2005 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2005 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2005 NCAA Division I FCS 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 finished second in the North division of the A-10 with a record of 7–4 (6–2 A-10).

2005 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2005 record7–4 (6–2 A-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Morris
Defensive coordinatorKeith Dudzinski
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
2005 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North
No. 5 New Hampshire x+^  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 19 UMass  6 –2     7 –4  
Hofstra  5 –3     8 –4  
Maine  3 –5     5 –6  
Northeastern  2 –6     3 –9  
Rhode Island  2 –6     4 –7  
South
No. 8 Richmond x+^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 25 James Madison  5 –3     7 –4  
Towson  3 –5     7 –4  
Delaware  3 –5     6 –5  
William & Mary  3 –5     5 –6  
Villanova  2 –6     4 –7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at RichmondNo. 15
W 19–66,040
September 1012:00 p.m.at Colgate*No. 15
CN8, TWCSL 14–173,417
September 176:00 p.m.Albany*No. 25
W 40–010,177
September 246:00 p.m.No. 25 Rhode IslandNo. 24
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 14–615,314
October 81:00 p.m.NortheasternNo. 18
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 27–04,257
October 1512:00 p.m.No. 4 James MadisonNo. 13
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
CN8W 10–74,476
October 222:00 p.m.at MaineNo. 8
W 35–146,560
October 2912:00 p.m.No. 4 New HampshireNo. 7
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
CN8L 28–3412,359
November 51:00 p.m.at DelawareNo. 8
CN8W 35–722,078
November 121:00 p.m.at Army*No. 5
ESPNUL 27–3434,055
November 191:00 p.m.at HofstraNo. 7
RNNL 10–213,502
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from [[2005 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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