2013 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2013 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. The team was coached by Charley Molnar in his second year and played its home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

2013 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record1–11 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Bond (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread/pistol
Defensive coordinatorPhil Elmassian (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumGillette Stadium
2013 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Bowling Green x$  7 1   10 4  
Buffalo  6 2   8 5  
Ohio  4 4   7 6  
Akron  4 4   5 7  
Kent State  3 5   4 8  
UMass  1 7   1 11  
Miami (OH)  0 8   0 12  
West Division
Northern Illinois x  8 0   12 2  
Ball State  7 1   10 3  
Toledo  5 3   7 5  
Central Michigan  5 3   6 6  
Eastern Michigan  1 7   2 10  
Western Michigan  1 7   1 11  
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions

The 2013 season marked the team's second season as a member of the MAC, and also marked the first season in which the Minutemen were eligible for the conference championship as well as post-season bowl play. For the second straight year the Minutemen finished the season with an overall record of 1–11 with a Conference record of 1–7 which placed them in 6th place in the MAC East Division. At the end of the season Tackle Anthony Dima, a senior, was honored as an All-MAC Third Team selection. Molnar was later fired on December 26 after a second consecutive 1–11 season. He was replaced by Mark Whipple.

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