Year: | 1967 |
Team: | UMass Redmen |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Yankee Conference |
Short Conf: | Yankee |
Record: | 7–2 |
Conf Record: | 5–0 |
Head Coach: | Vic Fusia |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Stadium: | Alumni Stadium |
Champion: | Yankee Conference champion |
The 1967 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1967 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Vic Fusia and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 7 - 2 overall and 5 - 0 in conference play, repeating as conference champions.
Senior quarterback Greg Landry was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft (eleventh overall), the first QB taken.[1]