1989 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1989 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1989 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. UMass finished the season with a record of 551 overall and 35 in conference play.

1989 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record5–5–1 (3–5 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
1989 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Maine +^ 6 2 09 3 0
No. 18 Connecticut + 6 2 08 3 0
No. 16 Villanova +^ 6 2 08 4 0
New Hampshire 5 3 07 3 0
Delaware 5 3 07 4 0
Boston University 4 4 04 7 0
UMass 3 5 05 5 1
Rhode Island 1 7 03 8 0
Richmond 0 8 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9James Madison*T 28–289,428[1]
September 16at Lehigh*W 42–236,123[2]
September 23at Maine
L 23–4010,389
September 30at Boston UniversityL 19–415,655
October 7Rhode Island
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 31–610,102
October 14at ConnecticutL 33–39 OT12,440
October 21Delaware
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 14–214,780
October 28at Northeastern*W 31–277,060
November 4Richmond
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 17–145,926[3]
November 11at VillanovaL 26–297,109[4]
November 18New Hampshire
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 34–284,114
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "UMass, James Madison tie one on, 28–28". The Boston Globe. September 10, 1989. Retrieved October 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Fox, John W. (September 17, 1989). "Lehigh's 1,000th game spoiled by UMass 42–23". The Morning Call. p. C1. Retrieved October 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "UMass wins 17–14". The Berkshire Eagle. November 5, 1989. Retrieved November 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "UMass falls to Villanova". The Berkshire Eagle. November 12, 1989. Retrieved April 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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