1967 UMass Redmen football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1967

| team = UMass Redmen

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Yankee Conference

| short_conf = Yankee

| record = 7–2

| conf_record = 5–0

| head_coach = Vic Fusia

| hc_year = 7th

| captain =

| stadium = Alumni Stadium

| champion = Yankee Conference champion

}}

The 1967 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1967 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. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–2 overall and 5–0 in conference play, repeating as conference champions.

Senior quarterback Greg Landry was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft (eleventh overall), the first QB taken.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kIdjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9nkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5525%2C3225683 |work=Nashua Telegraph |location=(New Hampshire) |agency=Associated Press |title='End of a dream' |date=January 31, 1968 |page=18}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 23

| away = y

| opponent = Maine

| site_stadium = Alumni Field

| cityst = Orono, ME

| w/l = w

| score = 30–9

| attend = 7,254–7,500

| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/13797 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 25, 2022 }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Dartmouth

| stadium = Alumni Stadium

| cityst = Hadley, MA

| w/l = l

| score = 10–28

| attend = 18,100

| source = {{cite news |title=Dartmouth roars back, 28–10, after UMass takes 10–0 lead |first=Ernie |last=Roberts |date=October 1, 1967 |page=63 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69317407/1967-dartmouth-umass/}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| away = y

| opponent = Connecticut

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

| cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename = rivalry

| w/l = w

| score = 35–14

| attend = 11,009

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| opponent = Rhode Island

| stadium = Alumni Stadium

| cityst = Hadley, MA

| w/l = w

| score = 28–24

| attend = 16,100

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Boston University

| stadium = Nickerson Field

| cityst = Boston, MA

| w/l = w

| score = 24–0

| attend = 10,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| opponent = Vermont

| stadium = Alumni Stadium

| cityst = Hadley, MA

| w/l = w

| score = 21–0

| attend = 8,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78934502/umass-blanks-vermont-landry-hits-10-of/|work=The Boston Globe|title=UMass blanks Vermont; Landry hits 10 of 18|date=November 5, 1967|accessdate=June 4, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Rutgers

| stadium = Rutgers Stadium

| cityst = Piscataway, NJ

| w/l = w

| score = 30–7

| attend = 13,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Massachusetts eleven wallops Rutgers, 30–7 |first=Jimmie |last=Fleming |date=November 12, 1967 |page=31 |newspaper=The Sunday Home News|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69323550/1967-rutgers-umass/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| away = y

| opponent = New Hampshire

| site_stadium = Cowell Stadium

| cityst = Durham, NH

| gamename = rivalry

| w/l = w

| score = 14–13

| attend = 10,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Boston College

| stadium = Alumni Stadium

| cityst = Chestnut Hill, MA

| gamename = rivalry

| w/l = l

| score = 0–25

| attend = 16,200

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/400/stats/13797 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 24, 2022 }}

References

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