UMass 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 10:08 am Friday, August 9, 2024
The UMass Minutemen will play Eastern Michigan on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the complete slate.
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2024 UMass Game and TV Schedule
Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
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Eastern Michigan | August 31 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
@ Toledo | September 7 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
@ Buffalo | September 14 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | CBS Sports Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
Central Connecticut State (FCS) | September 21 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
@ Miami (OH) | September 28 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Northern Illinois | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Missouri | October 12 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Wagner (FCS) | October 26 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
@ Mississippi State | November 2 | 4:15 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | SEC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
Liberty | November 16 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Georgia | November 23 | 12:45 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | SEC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
UConn | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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UMass 2024 Strength of Schedule
- The Minutemen will face the 33rd-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (78).
- UMass will have the 46th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (69).
- UMass will play seven games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes five teams that ended with nine or more victories and two squads with three or fewer wins last season.
- The Minutemen have seven teams who played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.
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UMass Stat Insights (2023)
- Despite having a bottom-25 defense that ranked 17th-worst in FBS (427 yards allowed per game) last season, the Minutemen had more success on offense, ranking 88th in FBS by totaling 356.3 yards per game.
- UMass had the 96th-ranked scoring offense last season (23.2 points per game), and it was worse defensively, ranking worst with 37.8 points allowed per game.
- The Minutemen ranked 81st in pass offense (214.1 passing yards per game) and 36th in pass defense (206.2 passing yards allowed per game) last year.
- With 220.8 rushing yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked fourth-worst in FBS, UMass was forced to rely on its 85th-ranked running game (142.2 rushing yards per contest) to keep it in games last season.
- In addition to a 45% third-down percentage allowed on defense last season, which ranked 14th-worst in FBS, the Minutemen put up a 91st-ranked third-down percentage (36.4%) on offense.
- UMass had the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at -1, forcing 16 turnovers (86th in FBS) while turning it over 17 times (51st in FBS).
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