1999 UMass Minutemen football
A-10 champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 21–38 vs. Georgia Southern
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record9–4 (8–1 A-10)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDon Brown (2nd season)
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 James Madison +^   7 – 1     8 – 4  
No. 7 UMass +^   7 – 1     9 – 4  
No. 24 Villanova   6 – 2     7 – 4  
Delaware   5 – 3     7 – 4  
William & Mary   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Connecticut   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Maine   3 – 5     4 – 7  
New Hampshire   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Richmond   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Northeastern   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Rhode Island   1 – 7     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen entered the season with high expectations as defending National Champions, but struggled out of the gate as they lost three of their first four games. UMass turned their fortune around after that as they used a 77–0 thrashing of Northeastern to propel them on an eight-game winning streak. The Minutemen did not lose again until the second round of the NCAA Playoffs against the eventual champions, Georgia Southern. UMass finished the season with a record of 9–4 overall and 8–1 in conference play.[citation needed]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 1112:00 p.m.New HampshireNo. 2
A10 TVW 34–1914,120
September 1812:00 p.m.at No. 21 VillanovaNo. 2
L 21–269,117[1]
September 257:00 p.m.at Toledo*No. 9
L 3–2420,916
October 212:00 p.m.No. 6 Hofstra*No. 16
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
FSN New YorkL 14–2713,827
October 91:00 p.m.Northeastern
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 77–015,747
October 161:00 p.m.at MaineNo. 25
W 38–176,874
October 2312:00 p.m.at No. 18 DelawareNo. 24
A10 TVW 26–1919,590
October 3012:30 p.m.Rhode IslandNo. 20
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 31–913,879
November 61:00 p.m.at RichmondNo. 17
W 33–611,351
November 131:00 p.m.at William & MaryNo. 17
W 25–167,055
November 2012:30 p.m.ConnecticutNo. 13
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 62–203,876
November 271:00 p.m.at No. 7 Furman*No. 10
W 30–23 OT7,215[2]
December 41:00 p.m.at No. 2 Georgia Southern*No. 10
L 21–3813,121

[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Past glory can't save Minutemen". The Boston Globe. September 19, 1999. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mass. produced; Minutemen create win in overtime". The Boston Globe. November 28, 1999. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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