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1978 UMass Minutemen football team

1978 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference champion
Lambert Cup winner
Conference Yankee Conference
1978 record 9–4 (5–0 YC)
Head coach Bob Pickett (1st year)
Home stadium Alumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 UMass $^ 5 0 0     9 4 0
#7 Rhode Island 3 2 0     7 3 0
Connecticut 3 2 0     4 7 0
Boston University 2 3 0     6 4 0
New Hampshire 1 3 1     6 4 1
Maine 0 4 1     3 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1978 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Pickett and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1978 season was the first after the NCAA split Division 1 football into two subdivisions, and the first that featured a postseason playoff for Division I-AA. The Minutemen reached this inaugural championship game, losing to Florida A&M by only one score. UMass finished the season with a record of 9–4 overall and 5–0 in conference play.

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)


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