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The 1959 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1959 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 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.

Record3–5–1 (2–2 Yankee)
Headcoach
HomestadiumAlumni Field
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1959 UMass Redmen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5–1 (2–2 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
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1959 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Connecticut $4–0–06–3–0
UMass2–2–03–5–1
Maine1–2–23–3–2
New Hampshire1–2–13–3–2
Rhode Island1–2–13–5–1
Vermont0–1–04–3–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19MaineW 21–165,250–6,000[1]
September 26at Harvard*L 22–3611,500[2]
October 3Delaware*No. T–16
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 12–424,500–4,879[3]
October 10at ConnecticutL 0–269,147
October 17Rhode Islanddagger
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 6–306,478–6,500[4]
October 24at Northeastern*T 0–01,100
October 31at Boston University*L 6–202,896
November 7Brandeis*
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 25–62,744
November 14at New HampshireW 19–66,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game
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