1993 UMass Minutemen football team

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1993 UMass Minutemen football
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Conference Yankee Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 25
Record8–3 (5–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New England Division
No. 6 Boston University x$^ 8 0 012 1 0
No. 25 UMass 6 2 09 2 0
Connecticut 5 3 06 5 0
New Hampshire 4 4 06 5 0
Rhode Island 2 6 04 7 0
Maine 0 8 00 11 0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 10 William & Mary x^ 7 1 09 3 0
No. 18 Delaware ^ 6 2 09 4 0
James Madison 4 4 06 5 0
Richmond 3 5 05 6 0
Northeastern 2 6 02 9 0
Villanova 1 7 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mike Hodges and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1993 season was notable due to a mid-season overseas matchup with rival Rhode Island. The two New England teams faced off in the Wild Geese Classic held in Limerick, Ireland, with UMass winning the game by a score of 36–14. (This is FALSE -- UMass - Rhode Island game in Ireland was announced, but never took place. The 1993 game was played in Amherst). UMass finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–3 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Holy Cross *W 37–712,887
September 18at Maine No. 25
L 13–177,924
September 25at Boston University L 9–287,508
October 2 James Madison *
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 33–1014,207 [1]
October 9vs. Rhode Island W 36–145,124
October 16at Connecticut W 20–1712,001
October 23No. 7 Delaware
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 43–2913,102
October 30at Northeastern W 21–175,500
November 6 Richmond *No. 25
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 29–245,139 [2]
November 13No. 10 William & Mary No. 21
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 28–453,222
November 20 New Hampshire
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 15–134,712

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References

  1. "UMass right at home". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1993. Retrieved October 20, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "UMass wins 6th straight". The Berkshire Eagle. November 7, 1993. Retrieved November 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.