1977 UMass Minutemen football team
The 1977 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1977 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in Division II (NCAA). The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1977 season was the last the Minutemen would play as members of Division II, as the Yankee Conference would be included in the newly formed Division I-AA in 1978. This season was also MacPherson's last as head coach of the team. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–0 in conference play.
| 1977 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1977 record | 8–3 (5–0 YC) |
| Head coach | Dick MacPherson (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 UMass $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 10 | Army* | L 10–34 | 22,101 | |
| September 17 | Maine | W 28–0 | 8,400 | |
| September 24 | at Harvard* | W 17–0 | 10,116 | |
| October 1 | Youngstown State* |
| W 54–13 | 7,200 |
| October 8 | Boston University |
| W 41–16 | 4,700 |
| October 15 | Rhode Island |
| W 37–6 | 10,500 |
| October 28 | at Connecticut | W 10–0 | 7,122 | |
| November 5 | Holy Cross* |
| W 28–6 | 8,100 |
| November 12 | at New Hampshire |
| W 19–6 | 20,000 |
| November 19 | at Boston College* | L 7–34 | 30,846 | |
| November 26 | Lehigh* |
| L 23–30 | 4,964 |
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