The 2019 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Walt Bell and played their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium . This was the fourth year for the Minutemen as an independent ; they finished the season at 1–11 and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 632 to 237. CBS Sports rated UMass 129th in their ranking of all 130 FBS teams; Akron , the only team that the Minutemen defeated, was ranked last.[1]
Previous season In Minutemen finished the 2018 season at 4–8. Head coach Mark Whipple resigned at the end of the season. On December 3, 2018, the Minutemen named Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell as head coach.[2]
Schedule Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:15 p.m. at Rutgers BTN L 21–4840,515 September 7 3:30 p.m. Southern Illinois NESNPlus /FloSports L 20–4510,524 September 14 6:00 p.m. at Charlotte ESPN3 L 17–5212,812 September 21 1:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA NESN/FloSports L 28–628,557 September 28 3:30 p.m. Akron Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA FloSports W 37–297,284 October 5 7:00 p.m. at FIU ESPN3 L 0–4412,746 October 12 7:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech ESPN3 L 21–6919,682 October 26 3:30 p.m. UConn Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry ) NESN/NESNPlus/FloSports L 35–5612,234 November 2 12:00 p.m. Liberty Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA NESN/FloSports L 21–6310,184 November 9 12:00 p.m. at Army CBSSN L 7–6335,567 November 16 12:00 p.m. at Northwestern BTN L 6–4529,447 November 23 12:00 p.m. BYU Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA NESN/FloSports L 24–568,204
Schedule Source: [3] Game summaries at Rutgers
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
21
0
0
0
21
Scarlet Knights
7
31
3
7
48
Southern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
0
17
14
14
45
Minutemen
6
7
0
7
20
at Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
0
10
0
7
17
49ers
21
10
14
7
52
Coastal Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
14
28
14
6
62
Minutemen
7
7
7
7
28
Akron
1
2
3
4
Total
Zips
7
7
7
8
29
Minutemen
7
13
14
3
37
This would be the Minutemen's last win until Week 6 in 2021 .
at FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
0
0
0
0
0
Panthers
17
17
10
0
44
at Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
0
14
7
0
21
Bulldogs
28
24
10
7
69
UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
14
21
7
14
56
Minutemen
7
14
7
7
35
Liberty
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
28
21
14
0
63
Minutemen
7
7
7
0
21
at Army
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
7
0
0
0
7
Black Knights
14
21
14
14
63
at Northwestern
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
3
3
0
0
6
Wildcats
0
21
3
21
45
BYU
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
42
7
0
56
Minutemen
0
0
10
14
24
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