1979 UMass Minutemen football team

1979 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference Champions
Conference	Yankee Conference
1979 record	6–4 (4–1 YC)
Head coach	Bob Pickett
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1979 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
UMass +	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
#7 Boston University +	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Connecticut	3	–	1	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
New Hampshire	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	2
Maine	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	9	–	1
Rhode Island	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1979 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Pickett and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen came into the 1979 season on the heels of an appearance in the inaugural I-AA National Championship Game. Despite the high expectations, the team was still able to repeat as Yankee Conference Champions, though they did not earn a postseason berth. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–4 overall and 4–1 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	at Villanova*	Villanova Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	L 7–35	8,500
September 22	Maine	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 38–14	3,990
September 29	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	W 20–7	15,000
October 6	North Carolina Central*	Alumni Stadium • , MA	W 48–7	7,400
October 13	at Boston University	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 20–6	10,800
October 20	Rhode Island	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 24–0	13,500
October 27	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT (Rivalry)	L 0–24	10,677
November 10	Holy Cross*	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	L 18–20	6,300
November 17	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Rivalry)	W 29–0	8,750
November 24	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry)	L 3–41	28,475
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,^[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)

UMass Minutemen football

Venues	Alumni Field (1879–1964) Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (1965–2011, 2014–) Gillette Stadium (2012–2016)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College New Hampshire: Colonial Clash (Bill Knight Trophy) UConn

Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass" University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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