |
| L 6–30 |
October 24 | at Northeastern* | T 0–0 | |
October 31 | at Boston University* | L 6–20 | |
November 7 | Brandeis* |
| W 25–6 |
November 14 | at New Hampshire | W 19–6 | |
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