The 2019 UMass Minutemen football team represented the

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in the

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. They were led by first-year head coach Walt Bell and played their home games at

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. This was the fourth year for the Minutemen as an

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; they finished the season at 1–11 and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 632 to 237.

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rated UMass 129th in their ranking of all 130 FBS teams;

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, the only team that the Minutemen defeated, was ranked last.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Rutgers

Southern Illinois

At Charlotte

Coastal Carolina

Akron

This would be the Minutemen's last win until Week 6 in

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At FIU

At Louisiana Tech

UConn

Liberty

At Army

At Northwestern

BYU

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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