2014 UMass Minutemen football team

American college football season February 2026 February 2014 2014 UMass Minutemen football UMass Athletics wordmark.svg 150 Mid-American Conference East Division MAC 3–9 3–5 Mark Whipple 7th Pro-style Tom Masella 3rd 3–4 Gillette StadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium The 2014 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was their first year with head coach Mark Whipple, who returned after 10 years coaching in the NFL. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The other three were played on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium, which reopened after a renovation to bring the facility up to FBS standards. This season was UMass's third in the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. Schedule 2014 AP Eastern August 30 3:00 p.m. l y Boston College Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA rivalry ESPN3 7–30 30,479 September 6 3:00 p.m. l y Colorado Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA ESPN3 38–41 10,227 September 13 12:00 p.m. l y y Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN+ 31–34 33,386 September 20 4:00 p.m. l y y Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA BTN 7–48 99,155 September 27 3:00 p.m. l y Bowling Green Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA ESPN3 42–47 17,000 October 4 2:30 p.m. l y Miami (OH) Yager Stadium Oxford, OH ESPN3 41–42 15,970 October 11 2:00 p.m. w y Kent State Dix Stadium Kent, OH ESPN3 40–17 12,451 October 18 3:00 p.m. w Eastern Michigan Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA ESPN3 36–14 12,030 October 25 2:00 p.m. l y Toledo Glass Bowl Toledo, OH ESPN3 35–42 20,104 November 12 8:00 p.m. w Ball State Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA ESPNU 24–10 13,374 November 18 8:00 p.m. l y Akron InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH ESPNU 6–30 5,571 November 28 1:00 p.m. l Buffalo Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA rivalry ESPN3 21–41 13,417 Game summaries Boston College Eagles 0 6 14 10 30 Minutemen 0 0 7 0 7 Colorado Buffaloes 3 17 14 7 41 Minutemen 7 14 10 7 38 Vanderbilt Minutemen 14 10 7 0 31 Commodores 0 20 0 14 34 Penn State Minutemen 0 0 0 7 7 Nittany Lions 6 28 14 0 48 Bowling Green Falcons 10 16 7 14 47 Minutemen 7 14 14 7 42 Miami (OH) Minutemen 14 27 0 0 41 RedHawks 0 21 7 14 42 Kent State Minutemen 7 17 3 13 40 Golden Flashes 3 7 7 0 17 Eastern Michigan Eagles 7 7 0 0 14 Minutemen 13 17 6 0 36 Toledo Minutemen 13 7 0 15 35 Rockets 7 7 14 14 42 Ball State Cardinals 7 0 3 0 10 Minutemen 7 10 0 7 24 Akron Minutemen 0 0 6 0 6 Zips 10 10 7 3 30 Buffalo Bulls 0 13 21 7 41 Minutemen 0 0 7 14 21 References An Early Look at UMass football's 2014 Opponents Daniel Malone http://masslive.com/umassfootball/index.ssf/2014/01/an_early_look_at_umass_footbal.html The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts) January 13, 2014 February 8, 2014 UMass Category:UMass Minutemen football seasons UMass Minutemen football