UMass historical scans---1970

University of Buffalo Library image

The above two images are not in the program scans. The UMass halfback is Pat Scavone SR 5-11 180 from Worcester. He averaged 5.4 yards/carry in 1969. The Minutemen lost to Buffalo 13-16 in front of 6206 fans out in NY.

As you can see from the top image, the UMass athletic dept did not spend a lot of money on the press guide..
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I’ve added nine images from the 1970 UMass Football press guide. The top two images in the blog post are not included. If you click on the blog post image Blogger displays a larger image. The same trick works for images in the Google Photos historical scans.

This link should take you directly to the new images.

The Minutemen went 4-5-1 in 1970 beating Maine, Vermont, Holy Cross and New Hampshire. UMass tied Uconn 21-21 and lost to BC 21-10.

Dennis Keating and John Hulecki were the UMass captains. UMass Hall-of-Fame coach Vic Fusia was head coach.

The football roster included Hall-of-Fame members Bill DeFlavio, Steve Schubert and Bob Pena.

Bill DeFlavio, Bob Donlin, John Farrelly, John Hulecki, Dennis Keating, Jim Kelliher, John O’Neil, Bob Pena, Joe Sabulis, Bill Sroka and Russ Wood made All-Yankee Conference.

Change was in the air in 1970. FCS football was not far away. The Minutemen soon start to play teams from beyond New England. 

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