# 2017 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2017 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the fourth year of head coach Mark Whipple's second stint at UMass and 10th year overall. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with their final home game at Fenway Park. This was UMass's second year as an independent. They finished the season 4–8.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Hawaii | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ELVN☆ | L 35–38 | 12,145 |
| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at Coastal Carolina | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | L 28–38 | 13,274 |
| September 9 | 3:30 p.m. | Old Dominion | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ELVN | L 7–17 | 9,028 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Temple | Lincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia, PA | ESPNU | L 21–29 | 22,911 |
| September 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Tennessee | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN | SECN | L 13–17 | 95,324 |
| September 30 | 3:30 p.m. | Ohio | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ELVN | L 50–58 | 7,696 |
| October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ELVN | W 55–20 | 10,690 |
| October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | Appalachian State | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ELVN | W 30–27 $^{2OT}$ | 11,889 |
| November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Mississippi State | Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS | SECN | L 23–34 | 57,354 |
| November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | Maine | Fenway ParkBoston, MA | ELVN | W 44–31 | 12,794 |
| November 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at BYU | LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT | BYUtv/ESPN3 | W 16–10 | 51,355 |
| December 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at FIU | Riccardo Silva StadiumMiami, FL | CUSA.tv | L 45–63 | 14,004 |
| HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
    The game between UMass and South Florida was postponed due to Hurricane Irma. A game with FIU was scheduled after FIU's game with Indiana was cancelled.
    Schedule Source:
☆All Eleven Sports broadcasts will be simulcast on NESN or NESN+.

## Game summaries
### Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Rainbow Warriors | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| Minutemen | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |

### Coastal Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| • Chanticleers | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |

### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Monarchs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Temple

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| • Owls | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 29 |

### Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| • Volunteers | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |

### Ohio

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bobcats | 7 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 58 |
| Minutemen | 10 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 50 |

### Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| • Minutemen | 28 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 55 |

### Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| • Minutemen | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 30 |

### Mississippi State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 3 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| • Bulldogs | 10 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 34 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| • Minutemen | 21 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 44 |

### BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Minutemen | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Cougars | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 14 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 45 |
| • Panthers | 14 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 63 |