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By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — If there was ever a time for the UMass football team to do the improbable, it feels like Saturday would be that time.The Minutemen have struggled to win games in 2024, and although their two wins – the second coming last weekend – are both...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — UMass football head coach Don Brown confirmed Monday that Minutemen starting quarterback Taisun Phommachanh will miss the remainder of the season after suffering an injury against Mississippi State on Nov. 2.UMass had a bye this past...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Win No. 2 was on the menu for the UMass football team last Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. The Minutemen defeated Wagner 35-7 to improve to 2-6 – both victories coming against FCS opponents.Just as UMass does following every...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — UMass football wide receiver T.Y. Harding stood on his own 40-yard line as he awaited a punt from Wagner specialist Bailey Marzola midway through the fourth quarter.Having already botched a pair of punt returns earlier in the game, Harding...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Don Brown continued to bring up one word throughout his weekly press conference on Monday afternoon as the UMass football head coach and his team get ready for Wagner – the Minutemen’s second FCS opponent this season – coming out of its...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — The UMass football team is coming out of a much-needed off week following seven consecutive games to start its season, the most recent a 45-3 defeat at the hands of nationally ranked Missouri in front of over 16,000 fans at McGuirk Alumni...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — UMass football fans far and wide grew skeptical around this time last year, wondering if Missouri — a team that had climbed its way into college football playoff talks — would actually come to Amherst in 2024 for its scheduled football game...
By GARRETT COTE
The UMass football team spoiled its best chance at an FBS win last weekend, losing to Miami (Ohio) after leading by three in the final minute. Not only did the RedHawks march down the field to tie the game and send it to overtime with a Dom Dzioban...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — During UMass football’s game with Central Connecticut State on Saturday, Minutemen wide receiver Anthony Simpson not only didn’t play – which wouldn’t have been questioned considering he left their Week 2 game against Toledo with an injury...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — The best word to categorize the UMass football team’s homecoming game victory against Central Connecticut State on Saturday is quite simple. Ugly.In the 35-31 win, both teams combined for 26 penalties resulting in a whopping 241 yards. The...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — It doesn’t feel like UMass football practice has truly started until ACDC’s “Thunderstruck” begins blasting through McGuirk Alumni Stadium’s speakers. And it definitely doesn’t feel like a Don Brown practice without the classic hit,...
By GARRETT COTE AND CONNOR PIGNATELLO
AMHERST — For a coach who’s been in the business for as long as UMass football head coach Don Brown has, it’s hard to find something he hasn’t already seen.But during the Minutemen’s month of spring practice, they impressed the longtime coach with...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Prior to the UMass football team’s first spring practice of the season on Tuesday morning, head coach Don Brown addressed his team regarding the Minutemen’s current standing with the Mid-American Conference.Brown looked at his players and...
By HANNAH BEVIS
AUBURN, Ala. – For the first six minutes of the UMass football team's game against Auburn on Saturday afternoon, the Minutemen looked like they could pose a genuine challenge to the 35-point favorite Tigers. Though Auburn was able to carve up the...
By HANNAH BEVIS
Friday dawned bright and hot without a cloud in the sky, and UMass football coach Don Brown was ecstatic to see the weather forecast. With the first game of the season at New Mexico State, Brown wants his team used to playing in high temps. “It was a...
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