1984 UMass Minutemen football team

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1984 UMass Minutemen football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record3–8 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Jim Reid (7th season)
Home stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons
  1983
1985  
1984 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Rhode Island +^ 4 1 010 3 0
No. 4 Boston University +^ 4 1 09 3 0
No. 11 New Hampshire 3 2 09 2 0
Maine 2 3 05 6 0
Connecticut 1 4 03 8 0
UMass 1 4 03 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 McGuirk, who was the UMass Athletic Director from 1948 to 1972. UMass finished the season with a record of 38 overall and 14 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1 Ball State *W 26–108,946 [1]
September 8 Lehigh *
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 14–2111,871 [2]
September 22at No. 5 Holy Cross *L 7–3517,641 [3]
September 29 Northeastern *
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 3–08,633 [4]
October 6at No. 16 Rhode Island L 19–2010,227 [5]
October 13 Richmond *
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 7–248,229 [6]
October 20at Maine L 7–207,200 [7]
October 27at No. 18 Boston University L 21–313,161 [8]
November 3 Connecticut Dagger-14-plain.png
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
L 16–2113,031 [9]
November 10at Delaware *L 14–2713,367 [10]
November 17No. 4 New Hampshire
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 14–105,621 [11]

References

  1. "BSU turnovers turn opener into loss". The Muncie Star. September 2, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Cadigan, Barry (September 9, 1984). "Horn bombs UMass, 21–14". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 68. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Monahan, Bob (September 23, 1984). "Holy Cross Bruises UMass, 35–7". Boston Sunday Globe. p. 101. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "UMass gets footing, 3–0". Boston Sunday Globe. September 30, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Ehrhardt's passing lifts Rhode Island". Record-Journal. October 7, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "UMass soundly beaten". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1984. Retrieved November 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Famished Bears feast on UMass". The Sunday Republican. October 21, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "UM entertains, but falls to BU". The Sunday Republican. October 28, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Gary's 246 yards lift UConn, 21–16". The Day. November 4, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Blue Hens put Massachusetts to rest". Sunday News Journal. November 11, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "UMass clips UNH". The Hartford Courant. November 18, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.