1980 UMass Minutemen football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1980
| team = UMass Minutemen
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 7–3
| conf_record = 4–1
| head_coach = Bob Pickett
| hc_year = 3rd
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Jim Reid
| dc_year = 3rd
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Stadium
}}
{{1980 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The 1980 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1980 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 Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–3 overall and 4–1 in conference play.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1980
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Villanova
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| score = 24–12
| attend = 11,494
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-villanova-drop/157961648/|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|title=Villanova drops third in a row to UMass, 24–12|date=September 21, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| rank = T–10
| opponent = Delaware State
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| score = 39–0
| attend = 9,700
| source = {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-union-umass-blitzes-delaware/154055136/|newspaper=The Sunday Republican|title=UMass blitzes Delaware State, 39–0|date=September 28, 1980|accessdate=August 26, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = Rhode Island
| site_stadium = Meade Stadium
| site_cityst = Kingston, RI
| score = 26–8
| attend = 10,443
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-1980-umass-uri/54316205/|work=The Boston Globe|title=UMass rolls on|date=October 5, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = T–3
| opponent = Delaware
| opprank = T–10
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| score = 17–21
| attend = 10,400
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-1980-delaware-umass/54316437/|work=The Boston Globe|title=Delaware rally frustrates UMass|date=October 12, 1980|accessdate=November 29, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = T–10
| opponent = Maine
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Orono, ME
| score = 21–14
| attend = 2,700
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-massachusetts/157961848/|work=The Burlington Free Press|title=Massachusetts 21, Maine 14|date=October 19, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Boston University
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = Nickerson Field
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| score = 0–3
| attend = 1,520
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-terriers-overcome-umass/157961266/|work=The Hartford Courant|title=Terriers overcome UMass, rain, wind|date=October 26, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = w
| rank = T–10
| opponent = Connecticut
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 39–21
| attend = 12,146
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-union-umass-rushes-past-ucon/157962024/|work=The Sunday Republican|title=UMass rushes past UConn|date=November 2, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = T–10
| opponent = Holy Cross
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| score = 17–13
| attend = 7,121
| source = {{cite news |title=UMass Struggles Past Holy Cross |first=Bob |last=Monahan |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |date=November 9, 1980 |page=79 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323257/1980-holy-cross-umass/}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = w
| rank = 9
| opponent = New Hampshire
| opprank = T–10
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 17–0
| attend = 9,206
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/syracuse-herald-journal-new-hampshire-31/157962178/|work=Syracuse Herald-Journal|title=New Hampshire 31, URI 28|date=November 16, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = T–10
| opponent = Boston College
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–13
| attend = 15,216
| source = {{cite news|title=BC edges Holy Cross by 27-26|newspaper=Fort Lauderdale News|date=November 30, 1980|page=11C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17518103/bc_edges_holy_cross_by_2726/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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