2001 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2001 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2001 season was a difficult one for the Minutemen, as they collected their first losing record since the 1997 season. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 3–6 in conference play.

2001 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record3–8 (3–6 A-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
2001 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Hofstra +^  7 2   9 3  
No. 10 Maine +^  7 2   9 3  
No. 20 Villanova +  7 2   8 3  
No. 17 William & Mary +^  7 2   8 4  
No. 21 Rhode Island  6 3   8 3  
Delaware  4 5   4 6  
Northeastern  4 5   5 6  
UMass  3 6   3 8  
Richmond  3 6   3 8  
New Hampshire  2 7   4 7  
James Madison  0 9   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 11:00 p.m.William & MaryNo. 21L 10–318,243
September 87:00 p.m.at Marshall*Thundering Herd NetworkL 20–4927,533
September 227:00 p.m.at No. 23 DelawareCN8L 7–3520,372
September 296:00 p.m.at No. 12 Hofstra*Fox Sports New YorkL 6–362,995
October 131:00 p.m.New Hampshiredagger
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
L 24–3510,117
October 201:00 p.m.James Madison
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 43–2010,264[1]
October 271:00 p.m.at VillanovaL 13–477,897
November 312:00 p.m.Northeastern
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 17–108,535
November 1012:00 p.m.at No. 19 MaineL 7–373,341
November 1712:00 p.m.No. 14 Rhode Island
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
A10 TVW 24–76,085
November 2312:00 p.m.Richmond
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 7–353,582

References

  1. "Guice, UMass get on the board". The Boston Globe. October 21, 2001. Retrieved October 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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