1979 UMass Minutemen football team
American college football season
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The 1979 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1979 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 Minutemen came into the 1979 season on the heels of an appearance in the inaugural I-AA National Championship Game. Despite the high expectations, the team was still able to repeat as Yankee Conference Champions, though they did not earn a postseason berth. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–4 overall and 4–1 in conference play.
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record6–4 (4–1 Yankee)
Headcoach
- Bob Pickett (2nd season)
DefensivecoordinatorJim Reid (2nd season)
| 1979 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (4–1 Yankee) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jim Reid (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Boston University + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | at Villanova* | L 7–35 | 8,500 | [1] | ||
| September 22 | Maine | W 38–14 | 3,990 | [2] | ||
| September 29 | at Harvard* | W 20–7 | 15,000 | [3] | ||
| October 6 | North Carolina Central* |
| W 48–7 | 7,400 | [4] | |
| October 13 | at No. 3 Boston University | No. 10 |
| W 20–6 | 10,800 | [5] |
| October 20 | Rhode Island | No. 4 |
| W 24–0 | 13,500 | [6] |
| October 27 | at Connecticut | No. 3 | L 0–24 | 10,677 | [7] | |
| November 10 | Holy Cross* | No. 9 |
| L 18–20 | 6,300 | [8] |
| November 17 | at New Hampshire | W 29–0 | 8,750 | [9] | ||
| November 24 | at Boston College* | L 3–41 | 28,475 | [10] | ||
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