2021 UMass Minutemen football team
American college football season
2021 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 1–11 |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Spread |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium |
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No. 8 Notre Dame | – | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 BYU | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | – | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2021 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Minutemen played their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium and competed as an independent. They were led by third-year head coach Walt Bell; UMass fired Bell after nine games and offensive line coach Alex Miller took over as interim head coach.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | ACCN | L 7–51 | 41,486 | |||
September 11 | 3:30 p.m. | Boston College | NESN+ | L 28–45 | 12,118 | |||
September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | Eastern Michigan |
| NESN+ | L 28–42 | 7,012 | ||
September 25 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Coastal Carolina | ESPN+ | L 3–53 | 15,261 | |||
October 2 | 12:00 p.m. | Toledo |
| NESN | L 7–45 | 9,456 | ||
October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | UConn |
| NESN | W 27–13 | 12,765 | ||
October 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Florida State | ACCN | L 3–59 | 51,915 | |||
October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | at Liberty | ESPN3 | L 17–62 | 16,577 | |||
November 6 | 3:30 p.m. | Rhode Island |
| NESN/NESN+ | L 22–35 | 7,284 | ||
November 13 | 12:00 p.m. | Maine |
| NESN/NESN+ | L 10–35 | 5,331 | ||
November 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army | CBSSN | L 17–33 | 23,610 | |||
November 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State | AggieVision | L 27–44 | 6,632 | |||
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Notable players
QB Brady Olson
WR Rico Arnold
References
- ^ Grabowski, Kyle (November 7, 2021). "Walt Bell fired as UMass head football coach". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ "2021 UMass Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
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