1978 UMass Minutemen football team
| 1978 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference champion Lambert Cup winner | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1978 record | 9–4 (5–0 YC) |
| Head coach | Bob Pickett (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 UMass $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 Rhode Island | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Pickett and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1978 season was the first after the NCAA split Division 1 football into two subdivisions, and the first that featured a postseason playoff for Division I-AA. The Minutemen reached this inaugural championship game, losing to Florida A&M by only one score. UMass finished the season with a record of 9–4 overall and 5–0 in conference play.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 15 | Villanova* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | L 21–25 | 8,800 | |||||
| September 23 | at Maine | Alumni Stadium • Orono, ME | W 40–6 | 7,200 | |||||
| September 30 | at Harvard* | Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA | L 0–10 | 12,200 | |||||
| October 7 | Morgan State* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 38–6 | 6,700 | |||||
| October 14 | at Boston University | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | W 31–7 | 3,570 | |||||
| October 21 | at Rhode Island | Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI | W 19–17 | 7,995 | |||||
| October 28 | Connecticut | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | W 17–10 | 14,200 | |||||
| November 4 | Rutgers* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | L 11–21 | 9,800 | |||||
| November 11 | at Holy Cross* | Fitton Field • Worcester, MA | W 33–8 | 20,614 | |||||
| November 18 | New Hampshire | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | W 34–7 | 11,300 | |||||
| November 25 | Boston College* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | W 27–0 | 7,950 | |||||
| December 9 | at Nevada* | Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinals) | W 44–21 | 14,026 | |||||
| December 16 | vs. Florida A&M* | Memorial Stadium • Wichita Falls, TX (NCAA Division I-AA Championship/Pioneer Bowl) | L 28–35 | 13,604 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ The Sports Network. "The Sports Network - Football Championship Subdivision". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)
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