2015 UMass Minutemen football team

2015 UMass Minutemen football
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Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2015 record	3–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Mark Whipple (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Whipple (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Tom Masella (4th season)
Home stadium	Gillette Stadium (Capacity: 68,756) Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 17,000)
Seasons

Template:2015 Mid-American Conference football standings The 2015 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was their second year with head coach Mark Whipple. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and the other three games were played on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium. This season was UMass's fourth and last in the Mid-American Conference within the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place in the East Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	2:00 p.m.	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	L 14–48	35,094
September 19	3:00 p.m.	Temple*	Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA	ESPN3	L 23–25	10,141
September 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 27–62	80,795
October 3	3:00 p.m.	FIU*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ESPN3	W 24–14	13,525
October 10	2:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 38–62	17,118
October 17	3:00 p.m.	Kent State	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ESPN3	L 10–15	15,217
October 24	3:00 p.m.	No. 19 Toledo	Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA	ESPN3	L 35–51	12,793
October 31	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	L 10–20	4,576
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Akron	Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA	CBSSN	L 13–17	6,228
November 14	3:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 28–17	2,759
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ESPN3	L 13–20	8,839
November 27	4:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPNU	W 31–26	15,648
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	OT
Minutemen	7	7	0	0	14
Buffaloes	14	17	17	0	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	Colorado, 41–38

Temple

	1	2	3	4	OT
Owls	7	10	3	5	25
Minutemen	0	17	0	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	OT
Minutemen	6	14	0	7	27
#6 Fighting Irish	14	21	20	7	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

FIU

	1	2	3	4	OT
Panthers	0	7	7	0	14
Minutemen	7	10	0	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	OT
Minutemen	10	7	14	7	38
Falcons	14	14	24	10	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2014	Bowling Green, 47–42

Kent State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Golden Flashes	0	10	3	2	15
Minutemen	0	10	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	UMass, 40–17

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	OT
#19 Rockets	3	7	21	20	51
Minutemen	14	14	0	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2014	Toledo, 42–35

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Minutemen	0	3	7	0	10
Cardinals	3	7	10	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2014	UMass, 24–10

Akron

	1	2	3	4	OT
Zips	7	0	7	3	17
Minutemen	7	6	0	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2014	Akron, 30–6

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	OT
Minutemen	7	7	7	7	28
Eagles	3	7	0	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	UMass, 36–14

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	OT
RedHawks	0	3	7	10	20
Minutemen	3	3	7	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2014	Miami (OH), 42–41

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	OT
Minutemen	14	14	0	3	31
Bulls	10	7	3	6	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	2014	Buffalo, 41–21