1990 UMass Minutemen football team

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1990 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference champion
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record8–2–1 (7–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at No. 7 Holy Cross*T 10–1016,444
September 15MaineW 21–1010,431
September 29Boston UniversityNo. 19
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 47–168,247
October 6at Rhode IslandNo. 10W 16–139,407
October 13ConnecticutNo. 9
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 38–192,459
October 20at DelawareNo. 8W 17–322,184
October 27Northeastern*No. 8
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 28–218,810
November 3at RichmondNo. 8W 26–97,012[1]
November 10VillanovaNo. 5
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 3–01,100[2]
November 17at New HampshireNo. 4L 18–368,062
November 24at No. 7 William & Mary*No. 9L 0–387,027

References

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  1. ^ "Bench helps UMass fight off Spiders 26–9". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 4, 1990. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "UMass clinches to become pride of the Yankee". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1990. Retrieved April 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.