2015 UMass Minutemen football team

2015 UMass Minutemen football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Mark Whipple (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Tom Masella (4th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Gillette Stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$	7	–	1	10	–	4
Ohio	5	–	3	8	–	5
Akron	5	–	3	8	–	5
Buffalo	3	–	5	5	–	7
Kent State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Miami (OH)	2	–	6	3	–	9
UMass	2	–	6	3	–	9
West Division
Northern Illinois xy	6	–	2	8	–	6
Western Michigan x	6	–	2	8	–	5
Toledo x	6	–	2	10	–	2
Central Michigan x	6	–	2	7	–	6
Ball State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Eastern Michigan	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

The 2015 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was their second year with head coach Mark Whipple. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and the other three games were played on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium. This season was UMass's fourth and last in the Mid-American Conference within the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place in the East Division.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	2:00 p.m.	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	L 14–48	35,094
September 19	3:00 p.m.	Temple*	Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA	ESPN3	L 23–25	10,141
September 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 27–62	80,795
October 3	3:00 p.m.	FIU*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ESPN3	W 24–14	13,525
October 10	2:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 38–62	17,118
October 17	3:00 p.m.	Kent State	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ESPN3	L 10–15	15,217
October 24	3:00 p.m.	No. 19 Toledo	Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA	ESPN3	L 35–51	12,793
October 31	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	L 10–20	4,576
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Akron	Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA	CBSSN	L 13–17	6,228
November 14	3:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 28–17	2,759
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ESPN3	L 13–20	8,839
November 27	4:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPNU	W 31–26	15,648
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game summaries

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	7	7	0	0	14
Buffaloes	14	17	17	0	48

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	10	3	5	25
Minutemen	0	17	0	6	23

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	6	14	0	7	27
#6 Fighting Irish	14	21	20	7	62

FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	7	0	14
Minutemen	7	10	0	7	24

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	10	7	14	7	38
Falcons	14	14	24	10	62

Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	10	3	2	15
Minutemen	0	10	0	0	10

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Rockets	3	7	21	20	51
Minutemen	14	14	0	7	35

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	3	7	0	10
Cardinals	3	7	10	0	20

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	0	7	3	17
Minutemen	7	6	0	0	13

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	7	7	7	7	28
Eagles	3	7	0	7	17

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	3	7	10	20
Minutemen	3	3	7	0	13

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	14	14	0	3	31
Bulls	10	7	3	6	26

References

^ "2015 UMass Minutemen Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 10, 2015.

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