[Postgame Thread] UMass Defeats Rutgers 37-21

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
UMass	7	17	3	10	37
Rutgers	7	0	0	14	21

[u/awrf]

I know this thread is going to be full of LOL Rutgers which is fine, but this is my national championship right here. We didn't just win, we looked like a legitimately good football team. Seriously go look at some highlights, some of Pop Watson's throws were nuts. I almost wonder if this might be the year we manage our first ever bowl bid. I'm so happy y'all

[u/Jumpy-Breadfruit-499 → u/awrf]

For the first time in years....a Umass fan has discovered an emotion known as hope

[u/RumRunner323 → u/Jumpy-Breadfruit-499]

Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

[u/ChasingMD → u/RumRunner323]

Can confirm

[u/Arkehn → u/Jumpy-Breadfruit-499]

Give her a hug!

[u/Havins → u/Jumpy-Breadfruit-499]

Umass might make SEC Shorts this week

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/awrf]

Bowl? If Pop and the team keep playing like this, a MAC title is in play

[u/AruarianGroove → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

That offensive line was dominant! 

[u/Frigidevil → u/AruarianGroove]

Dude I haven't seen fat guys dominate for us like that since the coach of the Jaguars was our QB

[u/lordeandtaylor → u/awrf]

*Pop Watson lol. Would be pretty surprised if Pop Warner were somehow playing for you guys.

[u/mel_anon → u/lordeandtaylor]

"We reanimated Pop Warner" would only be a slightly more surprising outcome than this result.

[u/teeterleeter → u/mel_anon]

Oh come on, even HE still has eligibility?

[u/ninsklog → u/lordeandtaylor]

The MAC is a pathway to many abilities...some consider to be unnatural.

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin → u/awrf]

As someone who remembers my team coming off decades of losing seasons, I’m happy for you. 

[u/parnellyxlol → u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin]

As someone who remembers my team coming off decades of losing seasons, I have UMass winning the natty next year

[u/ventkiller → u/awrf]

I have never seen our minutemen look like this. They believed they belonged in that field and that they could win. They’ve never looked like that in the 7 years I’ve been a student and now alumni. I have so much hope for this team. I’m not even talking MAC champions, but a bowl win felt so far away for the longest time. Now, I believe in them too.

[u/golden_apricot → u/ventkiller]

Flair buddy!

[u/lat3ralus65 → u/golden_apricot]

Both of you disgust me and I love you both dearly

[u/SPCsooprlolz → u/awrf]

Awesome win, happy for y'all

[u/bucknuts34 → u/awrf]

Be proud. UMass dominated that game

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin → u/bucknuts34]

It’s too bad Buttgers scored on that missed OPI and in scrub time, cause that score doesn’t show how bad UMass actually dominated that game. 

[u/bucknuts34 → u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin]

And UMass missed a wide open receiver before halftime that would’ve gone for another TD

[u/Cute-Contract-6762 → u/awrf]

Your defense looks awesome. Secondary clamped Rutgers Receivers all game

[u/LongLiveKams → u/awrf]

Talk all your shit, king. Yall earned it

[u/suzukigun4life → u/awrf]

You guys have been through pure hell for the better part of 2 decades. I'm genuinely happy for you guys and hope you can build on this.

[u/jznastics → u/awrf]

Congratulations on the win!! Offense and defense came to play in the process, hope the rest of the season goes well for y'all!

[u/DangerousDarius → u/awrf]

I was born in Malden, MA and am a Boston sports fan in everything. I had all but abandoned any hope for UMass football. But tonight, for the first time, I feel....hope.

[u/GringoSalamanca]

Rutgers paid UMass $1.5 million for that game…

[u/Skyhav → u/GringoSalamanca]

Imagine paying a team a bunch of money to lose to them on BTN. Couldn't be me. Haha... ha........

[u/Otherwise-Question70 → u/Skyhav]

Big Ten Network was launched at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 30, 2007, with Big Ten Tonight as its inaugural program. The network aired its first live telecasts two days later on September 1, which included a football game between Appalachian State and Michigan

I never realized ya’ll get upset on the first day of BTN lmao

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/Otherwise-Question70]

Hardly anyone saw it live because nobody carried the Big Ten network back then.

[u/WirlingDirvish → u/wit_T_user_name]

So basically the whole B1G should be thanking Michigan for convincing people to get the Big Ten Network. We really kickstarted people’s interest in the network. 

I wonder how many Buckeyes and Spartians subscribed in the 4th quarter just to watch the end. 

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/WirlingDirvish]

They showed the end of it on the Jumbotron at the Shoe.

