1952 UMass Redmen football team
| 1952 UMass Redmen football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 4–3–1 (1–2 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1952 college 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 1952 season was O'Rourke's first as coach of the Minutemen, and was his only winning season with the team. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–3–1 overall and 1–2 in conference play.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Bates* | W 39–6 | |||
| October 4 | at Connecticut |
| L 13–26 | ||
| October 11 | Springfield* |
| T 20–20 | ||
| October 18 | at Rhode Island | L 7–26 | 4,000 | [1] | |
| October 25 | Northeastern* |
| L 26–40 | ||
| November 1 | at Brandeis* |
| W 26–6 | ||
| November 8 | New Hampshire |
| W 26–13 | ||
| November 15 | at Tufts* |
| W 32–0 | ||
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References
- ^ "Rhode Island Rolls to 26-7 Victory Over Univ. of Mass.: Rams Use Sound Ground Attack to Offset Passing Game of Redmen in Game at Kingston". The Springfield Sunday Republican. October 19, 1952. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1952 Massachusetts)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.