1997 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1997 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mike Hodges and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. It was Hodges' last as head coach, as he would take the position of assistant athletic director at the University in the offseason. The 1997 season was a tough one for the Minutemen as they stumbled to their worst record since 1953. UMass finished the season with a record of 2–9 overall and 1–7 in conference play.

1997 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
DivisionNew England Division
1997 record2–9 (1–7 A-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
1997 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
New England
New Hampshire x  5 –3     5 –6  
Connecticut  4 –4     7 –4  
Maine  4 –4     5 –6  
Rhode Island  2 –6     2 –9  
Boston University  1 –7     1 –10  
UMass  1 –7     2 –9  
Mid-Atlantic
No. 1 Villanova x$^  8 –0     12 –1  
No. 3 Delaware ^  7 –1     12 –2  
No. 20 Northeastern  5 –3     8 –3  
Richmond  4 –4     6 –5  
William & Mary  4 –4     7 –4  
James Madison  3 –5     5 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 301:00 p.m.Richmond
L 6–2110,837
September 131:00 p.m.at Maine
L 6–494,363
September 206:00 p.m.at James Madison
L 10–1311,300
September 271:00 p.m.Rhode Island
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 18–148,218
October 412:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
A10 TVL 10–2814,835
October 111:00 p.m.at No. 4 Villanova
NESNL 27–497,109
October 181:30 p.m.at Buffalo*
W 26–206,052
October 251:00 p.m.No. 4 Delaware*
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 9–405,317
November 112:30 p.m.Hofstra*
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 13–512,510
November 81:00 p.m.at Boston University
L 8–333,140
November 1512:30 p.m.Connecticut
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
L 16–492,870
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from [[1997 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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