2013 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2013 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. The team was coached by Charley Molnar in his second year and played its home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

2013 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
2013 record1–11 (1–7 MAC)
Head coachCharley Molnar (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorJohn Bond (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread/Pistol
Defensive coordinatorPhil Elmassian (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumGillette Stadium
(Capacity: 68,756)
2013 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Bowling Green x$  7 –1     10 –4  
Buffalo  6 –2     8 –5  
Ohio  4 –4     7 –6  
Akron  4 –4     5 –7  
Kent State  3 –5     4 –8  
UMass  1 –7     1 –11  
Miami  0 –8     0 –12  
West Division
Northern Illinois x  8 –0     12 –2  
Ball State  7 –1     10 –3  
Toledo  5 –3     7 –5  
Central Michigan  5 –3     6 –6  
Eastern Michigan  1 –7     2 –10  
Western Michigan  1 –7     1 –11  
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2013 season marked the team's second season as a member of the MAC, and also marked the first season in which the Minutemen were eligible for the conference championship as well as post-season bowl play. For the second straight year the Minutemen finished the season with an overall record of 1–11 with a Conference record of 1–7 which placed them in 6th place in the MAC East Division. At the end of the season Tackle Anthony Dima, a senior, was honored as an All-MAC Third Team selection. Molnar was later fired on December 26 after a second consecutive 1-11 season. He was replaced by Mark Whipple.

Recruits

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:00 p.m.at No. 23 Wisconsin*
BTNL 0–4576,306
September 72:00 p.m.Maine*
ESPN3L 14–2415,624
September 147:00 p.m.at Kansas State*
K-StateHD.TVL 7–3752,894
September 2112:00 p.m.Vanderbilt*
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA
ESPNewsL 7–2416,419
October 53:30 p.m.at Bowling Green
BCSNL 7–2813,799
October 123:00 p.m.Miami (OH)
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA
ESPN3W 17–1021,707
October 193:30 p.m.at Buffalo
TWCSL 3–3218,707
October 263:00 p.m.Western Michigan
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA
ESPN3L 30–3120,571
November 212:00 p.m.No. 21 Northern Illinois
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA
ESPN+L 19–6310,061
November 161:00 p.m.Akron
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA
ESPN3L 13–1410,599
November 231:00 p.m.at Central Michigan
ESPN3L 0–378,763
November 292:00 p.m.at Ohio
ESPN3L 23–5113,162
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Transfers In
PlayerPositionYearPrevious School
Ricardo MillerWR/TESeniorMichigan
Justin AndersonDE/DTSeniorMaryland
David OseiOLSeniorRutgers
  • Note: Miller, Anderson and Osei were immediately eligible to play the 2013 season without sitting out one season per NCAA eligibility rules. All three athletes achieved their undergraduate degrees and still had one season of eligibility left. They are all enrolled as graduate students in the UMass Graduate School of Education.

Game summaries

@ Wisconsin
1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 0 0 0 0 0
#23 Badgers 10 7 21 7 45
See also: 2013 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Maine
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 3 7 14 0 24
Minutemen 7 0 0 7 14
See also: 2013 Maine Black Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
41–16–1 2011 Maine, 32–21

@ Kansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 7 0 0 0 7
Wildcats 6 21 7 3 37
See also: 2013 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2009 Kansas St., 21–17

Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Commodores 7 3 0 14 24
Minutemen 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 Vanderbilt, 49–7

@ Bowling Green
1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 0 0 0 7 7
Falcons 0 14 14 0 28
See also: 2013 Bowling Green Falcons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 Bowling Green, 24–0

Miami (OH)
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0 7 3 0 10
Minutemen 7 0 7 3 17
See also: 2013 Miami RedHawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 Miami (OH), 27–16

@ Buffalo
1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 0 3 0 0 3
Bulls 0 13 5 14 32
See also: 2013 Buffalo Bulls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–5 2012 Buffalo, 29–19

Western Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 3 14 7 7 31
Minutemen 7 14 3 6 30
See also: 2013 Western Michigan Broncos football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 Western Michigan, 52–14

Northern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Huskies 21 21 7 14 63
Minutemen 6 7 6 0 19
See also: 2013 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 Northern Illinois, 63–0

Akron
1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 7 0 7 0 14
Minutemen 3 3 7 0 13
See also: 2013 Akron Zips football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2012 UMass, 22–14

@ Central Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 0 0 0 0 0
Chippewas 7 20 7 3 37
See also: 2013 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 Central Michigan, 42–21

@ Ohio
1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 3 7 10 3 23
Bobcats 14 17 10 10 51
See also: 2013 Ohio Bobcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 Ohio, 37–34

Team players selected in the 2014 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundOverall SelectionNFL Team
Rob BlanchflowerTight End7230Pittsburgh Steelers


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