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By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels for its first road game of the season on Saturday, a 3:30 p.m. contest against Toledo in the Glass Bowl. The Rockets beat UMass 41-24 last season in Amherst on their way to an appearance in the MAC Championship Game,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — When Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams and Greg Desrosiers – who both scored touchdowns for their new teams in Week 1 – transferred away this spring, the biggest question on the UMass football roster was how the Minutemen would replace 87% of their...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Not much went the UMass football team’s way on Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, and Minutemen’s 28-14 loss to Eastern Michigan in their season opener was certainly a performance to forget.It didn’t look as if the Eagles were a...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — The UMass football team thought they knew what they were getting into.Earlier in the week, Don Brown previewed his defense’s matchup against Eastern Michigan starting quarterback Cole Snyder, who played against UMass two years ago when he...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — For three straight years, the UMass football team has played Eastern Michigan. And all three times, they’ve lost.But the games have been trending in the right direction for UMass, and the Minutemen are favored by 2.5 points on Saturday....

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — There isn’t a single player on the UMass football roster who has opened their season at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.Josh Atwood, Te’Rai Powell, Myles Turner and Gerrell Johnson have been in Amherst for five years and they’ve opened every one of...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the first time since 2018, the UMass football team will be hosting the first game on its schedule.Six years ago the Minutemen defeated FCS opponent Duquesne 63-15 to open their campaign. Over a half decade later, they’re looking to make...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

By now, you’ve read all about how the UMass football team is shaping up heading into the 2024 season. What about their future opponents? The Minutemen’s last season as an FBS Independent before moving to the MAC won’t be a walk in the park. The first...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — After weeks of spring football, summer workouts and preseason camp, the UMass football team starts its season with a home opener against Eastern Michigan on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. It’s the first time the Minutemen are opening their season at...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — It’s year No. 47 for Don Brown as a football coach, but as the head man for UMass came down the hallway for his season-opening press conference at the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center, he sounded like a kid ready for their first...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — As UMass continually reshapes its roster in year No. 3 of the Don Brown era, players and coaches both say that the Minutemen will be faster this year than last year.“I’m going to tell you what we do better right now than at any time I can...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Last year, the UMass football team had 10 players catch a total of 212 passes. Anthony Simpson is the only one of those 10 still on the Minutemen roster.He was last year’s leading receiver – his 57 receptions and 792 yards nearly doubled No. 2...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — In Damian Mincey’s 16 years of coaching college football, he said he’s never had a player come into camp as late as UMass’ newest addition, running back Brandon Campbell.Campbell, a graduate transfer from the University of Houston, was still...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — As performance-driven data has gained more and more use in sports over the past decade, Trackman has become a hot name.It’s most popular in baseball, where its ball-tracking data is primarily used by pitchers. Red Sox hurler Tanner Houck...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In today’s era of college football, there are holes to fill every offseason considering the overwhelming number of transfers. UMass football head coach Don Brown has welcomed the transfer portal with open arms, and he almost didn’t have a...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It doesn’t feel like UMass football practice has truly started until ACDC’s “Thunderstruck” begins blasting through McGuirk Alumni Stadium’s speakers. And it definitely doesn’t feel like a Don Brown practice without the classic hit,...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Most of the UMass football transfer offensive linemen made their way to Amherst in the winter, right around the end of January according to Minutemen associate head coach/offensive line coach Alex Miller.Now less than seven full months...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Last year must have felt like a whirlwind for UMass quarterback Taisun Phommachanh.On his third school in three seasons but in his first starting job, Phommachanh injured his knee against Auburn just six quarters into the campaign on Sept....

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – After 22 years calling offensive plays, Shane Montgomery spent the 2023 season working with longtime friends as an offensive analyst at East Carolina.But when news first broke on Feb. 2 of Steve Casula leaving his post as UMass offensive...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Wednesday marked the fifth practice of the summer for the UMass football team, and also stood as practice No. 5 for new offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery – who stepped in to fill Steve Casula’s role after Casula took a tight...