2018 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2018 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the fifth year of head coach Mark Whipple's second stint at UMass and 11th year overall. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with one home game at Gillette Stadium. This was UMass's third year as an independent. They finished the season 4–8.

2018 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–8
Head coach
  • Mark Whipple (11th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorEd Pinkham (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
2018 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Notre Dame ^     12 1  
No. 19 Army     11 2  
BYU     7 6  
Liberty     6 6  
UMass     4 8  
New Mexico State     3 9  
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
Rankings from AP Poll

On November 21, head coach Mark Whipple resigned. He finished with a record of 16–44 in the five years of his second stint as head coach and 65–70 in his eleven overall seasons. On December 3, the school hired Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell for the head coaching job.

UMass wide receiver Andy Isabella was named a consensus All-American at year's end.

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