1980 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–3 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJim Reid (3rd season)
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium (17,000)
1980 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Boston University $ 5 0 09 2 0
No. T–10 UMass 4 1 07 3 0
No. T–10 Connecticut 3 2 07 3 0
New Hampshire 2 3 06 4 0
Maine 1 4 04 7 0
Rhode Island 0 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1980 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. UMass finished the season with a record of 73 overall and 41 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Villanova*W 24–1211,494
September 27Delaware State*daggerNo. T–10
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 39–09,700
October 4at Rhode IslandNo. 8W 26–810,443
October 11No. T–10 Delaware*No. T–3
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 17–2110,400[1]
October 18at MaineNo. T–10
W 21–142,700
October 25at No. 8 Boston UniversityNo. 9L 0–31,520
November 1No. 5 ConnecticutNo. T–10
W 39–2112,146
November 8at Holy Cross*No. T–10W 17–137,121[2]
November 15No. T–10 New HampshireNo. 9
W 17–09,206
November 22Boston College*No. T–10
L 12–1315,216[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Delaware rally frustrates UMass". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Monahan, Bob (November 9, 1980). "UMass Struggles Past Holy Cross". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 79 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "BC edges Holy Cross by 27-26". Fort Lauderdale News. November 30, 1980. p. 11C via Newspapers.com.


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