1990 UMass Minutemen football team
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.
| 1990 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference champion | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 0–38 at William & Mary | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 8–2–1 (7–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| No. 9 UMass $^ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–19 New Hampshire | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | at No. 7 Holy Cross* | T 10–10 | 16,444 | |||
| September 15 | Maine | W 21–10 | 10,431 | |||
| September 29 | Boston University | No. 19 |
| W 47–16 | 8,247 | |
| October 6 | at Rhode Island | No. 10 | W 16–13 | 9,407 | ||
| October 13 | Connecticut | No. 9 |
| W 38–19 | 2,459 | |
| October 20 | at Delaware | No. 8 | W 17–3 | 22,184 | ||
| October 27 | Northeastern* | No. 8 |
| W 28–21 | 8,810 | |
| November 3 | at Richmond | No. 8 | W 26–9 | 7,012 | [1] | |
| November 10 | Villanova | No. 5 |
| W 3–0 | 1,100 | [2] |
| November 17 | at New Hampshire | No. 4 | L 18–36 | 8,062 | ||
| November 24 | at No. 7 William & Mary* | No. 9 |
| L 0–38 | 7,027 | |
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References
- "Bench helps UMass fight off Spiders 26–9". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 4, 1990. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "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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