A former UMass player Ed Hajdusek, who played for UMass 1971-'73, was kind enough to send us scans of some UMass historical material.
The following are scans of the 1971 team photo and the 1971 football roster. Right click and Blogger displays a larger view.
1971 was Dick MacPherson's first year as UMass coach. The 1971 UMass squad went 4-4-1 and 3-1-1 in the Yankee Conference. That was UMass' 7th Yankee Conference championship.
Special thanks to Ed for taking the time to provide us with these scans. I don't have any material earlier than 1976.