UMass 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 11:13 am Friday, August 9, 2024
In 2024, one of the best games on the UMass Minutemen’s college football schedule is against Georgia on November 23 — keep scrolling to find out more.
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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
- In terms of toughness, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Minutemen will be facing the 33rd-ranked schedule this year.
- UMass will have the 46th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (69).
- UMass has seven games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes five teams that put up nine or more victories and two squads with three or fewer wins last season.
- The Minutemen’s schedule in 2024 features seven returning teams who played in a bowl game.
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UMass Stat Insights (2023)
- The Minutemen sported the 88th-ranked offense last year (356.3 yards per game), and they were less effective on defense, ranking 17th-worst with 427 yards allowed per game.
- Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked worst in FBS last season (37.8 points allowed per game), UMass had more success on the other side of the ball, ranking 96th in FBS by totaling 23.2 points per game.
- The Minutemen put up 214.1 passing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 81st in FBS. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 36th, giving up 206.2 passing yards per contest.
- 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 competitive last season.
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 14th-worst in FBS last season (45% third-down conversion rate), the Minutemen put up better results on the other side of the ball, ranking 91st in FBS by putting up a 36.4% third-down conversion rate.
- UMass forced 16 total turnovers (86th in FBS) last season and turned it over 17 times (51st in FBS) for a turnover margin of -1, 74th-ranked in college football.
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