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American college football season
The 2019 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Walt Bell and played their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium . This was the fourth year for the Minutemen as an independent ; they finished the season at 1–11. CBS Sports rated UMass 129th in their ranking of all 130 FBS teams; Akron , the only team that the Minutemen defeated, was ranked last.[1]
Previous season
In Minutemen finished the 2018 season at 4–8. Head coach Mark Whipple resigned at the end of the season. On December 3, 2018, the Minutemen named Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell as head coach.[2]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:15 p.m. at Rutgers BTN L 21–4840,515
September 7 3:30 p.m. Southern Illinois NESNPlus /FloSports L 20–4510,524
September 14 6:00 p.m. at Charlotte ESPN3 L 17–5212,812
September 21 1:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA NESN/FloSports L 28–628,557
September 28 3:30 p.m. Akron Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA FloSports W 37–297,284
October 5 7:00 p.m. at FIU ESPN3 L 0–4412,746
October 12 7:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech ESPN3 L 21–6919,682
October 26 3:30 p.m. UConn Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry ) NESN/NESNPlus/FloSports L 35–5612,234
November 2 12:00 p.m. Liberty Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA NESN/FloSports L 21–6310,184
November 9 12:00 p.m. at Army CBSSN L 7–6335,567
November 16 12:00 p.m. at Northwestern BTN L 6–4529,447
November 23 12:00 p.m. BYU Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA NESN/FloSports L 24–568,204
Schedule Source: [3]
Game summaries
at Rutgers
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
21
0
0
0
21
Scarlet Knights
7
31
3
7
48
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–2
1978
L , 11–21
Southern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
0
17
14
14
45
Minutemen
6
7
0
7
20
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
0
10
0
7
17
49ers
21
10
14
7
52
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2018
W , 49–31
Coastal Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
14
28
14
6
62
Minutemen
7
7
7
7
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–2
2018
L , 13–24
Akron
1
2
3
4
Total
Zips
7
7
7
8
29
Minutemen
7
13
14
3
37
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–3
2015
L , 13–17
at FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
0
0
0
0
0
Panthers
17
17
10
0
44
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–2
2018
L , 24–63
at Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
0
14
7
0
21
Bulldogs
28
24
10
7
69
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2016
L , 28–56
UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
14
21
7
14
56
Minutemen
7
14
7
7
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
37–34–2
2018
W , 22–17
Liberty
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
28
21
14
0
63
Minutemen
7
7
7
0
21
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2018
W , 62–59, 3OT
at Army
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
7
0
0
0
7
Black Knights
14
21
14
14
63
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–2
2005
L , 27–34
at Northwestern
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
3
3
0
0
6
Wildcats
0
21
3
21
45
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
BYU
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
42
7
0
56
Minutemen
0
0
10
14
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–2
2018
L , 16–35
Players drafted into the NFL
References
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