2022 UMass Minutemen football team

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2022 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–11
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Casula (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple pro
Defensive coordinatorKeith Dudzinski (8th season)
Base defense4–3 or 4–2–5
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 18 Notre Dame   –     9 – 4  
Liberty   –     8 – 5  
BYU   –     8 – 5  
New Mexico State   –     7 – 6  
Army   –     6 – 6  
UConn   –     6 – 7  
UMass   –     1 – 11  
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2022 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Minutemen played their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts, and competed as an FBS independent. They were led by sixth-year head coach Don Brown, his first season back coaching the program since the 2008 season.[1][2]

Schedule

UMass hosted five home games and traveled to seven different away games during the 2022 season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 p.m.at Tulane
ESPN+L 10–4215,101
September 107:00 p.m.at Toledo
ESPN+L 10–5520,147
September 173:30 p.m.Stony Brook
ESPN3W 20–310,011
September 242:00 p.m.at Temple
ESPN+L 0–2814,033
October 12:00 p.m.at Eastern Michigan
ESPN+L 13–2016,478
October 83:30 p.m.Liberty
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ESPN+L 24–4211,217
October 151:00 p.m.Buffalo
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ESPN3L 7–3413,378
October 293:30 p.m.New Mexico Statedagger
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ESPN3L 13–239,274
November 47:00 p.m.at UConn
CBSSNL 10–2723,430
November 122:00 p.m.at Arkansas State
ESPN3L 33–3514,354
November 1912:00 p.m.at Texas A&M
ESPN+/SECN+L 3–2090,177
November 2612:00 p.m.Army
  • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
ESPN+L 7–4410,119

Awards and honors

Starting running back Ellis Merriweather was nominated to the Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List and the ShrineBowl1000 preseason List, as well as teammates Josh Wallace and Billy Wooden.

Game summaries

at Tulane

See also: 2022 Tulane Green Wave football team
UMass Minutemen (0–0) vs Tulane Green Wave (0–0) – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Minutemen 0 10 0010
Green Wave 7 14 21042

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA

  • Date: September 3, 2022
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Rainy, 81 °F (27 °C)
  • Game attendance: 15,101
  • Referee: Tim Rich
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Jack Benjamin (play-by-play), Brian Kinchen (analyst)
Game information
First quarter
  • (8:37) TUL – Tyjae Spears 6-yard run, Kriston Esnard kick (Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 2:53; Tulane 7–0)
Second quarter
  • (14:56) UMASS – Gino Campiotti 4-yard run, Cameron Carson kick (Drive: 12 plays, 49 yards, 5:45; Tied 7–7)
  • (8:31) TUL – Tyjae Spears 1-yard run, Kriston Esnard kick (Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards, 6:25; Tulane 14–7)
  • (9:30) TUL – Tyjae Spears 4-yard run, Kriston Esnard kick (Drive: 3 plays, 36 yards, 1:03; Tulane 21–7)
  • (9:30) UMASS – Cameron Carson 21-yard field goal (Drive: 18 plays, 66 yards, 5:51; Tulane 21–10)
Third quarter
  • (9:30) TUL – Michael Pratt 20-yard run, Kriston Esnard kick (Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 2:23; Tulane 28–10)
  • (9:30) TUL – Duece Watts 31-yard pass frpm Michael Pratt, Kriston Esnard kick (Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards, 2:19; Tulane 35–10)
  • (9:30) TUL – Lawrence Keys II 2-yard pass from Michael Pratt, Kriston Esnard kick (Drive: 7 plays, 27 yards, 3:04; Tulane 42–10)
Fourth quarter

None

Statistics UMASS TUL
First downs 14 20
Total yards 217 369
Rushes/yards 58–200 39–196
Passing yards 17 173
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 4–11–3 13–22–0
Time of possession 33:15 26:45
Team Category Player Statistics
UMass Passing Gino Campiotti 2/6, 12 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Tim Baldwin Jr. 13 carries, 65 yards
Receiving George Johnson III 1 reception, 11 yards
Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 12/20, 164 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Tyjae Spears 12 carries, 57 yards, 3 TD
Receiving Jha'Quan Jackson 1 reception, 34 yards

References

  1. ^ Matt Vautour (November 21, 2021). "UMass football hiring Don Brown: Arizona defensive coordinator returning for second stint as Minuteman coach". The Republican. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Barrett Sallee (November 22, 2021). "UMass hires Don Brown: Longtime defensive coordinator returns for second stint as Minutemen coach". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 10, 2021.


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