1976 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1976 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1976 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. UMass finished the season with a record of 5–5 overall and 3–2 in conference play.

Record5–5 (3–1 Yankee)

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1976 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–8 New Hampshire $^	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
UMass	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Boston University	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Toledo*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 28–14	9,500
September 18	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 24–3	7,100
September 25	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 13–24	14,454–1,7000	^[1]
October 9	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 33–6	1,000–1,002	^[2]
October 16	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 14–7	8,359
October 23	Connecticut	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 6–28	14,900
October 30	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 7–24	20,100–20,400	^[3]
November 6	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 21–14	10,011	^[4]
November 13	New Hampshire	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 0–23	10,900
November 20	Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 0–35	13,3004	^[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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