2021 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2021 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Minutemen played their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium and competed as an independent. They were led by third-year head coach Walt Bell; UMass fired Bell after nine games and offensive line coach Alex Miller took over as interim head coach.[1]

2021 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–11
Head coach
Offensive schemeSpread
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Notre Dame       11 2  
No. 19 BYU       10 3  
Army       9 4  
Liberty       8 5  
New Mexico State       2 10  
UMass       1 11  
UConn       1 11  
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4 4:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh ACCN L 7–51 41,486
September 11 3:30 p.m. Boston College NESN+ L 28–45 12,118
September 18 3:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
NESN+ L 28–42 7,012
September 25 1:00 p.m. at No. 17 Coastal Carolina ESPN+ L 3–53 15,261
October 2 12:00 p.m. Toledo
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
NESN L 7–45 9,456
October 9 3:30 p.m. UConn
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
NESN W 27–13 12,765
October 23 12:00 p.m. at Florida State ACCN L 3–59 51,915
October 30 12:00 p.m. at Liberty ESPN3 L 17–62 16,577
November 6 3:30 p.m. Rhode Island
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
NESN/NESN+ L 22–35 7,284
November 13 12:00 p.m. Maine
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
NESN/NESN+ L 10–35 5,331
November 20 12:00 p.m. at Army CBSSN L 17–33 23,610
November 27 3:00 p.m. at New Mexico State AggieVision L 27–44 6,632

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Notable players

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RB Ellis Merriweather

QB Brady Olson

WR Rico Arnold

References

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  1. ^ Grabowski, Kyle (November 7, 2021). "Walt Bell fired as UMass head football coach". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 UMass Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.