1979 UMass Minutemen football team

1979 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference Champions
Conference Yankee Conference
1979 record 64 (41 YC)
Head coach Bob Pickett
Home stadium Alumni Stadium (17,000)
1979 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
UMass + 4 1 0     6 4 0
#7 Boston University + 4 1 0     8 1 1
Connecticut 3 1 1     3 6 2
New Hampshire 2 2 1     5 4 2
Maine 1 4 0     1 9 1
Rhode Island 0 5 0     2 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1979 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Pickett and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen came into the 1979 season on the heels of an appearance in the inaugural I-AA National Championship Game. Despite the high expectations, the team was still able to repeat as Yankee Conference Champions, though they did not earn a postseason berth. UMass finished the season with a record of 64 overall and 41 in conference play.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 15 at Villanova* Villanova StadiumPhiladelphia, PA L 735   8,500
September 22 Maine Alumni StadiumHadley, MA W 3814   3,990
September 29 at Harvard* Harvard StadiumAllston, MA W 207   15,000
October 6 North Carolina Central* Alumni Stadium • , MA W 487   7,400
October 13 at Boston University Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA W 206   10,800
October 20 Rhode Island Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA W 240   13,500
October 27 at Connecticut Memorial StadiumStorrs, CT (Rivalry) L 024   10,677
November 10 Holy Cross* Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA L 1820   6,300
November 17 at New Hampshire Cowell StadiumDurham, NH (Rivalry) W 290   8,750
November 24 at Boston College* Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry) L 341   28,475
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)

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