2004 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2004 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Don Brown and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen struggled in their first year under Coach Brown, but finished the season with a three-game winning streak and promise for the future. UMass finished second in the North division of the A-10 with a record of 6–5 (4–4 A-10).

2004 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2004 record6–5 (4–4 A-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Morris
Defensive coordinatorKeith Dudzinski
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
2004 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 James Madison $^  7 –1     13 –2  
No. 3 William & Mary $^  7 –1     11 –3  
No. 7 Delaware $^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 6 New Hampshire ^  7 –2     11 –3  
Northeastern  4 –4     5 –6  
Villanova  4 –5     6 –5  
Maine  4 –5     6 –6  
UMass  4 –5     6 –6  
Hofstra  3 –5     5 –6  
Rhode Island  2 –6     4 –7  
Richmond  2 –6     3 –8  
Towson  0 –8     3 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 41:00 p.m.at Delaware State*No. 19
W 51–01,750
September 116:00 p.m.No. 4 Colgate*No. 14
CN8W 30–2016,405
September 181:00 p.m.RichmondNo. 9
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 14–244,986
September 251:00 p.m.No. 4 DelawareNo. 16
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
CSTV, CN8L 7–2111,298
October 21:00 p.m.at Boston College*No. 19
NESNL 7–2943,262
October 91:30 p.m.at No. 19 James Madison
L 7–2815,321
October 1612:00 p.m.at New Hampshire
W 38–217,630
October 2312:00at Rhode Island
L 27–244,376
October 301:00 p.m.Maine
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 34–33 OT5,632
November 612:00 p.m.at Northeastern
CN8W 26–224,216
November 2012:00 p.m.Hofstra
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
MetroTV New YorkW 40-305,867
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from [[2004 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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