1995 UMass Minutemen football team

American college football season

1995 UMass Minutemen football

Conference| Yankee Conference
Division| New England Division
Record| 6–5 (3–5 Yankee)
Head coach|

* Mike Hodges (4th season)

Defensive coordinator| Ted Roof (1st season)
Home stadium| Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

Seasons

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1995 Yankee Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
New England Division
Rhode Island x  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 23 Connecticut | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
New Hampshire | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
UMass | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Boston University | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0
Maine | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 7 Delaware x$^  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 13 James Madison ^  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 19 William & Mary | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 20 Richmond | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Northeastern | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Villanova | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* x - Division champion/co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1995 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mike Hodges and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–5 overall and 3–5 in conference play.

## Schedule

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September 9| 1:00 p.m.| Richmond| No. 19|

* McGuirk Stadium
* Hadley, MA

| L 7–21| 8,614| [1]
September 16| 1:00 p.m.| Holy Cross*| |

* McGuirk Stadium
* Hadley, MA

| W 51–0| 8,819|
September 23| 1:00 p.m.| at Northeastern| |

* Parsons Field
* Brookline, MA

| W 21–19| 3,500|
September 30| 1:00 p.m.| at Rhode Island| |

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| L 0–34| 5,005|
October 7| 1:00 p.m.| New Hampshire| |

* McGuirk Stadium
* Hadley, MA (rivalry)

| L 29–32| 11,191|
October 14| 1:30 p.m.| at Buffalo*| |

* UB Stadium
* Amherst, NY

| W 33–9| 5,665|
October 21| 1:00 p.m.| No. 12 William & Mary| |

* McGuirk Stadium
* Hadley, MA

| W 20–9| 5,011|
October 28| 1:00 p.m.| Lehigh*| |

* McGuirk Stadium
* Hadley, MA

| W 44–36| 5,871|
November 4| 12:30 p.m.| at Maine| |

* Alumni Stadium
* Orono, ME

| L 21–24 OT| 2,139|
November 11| 1:00 p.m.| at Boston University| |

* Nickerson Field
* Boston, MA

| W 28–23| 6,095|
November 18| 1:00 p.m.| at Connecticut| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Storrs, CT (rivalry)

| L 7–20| 8,479|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

## References

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1. ^ "Spiders' victory is 'unbelievable'". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 10, 1995. Retrieved November 6, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.

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UMass Minutemen football

Venues|

* Alumni Field (1879–1964)
* Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (1965–2011, 2014–)
* Gillette Stadium (alternate) (2012–2016)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Boston College
* New Hampshire
* UConn

Culture & lore|

* Sam the Minuteman
* "Fight Mass"
* University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band

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