1984 UMass Minutemen football team

1984 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1984 record	3–8 (1–4 YC)
Head coach	Bob Stull (1st year)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1984 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
#2 Rhode Island +^	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#4 Boston University +^	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#11 New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
UMass	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1984 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Stull and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The stadium had been called Alumni Stadium from its opening in 1965 until the November 3, 1984 game against Connecticut, when it was officially named for Warren P. McGuirk, who was the UMass Athletic Director from 1948 to 1971. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 1–4 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	Ball State*	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 26–10	8,946
September 8	Lehigh*	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	L 14–21	11,871
September 22	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	L 7–35	17,641
September 29	Northeastern*	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 3–0	8,633
October 6	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	L 19–20	10,227
October 13	Richmond*	Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	L 7–24	8,229
October 20	at Maine	Orono, ME	L 7–20	7,200
October 27	at Boston University	Nickerson Field • Boston, MA	L 21–31	3,161
November 3	Connecticut	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry)	L 16–21	13,031
November 10	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	L 14–27	13,367
November 17	New Hampshire	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry)	W 14–10	5,621
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,^[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time.

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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National championship seasons in bold

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