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By GARRETT COTE

Don Brown essentially made the decision that he was fine with once again playing an opponent close and losing, as that was clear at the end of the first half with his UMass football team facing a 4th-and-1 inside the Northern Illinois 10-yard line.The...

By GARRETT COTE

The UMass football team spoiled its best chance at an FBS win last weekend, losing to Miami (Ohio) after leading by three in the final minute. Not only did the RedHawks march down the field to tie the game and send it to overtime with a Dom Dzioban...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — UMass football lost in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday to Miami (Ohio) 23-20 in overtime, but on Monday, head coach Don Brown was relentlessly optimistic about the Minutemen’s prospects. UMass led the defending MAC champs 20-17 with just...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

For about 15 minutes, it appeared Saturday’s game against Miami (Ohio) would be a different story for the UMass football team.After three games against MAC opponents where they were outscored 56-14 in the final 20 minutes, the Minutemen were the team...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — After escaping with its first win of the season on Saturday, a 35-31 victory over FCS Central Connecticut State, UMass football turns its attention to a week four tilt against Miami (OH) at 3:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN +.The...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Of course the fate of the UMass football team’s homecoming game against FCS Central Connecticut State University was going to come down to Blue Devils quarterback Brady Olson — who transferred from UMass in the offseason — having the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team seeks its first win of the 2024 season on Saturday, when it hosts Central Connecticut State at 3:30 p.m. in the annual homecoming game.After three double-digit losses against MAC schools to start the year, the Minutemen have...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Another week, another big win for a MAC school.A week after Northern Illinois beat No. 5 Notre Dame on the road 16-14 in a game it was paid $1.4 million to play, Toledo went down to Starkville, took the Bulldogs’ $1.2 million check and beat...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team had finally built a long drive. After 70 yards of hard work, mostly through the running game, the Minutemen had a third-and-goal chance. Trailing 20-3 in the closing seconds of the third quarter, a touchdown could bring them...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Through 30 minutes of action against Buffalo on Saturday, the Massachusetts football team was in position to try to earn its first win of the season. It was a different story in the second half. The Bulls outscored the Minutemen 17-0 in the third...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Five years ago, the UMass football program scheduled a series with a Missouri team that was less than a decade into its membership in the SEC and looking to save some money on its non-conference schedule.Instead of Missouri paying UMass seven figures...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the second straight week to begin the 2024 college football season, the UMass football team proved to be more than talented enough to win a game yet came up shy of doing so.Two Saturdays ago the Minutemen had more first downs, rushing...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back.That’s what it’s been like watching the UMass football team this fall, as the Minutemen’s square-dancing routine has led them to 19 penalties through two games, 14th-most in the...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels for its first road game of the season on Saturday, a 3:30 p.m. contest against Toledo in the Glass Bowl. The Rockets beat UMass 41-24 last season in Amherst on their way to an appearance in the MAC Championship Game,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — When Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams and Greg Desrosiers – who both scored touchdowns for their new teams in Week 1 – transferred away this spring, the biggest question on the UMass football roster was how the Minutemen would replace 87% of their...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Not much went the UMass football team’s way on Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, and Minutemen’s 28-14 loss to Eastern Michigan in their season opener was certainly a performance to forget.It didn’t look as if the Eagles were a...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — The UMass football team thought they knew what they were getting into.Earlier in the week, Don Brown previewed his defense’s matchup against Eastern Michigan starting quarterback Cole Snyder, who played against UMass two years ago when he...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — For three straight years, the UMass football team has played Eastern Michigan. And all three times, they’ve lost.But the games have been trending in the right direction for UMass, and the Minutemen are favored by 2.5 points on Saturday....

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — There isn’t a single player on the UMass football roster who has opened their season at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.Josh Atwood, Te’Rai Powell, Myles Turner and Gerrell Johnson have been in Amherst for five years and they’ve opened every one of...