1988 UMass Minutemen football team

1988 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference co-champion
NCAA Division I First Round, L 17–28 vs. Eastern Kentucky
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	8–4 (6–2 YC)
Head coach	Jim Reid (3rd season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1988 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–10 UMass +^	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Delaware +^	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Maine	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Villanova	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1988 season marked the Minutemen's first playoff appearance since their runner-up finish in the 1978 National Championship game. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–4 overall and 6–2 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	Maine	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 45–42	12,458
September 17	at Ball State*	Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN	L 17–44	9,370
September 24	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	W 45–28	7,500
October 1	Boston University	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 44–27	12,840
October 8	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 26–7	5,117
October 15	Connecticut	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 14–35	14,301
October 22	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 7–10	22,301
October 29	Northeastern*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 21–6	7,240
November 5	at Richmond	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 26–16	9,026
November 12	Villanova	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 17–6	5,829
November 19	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 64–42	8,650
November 26	at Eastern Kentucky*	Hanger Field Richmond, KY (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 17–28	4,600
*Non-conference game