1973 Massachusetts

2–⁠3.

Schedule and results

Massachusetts in 1973, game by game: lost vs. Holy Cross 28–30; won vs. Villanova 21–20; lost at Harvard 7–24; won at Rutgers 25–22; lost at Boston College 14–59+7−45Lost 28–30 vs. Holy Cross-2Holy CrossWon 21–20 vs. Villanova+1VillanovaLost 7–24 at Harvard-17HarvardWon 25–22 at Rutgers+3RutgersLost 14–59 at Boston College-45Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsHoly CrossL 28–⁠3046%
Sep 15vsVillanovaW 21–⁠2052%
Sep 29atHarvardL 7–⁠2426%
Oct 6atRutgersW 25–⁠2221%
Nov 24atBoston CollegeL 14–⁠5926%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Boston College 59–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 91 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Massachusetts’s 1973 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 27atUConnL 6–⁠28UConn’s article
Record
2–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in the Yankee Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
95–⁠155
Coach
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Elo
1334 −11 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
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