# 2015 UMass Minutemen football team

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.

## Schedule

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

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Bowling Green | 14 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 62 |
at Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH
* Date: October 10, 2015
* Game time: 2:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 61 °F (16 °C) • Wind: SW 2 mph (3.2 km/h) • Weather: Sunny
* Game attendance: 17,118
* Referee: Mark Kluczynski • Umpire: Tony Smith • Linesman: Rudy Studd • Line judge: John Swartz • Back judge: T. Ripenhoff • Field judge: Kevin Sullivan • Side judge: Lewis Garrison
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Jim Barbar (play–by–play), John Gregory (color)
| Statistics | UMass | Bowling Green |
| First downs | 30 | 37 |
| Plays–yards | 516 | 725 |
| Rushes–yards | 15-30-0 | 46–206-3 |
| Passing yards | 486 | 519 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 37–61–1 | 37–45–1 |
| Time of possession | 22:43 | 37:17 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| UMass | Passing | Blake Frohnapfel | 34/56, 409 yards, 3 TDS, 1 INT |
| UMass | Rushing | Marquis Young | 5 carries, 35 yards |
| UMass | Receiving | Tajae Sharpe | 13 receptions, 156 yards, 1 TD |
| Bowling Green | Passing | Matt Johnson | 33/39, 450 yards, 5 TDS, 1 INT |
| Bowling Green | Rushing | Travis Greene | 15 carries, 122 yards, 1 TD |
| Bowling Green | Receiving | Roger Lewis | 8 receptions, 242 yards, 1 TD |

### 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 |