2001 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2001 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2001 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 2001 season was a difficult one for the Minutemen, as they collected their first losing record since the 1997 season. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 3–6 in conference play.

2001 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2001 record3–8 (3–6 A-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
2001 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 11 Hofstra +^  7 –2     9 –3  
No. 10 Maine +^  7 –2     9 –3  
No. 20 Villanova +  7 –2     8 –3  
No. 17 William & Mary +^  7 –2     8 –4  
No. 21 Rhode Island  6 –3     8 –3  
Delaware  4 –5     4 –6  
Northeastern  4 –5     5 –6  
UMass  3 –6     3 –8  
Richmond  3 –6     3 –8  
New Hampshire  2 –7     4 –7  
James Madison  0 –9     2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:00 p.m.William & MaryNo. 21
L 10–318,243
September 87:00 p.m.at Marshall*
Thundering Herd NetworkL 20–4927,533
September 227:00 p.m.at Delaware
CN8L 7–3520,372
September 296:00 p.m.at Hofstra*
Fox Sports New YorkL 6–362,995
October 131:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
L 24–3510,117
October 201:00 p.m.James Madison
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 43–2010,264
October 271:00 p.m.at Villanova
L 13–477,897
November 312:00 p.m.Northeastern
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 17–108,535
November 1012:00 p.m.at Maine
L 7–373,341
November 1712:00 p.m.Rhode Island
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
A10 TVW 24–76,085
November 2312:00 p.m.Richmond
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 7–353,582
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings#the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted Poll|the FCS Sports Network Poll,[2] unless otherwise noted Poll]] released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References
  1. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite
  2. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite


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