1993 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1993 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1993 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. The 1993 season was notable due to a mid-season overseas matchup with rival Rhode Island. The two New England teams faced off in the Wild Geese Classic held in Limerick, Ireland, with UMass winning the game by a score of 36–14. (This is FALSE -- UMass - Rhode Island game in Ireland was announced, but never took place. The 1993 game was played in Amherst). UMass finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–3 in conference play.

1993 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 25
Record8–3 (5–3 Yankee)
Head coach
  • Mike Hodges (2nd season)
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
1993 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New England Division
No. 6 Boston University x$^ 8 0 012 1 0
No. 25 UMass 6 2 09 2 0
Connecticut 5 3 06 5 0
New Hampshire 4 4 06 5 0
Rhode Island 2 6 04 7 0
Maine 0 8 00 11 0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 10 William & Mary x^ 7 1 09 3 0
No. 18 Delaware ^ 6 2 09 4 0
James Madison 4 4 06 5 0
Richmond 3 5 05 6 0
Northeastern 2 6 02 9 0
Villanova 1 7 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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