2017 UMass Minutemen football team

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2017 UMass Minutemen football
UMass Amherst Athletics logo.svg
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–8
Head coach
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Ed Pinkham (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Army      10 3  
No. 11 Notre Dame      10 3  
UMass      4 8  
BYU      4 9  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the fourth year of head coach Mark Whipple's second stint at UMass and 10th year overall. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with their final home game at Fenway Park. This was UMass's second year as an independent. [1] They finished the season 4–8.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 266:00 p.m. Hawaii ELVNL 35–3812,145
September 27:00 p.m.at Coastal Carolina ESPN3 L 28–3813,274
September 93:30 p.m. Old Dominion
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ELVNL 7–179,028
September 157:00 p.m.at Temple ESPNU L 21–2922,911
September 2312:00 p.m.at Tennessee SECN L 13–1795,324
September 303:30 p.m. Ohio
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ELVNL 50–587,696
October 213:30 p.m. Georgia Southern Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ELVNW 55–2010,690
October 283:30 p.m. Appalachian State
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ELVNW 30–27 2OT11,889
November 412:00 p.m.at No. 21 Mississippi State SECNL 23–3457,354
November 114:00 p.m. Maine ELVNW 44–3112,794
November 183:00 p.m.at BYU BYUtv/ESPN3W 16–1051,355
December 212:00 p.m.at FIU CUSA.tv L 45–6314,004
^[a] The game between UMass and South Florida was postponed due to Hurricane Irma. A game with FIU was scheduled after FIU's game with Indiana was cancelled. [2]
Schedule Source: [3]

☆All Eleven Sports broadcasts will be simulcast on NESN or NESN+. [4]

Game summaries

Hawaii

Hawai'i at UMass [5] [6]
1234Total
Rainbow Warriors7771738
Minutemen7714735
Sources: [5] [6]

Coastal Carolina

UMass at Coastal Carolina [7] [8]
1234Total
Minutemen777728
Chanticleers14710738
  • Date: September 2
  • Location: Brooks Stadium
    Conway, SC
  • Game start: 7:00 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:16
  • Game attendance: 13,274
  • Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C), Weather: Overcast
  • Referee: Kevin Stine
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Brock Bowling, Stan Lewter
Sources: [7] [8]

Old Dominion

Old Dominion at UMass [9] [10]
1234Total
Monarchs370717
Minutemen00707
  • Date: September 9
  • Location: Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
    Hadley, MA
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:59
  • Game attendance: 9,028
  • Game weather: Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C), Wind: N 8 mph (13 km/h), Weather: Partly Cloudy
  • Referee: Jon Noli
  • TV announcers (ELVN): Eric Frede, Andy Gresh, Seth Cantor
Sources: [9] [10]

Temple

UMass at Temple [11] [12]
1234Total
Minutemen077721
Owls3136729
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Lincoln Financial Field
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Game start: 7:00 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:29
  • Game attendance: 22,911
  • Game weather: Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C), Wind: SW 7 mph (11 km/h), Weather: Partly Cloudy
  • Referee: Charles Lewis
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia
Sources: [11] [12]

Tennessee

UMass at Tennessee [13] [14]
1234Total
Minutemen067013
Volunteers0143017
  • Date: September 23
  • Location: Neyland Stadium
    Knoxville, TN
  • Game start: 12:00 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:21
  • Game attendance: 95,324
  • Game weather: Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C), Wind: 2 mph (3.2 km/h), Weather: Partly Cloudy
  • Referee: Matt Loeffler
  • TV announcers (SECN): Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan
Sources: [13] [14]

Ohio

Ohio at UMass [15] [16]
1234Total
Bobcats720141758
Minutemen101722150
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
    Hadley, MA
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:45
  • Game attendance: 7,696
  • Game weather: Temperature: 61 °F (16 °C), Wind: N 6 mph (9.7 km/h), Weather: Overcast
  • Referee: Tracy Jones
  • TV announcers (ELVN): Eric Frede, Andy Gresh, Seth Cantor
Sources: [15] [16]

Georgia Southern

Georgia Southern at UMass [17] [18]
1234Total
Eagles7103020
Minutemen28200755
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
    Hadley, MA
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:06
  • Game attendance: 10,690
  • Game weather: Temperature: 78 °F (26 °C), Weather: Sunny
  • Referee: A. Calabrese
  • TV announcers (ELVN): Eric Frede, Andy Gresh, Seth Cantor
Sources: [17] [18]

Appalachian State

Appalachian State at UMass [19] [20]
1234OT2OTTotal
Mountaineers014337027
Minutemen107037330
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
    Hadley, MA
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:43
  • Game attendance: 12,000
  • Game weather: Temperature: 66 °F (19 °C), Wind: S 15 mph (24 km/h), Weather: Partly Cloudy
  • Referee: Todd LaPlenta
  • TV announcers (ELVN): Eric Frede, Andy Gresh, Seth Cantor
Sources: [19] [20]

Mississippi State

UMass at Mississippi State [21] [22]
1234Total
Minutemen3170323
Bulldogs10314734
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Davis Wade Stadium
    Starkville, MS
  • Game start: 12:00 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:18
  • Game attendance: 57,374
  • Game weather: Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C), Wind: SSW 4 mph (6.4 km/h), Weather: Overcast
  • Referee: Hubert Owens
  • TV announcers (SECN): Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware and Olivia Harlan
Sources: [21] [22]

Maine

Maine at UMass [23] [24]
1234Total
Black Bears798731
Minutemen21313744
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Fenway Park
    Boston, MA
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:37
  • Game attendance: 12,974
  • Game weather: Temperature: 36 °F (2 °C), Wind: NW 7 mph (11 km/h), Weather: Clear and Sunny
  • Referee: Todd LaPlenta
  • TV announcers (ELVN): Eric Frede, Andy Gresh, Seth Cantor
Sources: [23] [24]

BYU

UMass at BYU [25] [26]
1234Total
Minutemen0313016
Cougars003710
Sources: [25] [26]

FIU

UMass at FIU [27] [28]
1234Total
Minutemen147101445
Panthers142172163
  • Date: December 2
  • Location: Riccardo Silva Stadium
    Miami, FL
  • Game start: 12:00 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:21
  • Game attendance: 14,004
  • Game weather: Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C), Wind: 12 mph (19 km/h), Weather: Sunny
  • Referee: Stephen LaManti
  • TV announcers (CUSA.tv): A.J. Ricketts, Hurlie Brown
Sources: [27] [28]

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