2003 UMass Minutemen football team
| 2003 UMass Minutemen football | |
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A10 co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 7–19 vs. Colgate | |
| Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| 2003 record | 10–3 (8–1 A-10) |
| Head coach | Mark Whipple (6th year) |
| Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Delaware $^ | 8 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #11 UMass $^ | 8 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 Northeastern | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #25 Villanova | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2003 season was Whipple's last with UMass. He left to take the position of quarterbacks coach with the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers after the season. It was a successful year for Whipple and the Minutemen as they returned to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs for the first time since 1999 by virtue of winning the A-10 Conference championship. UMass finished the season with a record of 10–3 overall and 8–1 in conference play.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut State* | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 51–7 | 8,360 | ||||
| September 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 7(AP/I-A) Kansas State* | No. 10 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS | L 7–38 | 46,102 | |||
| September 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Maine | No. 12 | Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME | W 24–16 | 7,316 | |||
| September 27 | 1:00 p.m. | James Madison | No. 10 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 31–26 | 10,196 | |||
| October 4 | 1:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | No. 9 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | W 44–30 | 7,085 | |||
| October 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 7 | Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA | W 24-14 | 4,868 | |||
| October 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Hofstra* |
No. 6 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | CN8 | W 27-22 | 7,323 | ||
| October 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Villanova | No. 5 | Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA | FSNE | W 19–14 | 9,125 | ||
| November 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Northeastern | No. 4 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | CSTV | W 28–24 | 7,106 | ||
| November 8 | 12:00 p.m. | Richmond | No. 4 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 30–17 | 6,167 | |||
| November 15 | 12:15 p.m. | at No. 6 Delaware | No. 3 | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE | FSNE | L 45–51 3OT | 21,804 | ||
| November 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | No. 7 | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 31–17 | 7,087 | |||
| November 29 | 12:45 p.m. | at No. 6 Colgate* | No. 5 | Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY (NCAA Division I-AA First Round) | L 7–19 | 4,197 | |||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
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