1984 UMass Minutemen football team

1984 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	3–8 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Bob Stull (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Reid (7th season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

1984 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Rhode Island +^	4	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
No. 4 Boston University +^	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
UMass	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1984 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Stull and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The stadium had been called Alumni Stadium from its opening in 1965 until the November 3, 1984, game against Connecticut, when it was officially named for Warren McGuirk, who was the UMass Athletic Director from 1948 to 1972. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 1–4 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	Ball State*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 26–10	8,946
September 8	Lehigh*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 14–21	11,871
September 22	at No. 5 Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–35	17,641
September 29	Northeastern*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 3–0	8,633
October 6	at No. 16 Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 19–20	10,227
October 13	Richmond*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–24	8,229
October 20	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 7–20	7,200
October 27	at No. 18 Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 21–31	3,161
November 3	Connecticut	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 16–21	13,031
November 10	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 14–27	13,367
November 17	No. 4 New Hampshire	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 14–10	5,621
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game