American college football season
2014 UMass Minutemen football |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
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Division | East Division |
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Record | 3–9 (3–5 MAC) |
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Head coach | - Mark Whipple (7th season)
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Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
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Defensive coordinator | Tom Masella (3rd season) |
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Base defense | 3–4 |
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Home stadium | Gillette Stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium |
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The 2014 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was their first year with head coach Mark Whipple, who returned after 10 years coaching in the NFL. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The other three were played on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium, which reopened after a renovation to bring the facility up to FBS standards. This season was UMass's third in the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 3:00 p.m. | Boston College* | | ESPN3 | L 7–30 | 30,479 |
September 6 | 3:00 p.m. | Colorado* | - Gillette Stadium
- Foxborough, MA
| ESPN3 | L 38–41 | 10,227 |
September 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | | ESPN+ | L 31–34 | 33,386 |
September 20 | 4:00 p.m. | at Penn State* | | BTN | L 7–48 | 99,155 |
September 27 | 3:00 p.m. | Bowling Green | | ESPN3 | L 42–47 | 17,000 |
October 4 | 2:30 p.m. | at Miami (OH) | | ESPN3 | L 41–42 | 15,970 |
October 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at Kent State | | ESPN3 | W 40–17 | 12,451 |
October 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan | - Gillette Stadium
- Foxborough, MA
| ESPN3 | W 36–14 | 12,030 |
October 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Toledo | | ESPN3 | L 35–42 | 20,104 |
November 12 | 8:00 p.m. | Ball State | - Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| ESPNU | W 24–10 | 13,374 |
November 18 | 8:00 p.m. | at Akron | | ESPNU | L 6–30 | 5,571 |
November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Buffalo | - Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| ESPN3 | L 21–41 | 13,417 |
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Game summaries
Boston College
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Eagles | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Buffaloes | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
Minutemen | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Vanderbilt
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minutemen | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Commodores | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
Penn State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Nittany Lions | 6 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 48 |
Bowling Green
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Falcons | 10 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 47 |
Minutemen | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
Miami (OH)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minutemen | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
RedHawks | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Kent State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minutemen | 7 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 40 |
Golden Flashes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Eastern Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Eagles | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Minutemen | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 36 |
Toledo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minutemen | 13 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 35 |
Rockets | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Ball State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Minutemen | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Akron
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Zips | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
Buffalo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 0 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
References
- Malone, Daniel (January 13, 2014). "An Early Look at UMass football's 2014 Opponents". The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts). Retrieved February 8, 2014.
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