2003 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2003 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2003 season was Whipple's last with UMass. He left to take the position of quarterbacks coach with the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers after the season. It was a successful year for Whipple and the Minutemen as they returned to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs for the first time since 1999 by virtue of winning the A-10 Conference championship. UMass finished the season with a record of 10–3 overall and 8–1 in conference play.
2003 UMass Minutemen football | |
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A10 co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 7–19 vs. Colgate | |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
2003 record | 10–3 (8–1 A-10) |
Head coach | Mark Whipple (6th season) |
Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Delaware +^ | 8 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 UMass +^ | 8 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Northeastern | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Villanova | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hofstra | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut State* | W 51–7 | 8,360 | |||
September 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 7 (AP/I-A) Kansas State* | No. 10 |
| L 7–38 | 46,102 | |
September 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Maine | No. 12 | W 24–16 | 7,316 | ||
September 27 | 1:00 p.m. | James Madison | No. 10 |
| W 31–26 | 10,196 | |
October 4 | 1:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | No. 9 |
| W 44–30 | 7,085 | |
October 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 7 | W 24-14 | 4,868 | ||
October 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Hofstra* | No. 6 |
| CN8 | W 27-22 | 7,323 |
October 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Villanova | No. 5 | FSNE | W 19–14 | 9,125 | |
November 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Northeastern | No. 4 |
| CSTV | W 28–24 | 7,106 |
November 8 | 12:00 p.m. | Richmond | No. 4 |
| W 30–17 | 6,167 | |
November 15 | 12:15 p.m. | at No. 6 Delaware | No. 3 | FSNE | L 45–51 3OT | 21,804 | |
November 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | No. 7 |
| W 31–17 | 7,087 | |
November 29 | 12:45 p.m. | at No. 6 Colgate* | No. 5 |
| L 7–19 | 4,197 | |
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