2018 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . This was the fifth year of head coach Mark Whipple 's second stint at UMass and 11th year overall . The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums . Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with one home game at Gillette Stadium . This was UMass 's third year as an independent . They finished the season 4 – 8
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2018 UMass Minutemen football team