1993 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1993 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mike Hodges and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1993 season was notable due to a mid-season overseas matchup with rival Rhode Island. The two New England teams faced off in the Wild Geese Classic held in Limerick, Ireland, with UMass winning the game by a score of 36–14. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–3 in conference play.

1993 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Division	New England Division
1993 record	8–3 (5–3 YC)
Head coach	Mike Hodges (2nd season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1993 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New England
No. 6 Boston University x$^	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 25 UMass	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Maine	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
Mid-Atlantic
No. 10 William & Mary x^	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Delaware ^	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
James Madison	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Richmond	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northeastern	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Villanova	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Holy Cross*		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 37–7	12,887
September 18	at Maine	No. 25	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	L 13–17	7,924
September 25	at Boston University		Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 9–28	7,508
October 2	James Madison*		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 33–10	14,207
October 9	vs. Rhode Island		Gaelic Grounds Limerick, Ireland (Wild Geese Classic)	W 36–14	5,124
October 16	at Connecticut		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	W 20–17	12,001
October 23	No. 7 Delaware		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 43–29	13,102
October 30	at Northeastern		Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 21–17	5,500
November 6	Richmond*	No. 25	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 29–24	5,139
November 13	No. 10 William & Mary		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 28–45	3,222
November 20	New Hampshire		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 15–13	4,712
*Non-conference game Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[2] unless otherwise noted Poll released prior to the game

References

1. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite
2. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite