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1984 UMass Minutemen football team

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1984 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–8 (1–4 YC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Rhode Island +^ 4 1 0 10 3 0
No. 4 Boston University +^ 4 1 0 9 3 0
No. 11 New Hampshire 3 2 0 9 2 0
Maine 2 3 0 5 6 0
Connecticut 1 4 0 3 8 0
UMass 1 4 0 3 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1984 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Stull and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The stadium had been called Alumni Stadium from its opening in 1965 until the November 3, 1984, game against Connecticut, when it was officially named for Warren P. McGuirk, who was the UMass Athletic Director from 1948 to 1971. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 1–4 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 1Ball State*W 26–108,946
September 8Lehigh*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 14–2111,871
September 22at Holy Cross*L 7–3517,641
September 29Northeastern*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 3–08,633
October 6at Rhode IslandL 19–2010,227
October 13Richmond*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 7–248,229
October 20at MaineOrono, MEL 7–207,200
October 27at Boston UniversityL 21–313,161
November 3Connecticutdagger
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
L 16–2113,031
November 10at Delaware*L 14–2713,367
November 17New Hampshire
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 14–105,621
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References