2015 UMass Minutemen football team

2015 UMass Minutemen football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2015 record	3–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Mark Whipple (2nd year of 2nd stint; 8th overall year)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Cassano (2nd year of 2nd stint; 8th overall year)
Defensive coordinator	Tom Masella (2nd year of 2nd stint; 4th overall year)
Home stadium	Gillette Stadium (Capacity: 68,756) Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 17,000)

2015 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
Ohio		5	–	3		8	–	5
Akron		5	–	3		8	–	5
Buffalo		3	–	5		5	–	7
Kent State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Miami		2	–	6		3	–	9
UMass		2	–	6		3	–	9
West Division
Northern Illinois xy		6	–	2		8	–	6
Western Michigan x		6	–	2		8	–	5
Toledo x		6	–	2		10	–	2
Central Michigan x		6	–	2		7	–	6
Ball State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Eastern Michigan		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 26, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was their second year with head coach Mark Whipple. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and the other three games were played on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium. This season was UMass's fourth and last in the Mid-American Conference within the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place in the East Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	2:00 p.m.	at Colorado*	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	L 14–48	35,094
September 19	3:00 p.m.	Temple*	Gillette Stadium • Foxboro, MA	ESPN3	L 23–25	10,141
September 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 27–62	80,795
October 3	3:00 p.m.	FIU*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ESPN3	W 24–14	13,525
October 10	2:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 38–62	17,118
October 17	3:00 p.m.	Kent State	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ESPN3	L 10–15	15,217
October 24	3:00 p.m.	No. 19 Toledo	Gillette Stadium • Foxboro, MA	ESPN3	L 35–51	12,793
October 31	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN3	L 10–20	4,576
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Akron	Gillette Stadium • Foxboro, MA	CBSSN	L 13–17	6,228
November 14	3:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 28–17	2,759
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ESPN3	L 13–20	8,839
November 27	4:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, NY	ESPNU	W 31–26	15,648
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game notes

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	7	7	0	0	14
Buffaloes	14	17	17	0	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	Colorado, 41–38

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	10	3	5	25
Minutemen	0	17	0	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	6	14	0	7	27
#6 Fighting Irish	14	21	20	7	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	7	0	14
Minutemen	7	10	0	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	10	7	14	7	38
Falcons	14	14	24	10	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2014	Bowling Green, 47–42

Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	10	3	2	15
Minutemen	0	10	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	UMass, 40–17

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Rockets	3	7	21	20	51
Minutemen	14	14	0	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2014	Toledo, 42–35

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	3	7	0	10
Cardinals	3	7	10	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2014	UMass, 24–10

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	0	7	3	17
Minutemen	7	6	0	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2014	Akron, 30–6

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	7	7	7	7	28
Eagles	3	7	0	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	UMass, 36–14

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	3	7	10	20
Minutemen	3	3	7	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2014	Miami (OH), 42–41

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	14	14	0	3	31
Bulls	10	7	3	6	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	2014	Buffalo, 41–21

References

↑ "2015 UMass Minutemen Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 10, 2015.

UMass Minutemen football

Venues	Alumni Field (1879–1964) Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (1965–2011, 2014–) Gillette Stadium (alternate) (2012–)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College New Hampshire: Colonial Clash (Bill Knight Trophy) UConn

Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass" University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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