2018_UMass_Minutemen_football_team

2018 UMass Minutemen football
2018 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–8
Head coach	Mark Whipple (11th season);
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Ed Pinkham (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 UMass Minutemen football team

American college football season

The 2018 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the fifth year of head coach Mark Whipple's second stint at UMass and 11th year overall. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with one home game at Gillette Stadium. This was UMass's third year as an independent. They finished the season 4–8.

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On November 21, head coach Mark Whipple resigned.^[1] He finished with a record of 16–44 in the five years of his second stint as head coach and 65–70 in his eleven overall seasons. On December 3, the school hired Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell for the head coaching job.^[2]

UMass wide receiver Andy Isabella was named a consensus All-American at year's end.

Game summaries

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Award	Player	Position	Year
Davey O'Brien Award^[3]	Andrew Ford	QB	SR
Doak Walker Award^[4]	Marquis Young	RB	SR
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[5]	Andy Isabella	WR	SR
Butkus Award^[6]	Bryton Barr	LB	SR
Paul Hornung Award^[7]	Andy Isabella	WR/KR	SR
Wuerffel Trophy^[8]	Andrew Ford	QB	SR
Wuerffel Trophy^[8]	Andy Isabella	WR	SR
Manning Award^[9]	Andrew Ford	QB	SR

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	5:30 p.m.	Duquesne (FCS)	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 63–15	8,684
September 1	1:00 p.m.	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ACCN Extra	L 21–55	30,112
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN+	L 13–34	15,071
September 15	7:30 p.m.	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL	beIN	L 24–63	14,695
September 22	3:30 p.m.	Charlotte	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 49–31	10,086
September 29	2:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	L 42–58	19,056
October 6	3:30 p.m.	South Florida	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	L 42–58	7,988
October 20	3:30 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	L 13–24	11,134
October 27	12:00 p.m.	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 22–17	24,150
November 3	3:30 p.m.	Liberty	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 62–59 ^3OT	10,338
November 10	12:00 p.m.	BYU	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA	ELVN	L 16–35	14,082
November 17	4:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECN	L 27–66	92,746
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes	3	6	0	6	15
Minutemen	21	14	21	7	63

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	7	0	0	14	21
Eagles	14	34	0	7	55

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	3	7	3	0	13
Eagles	0	17	10	7	34

2018_UMass_Minutemen_football_team

2018 UMass Minutemen football team

Preseason

Award watch lists

Schedule

Game summaries

Duquesne

At Boston College

At Georgia Southern

At FIU

Charlotte

At Ohio

South Florida

Coastal Carolina

At UConn

Liberty

BYU

At Georgia

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Notre Dame ^		–		12	–	1
No. 19 Army		–		11	–	2
BYU		–		7	–	6
Liberty		–		6	–	6
UMass		–		4	–	8
New Mexico State		–		3	–	9

^ – College Football Playoff participant Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Flames	14	10	0	21	7	7	0	59
Minutemen	14	10	7	14	7	7	3	62

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	7	6	7	7	27
No. 5 Bulldogs	14	28	17	7	66