2019 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2019 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Walt Bell and played their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium. This was the fourth year for the Minutemen as an independent; they finished the season at 1–11. CBS Sports rated UMass 129th in their ranking of all 130 FBS teams; Akron, the only team that the Minutemen defeated, was ranked last.[1]

2019 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Independent
2019 record	1–11
Head coach	Walt Bell (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Aazaar Abdul-Rahim (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Tommy Restivo (1st season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 17,000)

2019 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 12 Notre Dame			–						11	–	2
Liberty			–						8	–	5
BYU			–						7	–	6
Army			–						5	–	8
New Mexico State			–						2	–	10
UMass			–						1	–	11
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

In Minutemen finished the 2018 season at 4–8. Head coach Mark Whipple resigned at the end of the season. On December 3, 2018, the Minutemen named Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell as head coach.[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:15 p.m.	at Rutgers	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 21–48	40,515
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Southern Illinois	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	NESNPlus/FloSports	L 20–45	10,524
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPN3	L 17–52	12,812
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	NESN/FloSports	L 28–62	8,557
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Akron	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	FloSports	W 37–29	7,284
October 5	7:00 p.m.	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL	ESPN3	L 0–44	12,746
October 12	7:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN3	L 21–69	19,682
October 26	3:30 p.m.	UConn	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	NESN/NESNPlus/FloSports	L 35–56	12,234
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Liberty	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	NESN/FloSports	L 21–63	10,184
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 7–63	35,567
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 6–45	29,447
November 23	12:00 p.m.	BYU	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	NESN/FloSports	L 24–56	8,204
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

at Rutgers

See also: 2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	21	0	0	0	21
Scarlet Knights	7	31	3	7	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	1978	L, 11–21

Southern Illinois

See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	17	14	14	45
Minutemen	6	7	0	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Charlotte

See also: 2019 Charlotte 49ers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	10	0	7	17
49ers	21	10	14	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2018	W, 49–31

Coastal Carolina

See also: 2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	14	28	14	6	62
Minutemen	7	7	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2018	L, 13–24

Akron

See also: 2019 Akron Zips football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	7	7	8	29
Minutemen	7	13	14	3	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2015	L, 13–17

at FIU

See also: 2019 FIU Panthers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	0	0	0	0
Panthers	17	17	10	0	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2018	L, 24–63

at Louisiana Tech

See also: 2019 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	14	7	0	21
Bulldogs	28	24	10	7	69

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2016	L, 28–56

UConn

See also: 2019 UConn Huskies football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	21	7	14	56
Minutemen	7	14	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–34–2	2018	W, 22–17

Liberty

See also: 2019 Liberty Flames football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	28	21	14	0	63
Minutemen	7	7	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2018	W, 62–59, 3OT

at Army

See also: 2019 Army Black Knights football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	7	0	0	0	7
Black Knights	14	21	14	14	63

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2005	L, 27–34

at Northwestern

See also: 2019 Northwestern Wildcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	3	3	0	0	6
Wildcats	0	21	3	21	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

BYU

See also: 2019 BYU Cougars football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	42	7	0	56
Minutemen	0	0	10	14	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2018	L, 16–35

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
6	211	Isaiah Rodgers	CB	Indianapolis Colts

References

1. "College Football Rankings 2019 - CBS Sports 130". CBS Sports. December 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
2. "FSU OC named UMass head coach". NBC Sports Boston. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
3. "2019 UMass Minutemen Football Schedule | Minutemen | FBSchedules.com". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.