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Massachusetts Minutemen

Mid-AmericanHadley, MAWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

2026: 4–⁠3 (1–⁠3 Mid-American). Last: lost at Buffalo 25–⁠18. Next: at UConn, Friday, Oct 23, 7 p.m. ET.

  1. W 37–⁠21at Rutgers
  2. W 37–⁠10Sacred Heart
  3. W 36–⁠14Stonehill
  4. W 35–⁠6at Sacramento State
  5. L 14–⁠38Eastern Michigan
  6. L 19–⁠20Miami (OH)
  7. L 18–⁠25at Buffalo
  8. Oct 23at UConn
  9. Nov 4Ball State
  10. Nov 11at Toledo
  11. Nov 18Akron
  12. Nov 28at Bowling Green
  • T-No. 3 oldest program
  • Sudler Trophy, 1998

Massachusetts has played football since 1879 and is officially 583–⁠661–⁠50; 507 of its 1,294 games are in our file. They have won 17 Yankee Conference titles (the last in 1990), plus four Atlantic 10 Conference titles, one Colonial Athletic Association title, counting shared titles. Since 1966, the NFL Draft has taken 13 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 1 coach from Massachusetts. Mark Whipple (2014–⁠2018) won more games here than any other coach: 16. The most-played rival is Holy Cross: 30 meetings, Massachusetts leads 16–⁠12–⁠2. This season, under Joe Harasymiak, they’re 4–⁠3.

Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley
Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2013Massachusetts lost to Buffalo 32–⁠3 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
583–⁠661–⁠50 official; 175–⁠324–⁠8 on file; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠1 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1339 129th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 132 · Composite No. 111 in FBS, Oct 17; down 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2006 rated 1574
Conference titles
22 last in 2007
Bowl record
1–⁠2 official, bowls only
Seasons
91 since 1882, 507 games

Identity

Fight song
Fight Mass
Band
Minuteman Marching Band since 1873, 415+ members

2026 season 4–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atRutgersW 37–⁠2117%
Sep 12vsSacred HeartW 37–⁠1064%
Sep 19vsStonehillW 36–⁠1477%
Sep 26atSacramento StateW 35–⁠649%
Oct 3vsEastern MichiganL 14–⁠3859%
Oct 10vsMiami (OH)L 19–⁠2042%
Oct 17atBuffaloL 18–⁠2528%
Oct 23atUConnPreview19%
Nov 4vsBall StatePreview58%
Nov 11atToledoPreview17%
Nov 18vsAkronPreview59%
Nov 28atBowling GreenPreview35%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Massachusetts’s Elo through 2026: 1270 going into the opener, 1339 after the latest game.1250130013501400Elo 1270 going in; beat Rutgers 37–21Elo 1324 going in; beat Sacred Heart 37–10Elo 1347 going in; beat Stonehill 36–14Elo 1360 going in; beat Sacramento State 35–6Elo 1395 going in; lost to Eastern Michigan 38–14Elo 1356 going in; lost to Miami (OH) 20–19Elo 1350 going in; lost to Buffalo 25–18Now: Elo 1339 after the latest game1339
RutgersSacred HeartStonehillSacramento StateEastern MichiganMiami (OH)BuffaloNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠36
20274 games: 2 home, 2 away
20284 games: 2 home, 2 away
20294 games: 2 home, 2 away
20301 game: 1 away
20321 game: 1 home
20361 game: 1 home

Massachusetts’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of October 6, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Massachusetts.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Mascot
Sam the Minuteman · Official source
Athletic director
Ryan Bamford · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Max Warner · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Jared Keyte · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, 2018 through 2028. 10 years. A 10-year extension announced in October 2018. Covers all 21 varsity teams.

  • UMass Athletics: 10-year extension through the 2027-28 season, all 21 varsity teams

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.

Program strength since 1882

Best seasons ever
Massachusetts end-of-season Elo from 1882 to 2026, best in 2006 at 1574.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020202006 peak: Elo 1574
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Joe Harasymiak2025–⁠20264–⁠15
Shane Montgomery20240–⁠2
Don Brown2022–⁠20246–⁠28
Alex Miller20210–⁠3
Walt Bell2019–⁠20212–⁠23
Mark Whipple2014–⁠201816–⁠44
Charley Molnar2012–⁠20132–⁠22
George O’Hearn19061–⁠7–⁠1
Walter Craig19053–⁠7
Matthew Bullock19045–⁠2–⁠1
James Halligan1901–⁠190315–⁠8–⁠2

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesMASS record
Holy Cross3016–⁠12–⁠2
Boston College264–⁠22
Amherst242–⁠21–⁠1
Dartmouth193–⁠15–⁠1
Harvard155–⁠9–⁠1
Buffalo132–⁠11
New Hampshire127–⁠4–⁠1
Maine127–⁠5

Rivals the program names: Boston College, UConn.

