1990 UMass Minutemen football team

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1990 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference champion
Conference Yankee Conference
Record8–2–1 (7–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons
←  1989
1991  →
1990 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 UMass $^ 7 –1 –08 –2 –1
No. T–19 New Hampshire 5 –3 –07 –3 –1
Delaware 5 –3 –06 –5 –0
Connecticut 5 –3 –06 –5 –0
Villanova 5 –3 –06 –5 –0
Boston University 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Maine 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Rhode Island 2 –6 –05 –6 –0
Richmond 1 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen made their second playoff appearance in three years, but would lose in the first round to future conference foe William & Mary. It would be the last playoff appearance for UMass until the 1998 National Championship season. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–2–1 overall and 7–1 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at No. 7 Holy Cross *
T 10–1016,444
September 15 Maine
W 21–1010,431
September 29 Boston University No. 19
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 47–168,247
October 6at Rhode Island No. 10
W 16–139,407
October 13 Connecticut No. 9
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 38–192,459
October 20at Delaware No. 8
W 17–322,184
October 27 Northeastern *No. 8
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 28–218,810
November 3at Richmond No. 8
W 26–97,012 [1]
November 10 Villanova No. 5
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 3–01,100 [2]
November 17at New Hampshire No. 4
L 18–368,062
November 24at No. 7 William & Mary *No. 9
L 0–387,027

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References

  1. ↑ "Bench helps UMass fight off Spiders 26–9". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 4, 1990. Retrieved November 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "UMass clinches to become pride of the Yankee". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1990. Retrieved April 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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