1978 UMass Minutemen football team
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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 Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Amherst, 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.
Schedule
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September 15Villanova*
L 21–25 8,800 September 23at Maine
- Alumni Stadium
- Orono, ME
W 40–6 7,200 September 30at Harvard*
L 0–10 12,200 October 7Morgan State*
- McGuirk Stadium
- Amherst, MA
W 38–6 6,700 October 14at Boston University
W 31–7 3,570 October 21at Rhode Island
W 19–17 7,995 October 28Connecticut
- McGuirk Stadium
- Amherst, MA
W 17–10 14,200 November 4Rutgers*
- McGuirk Stadium
- Amherst, MA
L 11–21 9,800 November 11at Holy Cross*
W 33–8 20,614 November 18New Hampshire
- McGuirk Stadium
- Amherst, MA
W 34–7 11,300 November 25Boston College*
- McGuirk Stadium
- Amherst, MA
W 27–0 7,950 December 9at Nevada*
- Mackay Stadium
- Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinals)
W 44–21 14,026 December 16vs. Florida A&M*
L 28–35 13,604
