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American college football season
The 1997 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mike Hodges and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. It was Hodges' last as head coach, as he would take the position of assistant athletic director at the University in the offseason. The 1997 season was a tough one for the Minutemen as they stumbled to their worst record since 1953. UMass finished the season with a record of 2–9 overall and 1–7 in conference play.
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Richmond | | | L 6–21 | 10,837 | |
September 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Maine | | | L 6–49 | 4,363 | |
September 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at James Madison | | | L 10–13 | 11,300 | [1] |
September 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Rhode Island![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | W 18–14 | 8,218 | |
October 4 | 12:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA (rivalry)
| A10 TV | L 10–28 | 14,835 | |
October 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Villanova | | NESN | L 27–49 | 7,109 | |
October 18 | 1:30 p.m. | at Buffalo* | | | W 26–20 | 6,052 | |
October 25 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 4 Delaware* | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | L 9–40 | 5,317 | |
November 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Hofstra* | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | L 13–51 | 2,510 | |
November 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Boston University | | | L 8–33 | 3,140 | |
November 15 | 12:30 p.m. | Connecticut | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA (rivalry)
| | L 16–49 | 2,870 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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