# 2014 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2014 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was their first year with head coach Mark Whipple, who returned after 10 years coaching in the NFL. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The other three were played on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium, which reopened after a renovation to bring the facility up to FBS standards. This season was UMass's third in the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 3:00 p.m. | Boston College* | Gillette StadiumFoxborough, MA (rivalry) | ESPN3 | L 7–30 | 30,479 |
| September 6 | 3:00 p.m. | Colorado* | Gillette StadiumFoxborough, MA | ESPN3 | L 38–41 | 10,227 |
| September 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN | ESPN+ | L 31–34 | 33,386 |
| September 20 | 4:00 p.m. | at Penn State* | Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA | BTN | L 7–48 | 99,155 |
| September 27 | 3:00 p.m. | Bowling Green | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ESPN3 | L 42–47 | 17,000 |
| October 4 | 2:30 p.m. | at Miami (OH) | Yager StadiumOxford, OH | ESPN3 | L 41–42 | 15,970 |
| October 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at Kent State | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPN3 | W 40–17 | 12,451 |
| October 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan | Gillette StadiumFoxborough, MA | ESPN3 | W 36–14 | 12,030 |
| October 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Toledo | Glass BowlToledo, OH | ESPN3 | L 35–42 | 20,104 |
| November 12 | 8:00 p.m. | Ball State | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ESPNU | W 24–10 | 13,374 |
| November 18 | 8:00 p.m. | at Akron | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | ESPNU | L 6–30 | 5,571 |
| November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Buffalo | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ESPN3 | L 21–41 | 13,417 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Boston College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buffaloes | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| Minutemen | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |

### Vanderbilt

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Commodores | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 34 |

### Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Nittany Lions | 6 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 48 |

### Bowling Green

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Falcons | 10 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 47 |
| Minutemen | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |

### Miami (OH)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| RedHawks | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |

### Kent State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 7 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 40 |
| Golden Flashes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Minutemen | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 36 |

### Toledo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 13 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 35 |
| Rockets | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Ball State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Minutemen | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |

### Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Zips | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 |

### Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 0 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |