1980 UMass Minutemen football team

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1980 UMass Minutemen football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record7–3 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Jim Reid (3rd season)
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
Seasons
  1979
1981  
1980 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Boston University $ 5 0 09 2 0
No. T–10 UMass 4 1 07 3 0
No. T–10 Connecticut 3 2 07 3 0
New Hampshire 2 3 06 4 0
Maine 1 4 04 7 0
Rhode Island 0 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1980 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. UMass finished the season with a record of 73 overall and 41 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Villanova *W 24–1211,494
September 27 Delaware State *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. T–10
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 39–09,700
October 4at Rhode Island No. 8W 26–810,443
October 11No. T–10 Delaware *No. T–3
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 17–2110,400 [1]
October 18at Maine No. T–10
W 21–142,700
October 25at No. 8 Boston University No. 9L 0–31,520
November 1No. 5 Connecticut No. T–10
W 39–2112,146
November 8at Holy Cross *No. T–10W 17–137,121 [2]
November 15No. T–10 New Hampshire No. 9
W 17–09,206
November 22 Boston College *No. T–10
L 12–1315,216 [3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Delaware rally frustrates UMass". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Monahan, Bob (November 9, 1980). "UMass Struggles Past Holy Cross". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 79 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "BC edges Holy Cross by 27-26". Fort Lauderdale News. November 30, 1980. p. 11C via Newspapers.com.