The 2024 UMass Minutemen football team will represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They play their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium located in Hadley, Massachusetts and compete as an FBS independent. They are led by head coach Don Brown in his third season since he was rehired, his eighth overall as head coach.
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 0–0 |
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| Offensive coordinator | Shane Montgomery (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Keith Dudzinski (10th season) |
| Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium |
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This season will be the Minutemen's last season competing as an independent, as UMass will join the Mid-American Conference (MAC) as a full member beginning in 2025.[1][2]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result |
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| August 31 | 3:30 p.m. | Eastern Michigan |
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| September 7 | 3:30 p.m. | atToledo |
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| September 14 | 3:30 p.m. | atBuffalo |
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| September 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Central Connecticut |
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| September 28 | atMiami (OH) |
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| October 5 | atNorthern Illinois |
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| October 12 | Missouri |
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| October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | Wagner |
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| November 2 | 4:15 p.m. | atMississippi State |
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| November 16 | Liberty |
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| November 23 | 12:45 p.m. | atGeorgia |
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| November 30 | UConn |
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