American college football season
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]
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: [ 2]
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