2020 UMass Minutemen football team
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| Conference | Independent |
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| Defensive coordinator | Tommy Restivo (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 17,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 BYU | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Liberty | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll.
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The 2020 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season until the cancellation of the 2020 season on August 11, 2020. The Minutemen would had played their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium and competed as a independent. They would have been coached by second-year head coach Walt Bell.
Previous season
The Minutemen finished the 2019 season with a record of 1–11.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released.
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
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| Outland Trophy[1] | Larnel Coleman | OL | RS SR |
| Wuerffel Trophy[2] | Cole McCubrey | LB | SR |
| Solomon Siskind | TE | RS JR |
Cancellation
On August 11, 2020, the University of Massachusetts announced that its fall sports would be cancelled due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletic director Ryan Bamford stated that the university "[remains] hopeful and fully [intends] to conduct a competitive schedule for our fall sports in the 2021 spring semester.”[3]
References
- ^ "2020 Outland Trophy Watch List Unveiled". July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "The Wuerffel Trophy 2020 Watch List (Non AP)". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "UMass football cancels 2020 fall season amid coronavirus concerns". MassLive. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.