1990 UMass Minutemen football team

1990 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 0–38 at William & Mary
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	8–2–1 (7–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Jim Reid (5th season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

1990 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 UMass $^	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
No. T–19 New Hampshire	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	1
Delaware	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Villanova	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Boston University	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Maine	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Richmond	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen made their second playoff appearance in three years, but would lose in the first round to future conference foe William & Mary. It would be the last playoff appearance for UMass until the 1998 National Championship season. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–2–1 overall and 7–1 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at No. 7 Holy Cross*		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 10–10	16,444
September 15	Maine		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 21–10	10,431
September 29	Boston University	No. 19	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 47–16	8,247
October 6	at Rhode Island	No. 10	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 16–13	9,407
October 13	Connecticut	No. 9	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 38–19	2,459
October 20	at Delaware	No. 8	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 17–3	22,184
October 27	Northeastern*	No. 8	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 28–21	8,810
November 3	at Richmond	No. 8	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	W 26–9	7,012
November 10	Villanova	No. 5	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 3–0	1,100
November 17	at New Hampshire	No. 4	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 18–36	8,062
November 24	at No. 7 William & Mary*	No. 9	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 0–38	7,027
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game