1979 UMass Minutemen football team

1979 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference champion
Conference	Yankee Conference
1979 record	6–4 (4–1 YC)
Head coach	Bob Pickett (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons

Template:1979 Yankee Conference football standings 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 Hadley, 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

References

• UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)