2009 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2009 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. The team was coached by Kevin Morris and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2009 season was Morris's first as head coach of the Minutemen, as Don Brown left the position in the offseason to become the defensive coordinator at Maryland. It was also the first year UMass finished with a losing record since joining the CAA, both overall (5–6) and in-conference (3–5).

2009 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Division	North Division
Record	5–6 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach	Kevin Morris (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Picucci (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Keith Dudzinski (6th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

2009 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 7 New Hampshire x^		6	–	2					10	–	3
Maine		4	–	4					5	–	6
Hofstra		3	–	5					5	–	6
UMass		3	–	5					5	–	6
Northeastern		3	–	5					3	–	8
Rhode Island		0	–	8					1	–	10
South Division
No. 1 Villanova x+^		7	–	1					14	–	1
No. 5 Richmond x+^		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 4 William & Mary ^		6	–	2					11	–	3
Delaware		4	–	4					6	–	5
James Madison		4	–	4					6	–	5
Towson		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	7:10 p.m.	at Kansas State*		Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, KS		L 17–21	50,750
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Albany*	No. 17	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA		W 44–7	13,215
September 19	3:30 p.m.	Rhode Island	No. 17	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	CSN NE	W 30–10	12,124
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Stony Brook*	No. 15	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA		W 44–17	16,122
October 10	6:00 p.m.	at Delaware	No. 12	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 27–43	22,034
October 17	3:30 p.m.	No. 4 New Hampshire	No. 18	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	CSN NE	W 23–17	13,108
October 24	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Richmond	No. 14	UR Stadium Richmond, VA		L 12–34	8,214
October 31	3:30 p.m.	at Maine	No. 19	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	CSN NE	L 9–19	3,562
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Northeastern		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA		W 37–7	6,725
November 14	12:00 p.m.	James Madison		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	CSN NE	L 14–17	4,028
November 21	1:00 p.m.	at Hofstra		Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY		L 38–52	2,549
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time