Every opponent (111)

Every program Massachusetts has played, A to Z, with Massachusetts’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Conference titles

22, counting shared titles
Colonial Athletic Association 1
2007
Atlantic 10 Conference 4
1998 (shared), 1999 (shared), 2003 (shared), 2006
Yankee Conference 17
1960 (shared), 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 (shared), 1972, 1974 (shared), 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 (shared), 1982 (shared), 1986 (shared), 1988 (shared), 1990

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1879–⁠1896
  2. Athletic League of New England State Colleges 1897–⁠1916 and 1918–⁠1922
  3. Independent 1923–⁠1942 and 1945–⁠1946
  4. Yankee Conference 1947–⁠1996
  5. Atlantic 10 1997–⁠2006
  6. CAA 2007–⁠2011
  7. Mid-American Conference 2012–⁠2015
  8. Independent 2016–⁠2024
  9. Mid-American Conference since 2025
  • 1997Joined the Atlantic 10 from the Yankee Conference in football. Source
  • 2007Joined the CAA from the Atlantic 10 in football. Source
  • 2012Joined the Mid-American Conference from the CAA in football, announced April 20, 2011. Source
  • 2016Went independent from the Mid-American Conference in football, announced March 26, 2014. Source
  • 2025Joined the Mid-American Conference from independence in football, announced February 26, 2024. Source

Massachusetts’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Consensus All-Americans 1

2018Andy Isabella WR

Led the nation 2

2018Andy Isabella receiving yards (1,698 yds)
2015Tajae Sharpe receptions (111 catches)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
1
2010Milt Morin TE
2009Dick MacPherson coach, career 1971–⁠1990

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
13 since 1966
First-round picks
2
1968Greg Landry QBNo. 11, Detroit Lions
1966Milt Morin TENo. 14, Cleveland Browns

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Enrollment
31,726 23,920 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Amherst, Massachusetts
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1863
Graduates’ median earnings
$71,631 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @UMassFootballInstagram @UMassFootballFacebook UMassFootball
Athletics department
X @UMassAthleticsInstagram @umassathleticsFacebook UMassAthletics

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones umassathletics.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠31–⁠3Joe Harasymiak1339-9.5
20250–⁠120–⁠8Joe Harasymiak1154-36.6
20242–⁠10Don Brown, Shane Montgomery1268-21.9
20233–⁠9Don Brown1268-17.5
20221–⁠11Don Brown1178-30.3
20211–⁠11Walt Bell, Alex Miller1181-29.3
20200–⁠4Walt Bell1260-31.3
20191–⁠11Walt Bell1180-34.6
20184–⁠8Mark Whipple1348-16.1
20174–⁠8Mark Whipple1384-9.7
20162–⁠10Mark Whipple1281-15.3
20153–⁠92–⁠6Mark Whipple1310-9.5
20143–⁠93–⁠5Mark Whipple1304-20.2
20131–⁠111–⁠7Charley Molnar1214-36.1
20121–⁠111–⁠7Charley Molnar1202-34.4
20115–⁠63–⁠51344
20106–⁠54–⁠41390
20095–⁠63–⁠51373
20087–⁠54–⁠41463
200710–⁠37–⁠11555
200612–⁠19–⁠01574
20056–⁠45–⁠21402
20046–⁠64–⁠41385
200310–⁠29–⁠11447
20020–⁠11287
Every season back to 1882 (66 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20010–⁠11290
19990–⁠11297
19880–⁠11312
19841–⁠01337
19830–⁠11301
19820–⁠11319
19812–⁠11346
19802–⁠11353
19791–⁠40–⁠11307
19782–⁠31389
19772–⁠21367
19762–⁠31346
19752–⁠11352
19741–⁠41315
19732–⁠31334
19722–⁠11368
19711–⁠21301
19701–⁠31282
19690–⁠21253
19680–⁠31262
19671–⁠21311
19660–⁠31317
19651–⁠11373
19643–⁠21390
19631–⁠0–⁠11325
19621–⁠21253
19610–⁠31252
19601–⁠11296
19590–⁠21231
19580–⁠11236
19570–⁠11226
19560–⁠11215
19550–⁠11184
19541–⁠01138
1919few games on file0–⁠11088
1916few games on file0–⁠31089
1915few games on file0–⁠21093
1914few games on file0–⁠21093
1913few games on file0–⁠11097
1912few games on file0–⁠11098
1911few games on file0–⁠11104
1910few games on file0–⁠11110
1909few games on file0–⁠11119
1908few games on file0–⁠11132
1907few games on file0–⁠11151
19061–⁠7–⁠1George O’Hearn1179
19053–⁠7Walter Craig1239
19045–⁠2–⁠1Matthew Bullock1383
19035–⁠4James Halligan1337
19022–⁠3–⁠2James Halligan1310
19018–⁠1James Halligan1374
19005–⁠51–⁠01246
18997–⁠31–⁠01256
1898few games on file0–⁠0–⁠11054
1897few games on file0–⁠31025
18951–⁠51032
18943–⁠31085
18931–⁠91022
18924–⁠6–⁠21134
18912–⁠51084
1890few games on file0–⁠2988
1888few games on file0–⁠3984
1887few games on file0–⁠21038
1886few games on file1–⁠11073
1885few games on file0–⁠11065
1882few games on file0–⁠31067

Officially 583–⁠661–⁠50 since 1879 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 175–⁠324–⁠8 (507 of its 1,294 games are on file). Our file starts in 1882; the program began in 1879. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1883–⁠84, 1889, 1896, 1917–⁠18, 1920–⁠53, 1985–⁠87, 1989–⁠98, 2000: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.