1990 UMass Minutemen football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1990
| team = UMass Minutemen
| sport = football
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| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 8–2–1
| conf_record = 7–1
| head_coach = Jim Reid
| hc_year = 5th
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| stadium = Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
| champion = Yankee Conference champion
| bowl = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowl_result = L 0–38 at William & Mary
}}
{{1990 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The 1990 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen made their second playoff appearance in three years, but would lose in the first round to future conference foe William & Mary. It would be the last playoff appearance for UMass until the 1998 National Championship season. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–2–1 overall and 7–1 in conference play.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1990
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 8
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Holy Cross
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| score = 10–10
| attend = 16,444
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-umass-ties-one-on-against/162706096/|work=Sunday Republican|title=UMass ties one on against Holy Cross|date=September 9, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| w/l = w
| opponent = Maine
| site_stadium = McGuirk Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| score = 21–10
| attend = 10,431
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/transcript-telegram-umass-defense-draws/162706185/|work=Transcript-Telegram|title=UMass defense draws attention|date=September 17, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = w
| rank = 19
| opponent = Boston University
| site_stadium = McGuirk Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| score = 47–16
| attend = 8,247
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-minutemen-get-back-to-w/162706281/|work=Boston Sunday Globe|title=Minutemen get back to work|date=September 30, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 10
| opponent = Rhode Island
| site_stadium = Meade Stadium
| site_cityst = Kingston, RI
| score = 16–13
| attend = 9,407
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-umass-slips-by-rhody/162706399/|work=Sunday Republican|title=UMass slips by Rhody|date=October 7, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| rank = 9
| opponent = Connecticut
| site_stadium = McGuirk Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 38–19
| attend = 2,459
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-umass-buries-uconn-in-m/162706514/|work=The Hartford Courant|title=UMass buries UConn in mud|date=October 14, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = Delaware
| site_stadium = Delaware Stadium
| site_cityst = Newark, DE
| score = 17–3
| attend = 22,184
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-umass-gets-its-revenge/162706616/|work=Boston Sunday Globe|title=UMass gets its revenge on Delaware; Wilkos hurt|date=October 21, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = Northeastern
| site_stadium = McGuirk Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| score = 28–21
| attend = 8,810
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-minutemen-finally-play-th/162706717/|work=Sunday Republican|title=Minutemen finally play the high notes|date=October 28, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = Richmond
| site_stadium = University of Richmond Stadium
| site_cityst = Richmond, VA
| score = 26–9
| attend = 7,012
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112529860/bench-helps-umass-fight-off-spiders-269/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Bench helps UMass fight off Spiders 26–9|date=November 4, 1990|accessdate=November 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = w
| rank = 5
| opponent = Villanova
| site_stadium = McGuirk Stadium
| site_cityst = Hadley, MA
| score = 3–0
| attend = 1,100
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100220984/umass-clinches-to-become-pride-of-the-ya/|work=Boston Sunday Globe|title=UMass clinches to become pride of the Yankee|date=November 11, 1990|accessdate=April 21, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 4
| opponent = New Hampshire
| site_stadium = Cowell Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, NH
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 18–36
| attend = 8,062
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-hampshire-gazette-unh-squelches-um/162706873/|work=Daily Hampshire Gazette|title=UNH squelches UMass bit for history|date=November 18, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = William & Mary
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Zable Stadium
| site_cityst = Williamsburg, VA
| gamename = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| score = 0–38
| attend = 7,027
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-progress-william-mary-blanks/162678957/|work=The Daily Progress|title=William & Mary blanks Minutemen, 38–0|date=November 25, 1990|accessdate=January 10, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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References
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