1999 UMass Minutemen football team
| 1999 UMass Minutemen football | |
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A-10 champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 21–38 vs. Georgia Southern | |
| Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| 1999 record | 9–4 (8–1 A-10) |
| Head coach | Mark Whipple (2nd year) |
| Defensive coordinator | Don Brown (2nd year) |
| Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #13 James Madison +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 UMass +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #24 Villanova | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen entered the season with high expectations as defending National Champions, but struggled out of the gate as they lost three of their first four games. UMass turned their fortune around after that as they used a 77–0 thrashing of Northeastern to propel them on an eight-game winning streak. The Minutemen did not lose again until the second round of the NCAA Playoffs against the eventual champions, Georgia Southern. UMass finished the season with a record of 9–4 overall and 8–1 in conference play.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 11 | 12:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | No. 2 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | A10 TV | W 34–19 | 14,120 | ||
| September 18 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Villanova | No. 2 | Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA | L 21–26 | 9,117 | |||
| September 25 | 7:00 p.m. | at Toledo* | No. 9 | Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH | L 3–24 | 20,916 | |||
| October 2 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 6 Hofstra* | No. 16 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | FSN New York | L 14–27 | 13,827 | ||
| October 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Northeastern | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 77–0 | 15,747 | ||||
| October 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Maine | No. 25 | Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME | W 38–17 | 6,874 | |||
| October 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Delaware | No. 24 | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE | A10 TV | W 26–19 | 19,590 | ||
| October 30 | 12:30 p.m. | Rhode Island | No. 20 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 31–9 | 13,879 | |||
| November 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Richmond | No. 17 | UR Stadium • Richmond, VA | W 33–6 | 11,351 | |||
| November 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 17 | Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA | W 25–16 | 7,055 | |||
| November 20 | 12:30 p.m. | Connecticut | No. 13 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | W 62–20 | 3,876 | |||
| November 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Furman* | No. 10 | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC (NCAA Division I-AA First Round) | W 30–23 OT | 7,215 | |||
| December 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Georgia Southern* | No. 10 | Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals) | L 21–38 | 13,121 | |||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||