UMass 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 7:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The UMass Minutemen will face Eastern Michigan in their 2024 season opener, on August 31. For the full UMass schedule, see below.
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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).
- Based on its opponents’ projected win total this year, UMass will be playing the 46th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- UMass has a schedule that features seven games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (five of those teams won nine or more games and two of them totaled three or fewer wins).
- The Minutemen have seven teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.
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UMass Stat Insights (2023)
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense that ranked 17th-worst in FBS (427 yards allowed per game) last season, the Minutemen played better on offense, ranking 88th in FBS by totaling 356.3 yards per game.
- With 37.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked worst in FBS last season, UMass was forced to rely on its 96th-ranked offense (23.2 points per contest) to keep it competitive.
- The Minutemen totaled 214.1 passing yards per game on offense last season (81st in FBS), and they ranked 36th on the other side of the ball with 206.2 passing yards allowed per game.
- UMass owned the 85th-ranked rushing offense last year (142.2 rushing yards per game), and it was less effective defensively, ranking fourth-worst with 220.8 rushing yards allowed per game.
- In addition to a 45% third-down conversion rate allowed on defense last season, which ranked 14th-worst in FBS, the Minutemen put up a 91st-ranked third-down conversion rate (36.4%) on offense.
- 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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