1956 UMass Redmen football team
1956 UMass Redmen football | |
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
1956 record | 2–5–1 (1–4 YC) |
Head coach | Charlie O'Rourke (5th year) |
Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | |||
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September 22 | at American International* | Springfield, MA | T 6–6 | ||||||
September 29 | at Boston University* | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | L 6–19 | ||||||
October 13 | at Connecticut | Alumni Field • Amherst, MA (Rivalry) | L 6–71 | ||||||
October 20 | at Rhode Island | Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI | L 13–34 | ||||||
October 27 | Northeastern* | Alumni Field • Amherst, MA | W 12–6 | ||||||
November 3 | at Vermont | Centennial Field • Burlington, VT | W 26–19 | ||||||
November 10 | Brandeis* | Alumni Field • Amherst, MA | L 7–47 | ||||||
November 17 | New Hampshire | Alumni Field • Amherst, MA (Rivalry) | L 7–28 | ||||||
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
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