1977 UMass Minutemen football team
American college football season
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The 1977 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Dick MacPherson in his seventh and final season as head coach, the Minutemen compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the Yankee Conference title. UMass advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, losing in the quarterfinals to the eventual national champion, Lehigh. The team played home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts.
| 1977 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 23–30 vs. Lehigh | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 2 |
| Record | 8–3 (5–0 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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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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The 1977 season was the last in which UMass competed at the NCAA Division II level, as the Yankee Conference moved to the NCAA's newly-formed Division I-AA—now known at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)—in 1978.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | Army* | L 10–34 | 22,101 | |||
| September 17 | Maine | W 28–0 | 8,400 | |||
| September 24 | at Harvard* | W 17–0 | 9,000–10,116 | [1] | ||
| October 1 | Youngstown State* | No. 10 |
| W 54–13 | 7,200 | |
| October 8 | Boston University | No. 8 |
| W 41–16 | 4,700 | [2] |
| October 15 | Rhode Island | No. 7 |
| W 37–6 | 10,500 | |
| October 28 | at Connecticut | No. 6 | W 10–0 | 7,122 | ||
| November 5 | Holy Cross* | No. T–3 |
| W 28–6 | 8,100 | [3] |
| November 12 | at No. 5 New Hampshire | No. 3 | W 19–6 | 20,000 | ||
| November 19 | at Boston College* | No. 2 | L 7–34 | 30,846 | [4] | |
| November 26 | No. 8 Lehigh* | No. 2 |
| L 23–30 | 4,964–5,700 | [5] |
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