1989 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1989 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 5–5–1 overall and 3–5 in conference play.

1989 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	5–5–1 (3–5 Yankee)
Head coach	Jim Reid (4th season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

1989 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Maine +^	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Connecticut +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Villanova +^	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Boston University	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	James Madison*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	T 28–28	9,428
September 16	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 42–23	6,123
September 23	at Maine	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	L 23–40	10,389
September 30	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 19–41	5,655
October 7	Rhode Island	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 31–6	10,102
October 14	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 33–39 OT	12,440
October 21	Delaware	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 14–21	4,780
October 28	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 31–27	7,060
November 4	Richmond	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 17–14	5,926
November 11	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 26–29	7,109
November 18	New Hampshire	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 34–28	4,114
*Non-conference game