[u/Funwithfun14 → u/Skyhav]

Fair number of teams do that with Toledo

[u/mishra1111 → u/Funwithfun14]

Please no, I'm begging you

[u/grrgrrtigergrr → u/Funwithfun14]

Been there

[u/Super_DAC → u/GringoSalamanca]

Worth every penny

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/GringoSalamanca]

“game”

[u/discofrislanders → u/GringoSalamanca]

My fucking tax dollars down the drain

[u/Top_Ladder6702 → u/GringoSalamanca]

It’s even funnier considering how broke Rutgers is

[u/Dennisfromhawaii → u/GringoSalamanca]

On top of that, Schiano's buyout this year is 17.3 million.

[u/Difficult_Trust1752 → u/Dennisfromhawaii]

Why does a Rutgers coach have a fucking buyout?

[u/suzukigun4life → u/GringoSalamanca]

UMASS snapped a 16-game losing streak and got paid 6 figures for it 😭

[u/sevenohfobro → u/suzukigun4life]

7 figures $1,500,000. Even worse

[u/OpportunityDue90 → u/suzukigun4life]

You might wanna recheck those numbers Harvard of the west

[u/Swipet → u/OpportunityDue90]

I thought they were the Hawaii of the east?

[u/Jiveanimal → u/Swipet]

They're more like the Nebraska-Kearney of the south.

[u/bub166 → u/Jiveanimal]

As a UNK alum, I would be very upset about this if I could read.

[u/maliki2004 → u/suzukigun4life]

North Texas admission standards on display

[u/iHasMagyk → u/suzukigun4life]

So that’s the UNT education I hear about

[u/FuzzyWDunlop]

Hello everyone and welcome to the UMass bandwagon. Us sickos who have been here in the basement for years are happy to have you on board.

This game was obviously incredible. Pop Watson is instantly the best QB we've ever had. The offense looked amazing. Our defense has never had 3+ TOs in any meaningful game I can remember. They made big tackles in a way we never had. Special teams was excellent and penalties were limited, two areas that have routinely caused us heartbreak for years. Seems like this team will be fun to watch!!!

For long term stuff, I think fans were maybe hoping for 3-4 wins this year (we play 2 FCS teams), and now of course are hoping for more. We have a second year head coach, Joe Harasymiak ,who has rebuilt the team after not having a full recruiting cycle last time around.

Many have asked for years why have any hope for UMass and even before this win, there was some reason to have hope. Harasymiak was a good hire and we actually have recently committed to being the top funding team on the MAC for NIL, facilities, and staff. So there was reason to believe, but maybe we're ahead of schedule.

Anyway, pleased to have you aboard! Come root for us as we apparently challenge for a MAC title and our first bowl game? But honestly we have no idea what happens from here!!

[u/chevybow → u/FuzzyWDunlop]

All my years watching games have led up to this moment.

[u/FuzzyWDunlop → u/chevybow]

It really has been a journey. Like knowing they were terrible and had no hope and tuning in anyway, basically all for the purpose of this payoff today. It's funny to (re)define sports success as a fan in New England. And this win just feels sooo gooood.

[u/prismatic_lights]

UMass is currently the #2 scoring offense and #7 scoring defense in the country.

Rutgers, you're going back to half-share for this.

Happy 20th season anniversary, BTN!

[u/suzukigun4life → u/prismatic_lights]

UMASS went 8-76 over the last 8 seasons btw

[u/RulersBack → u/suzukigun4life]

Rutgers being bad makes it hard to contextualize how big of an upset this was. UMass projected to be one of, if not the worst team in CFB and won on the road by 18 as 29.5 point dogs

[u/Moose4KU → u/RulersBack]

UMass went down 7-0 then scored 30 straight points!!

Rutgers is just KJ Duff and 10 regular dudes

[u/efrumttr → u/Moose4KU]

Lonergan wishes he was good enough to be a regular dude

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/RulersBack]

16 straight losses. And last season, they were one of the worst winless teams ever.

[u/ParsnipPizza → u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

They went winless in Covid too, so 2 winless seasons this decade

[u/KuriboShoeMario → u/RulersBack]

One of the biggest upsets in FBS history for sure.

Absolutely ridiculous loss for a P2 team and equally ridiculous win for a UMass program that knows almost no success at this level of play (power conference opponents). It wasn't like they scraped by either, UMass outclassed them in every phase of the game.

[u/Rufus_Cuntnam → u/RulersBack]

I don't think I can comprehend a world where UMass is good, and I'm tooootally not jealous after we lost such a close game to Rutgers last year

I'm baffled, but I do have to raise the flag for some MACtion🏴‍☠️

[u/Gophurkey → u/RulersBack]

So this is like if Purdue won a conference road game?

[u/Electric_Queen → u/Gophurkey]

I need this as a mspaint bar graph

[u/McGillicuddys → u/Gophurkey]

This is like Michigan vs Appalachian State if Appalachian State only played their backups and Michigan brought JJ McCarthy back to play QB, then spent the entire game telling everyone how they played the first college football game in history

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/suzukigun4life]

And now 9-76

[u/TheFlame8 → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

68 games to go! The streak begins now 😂

[u/Rickbox → u/prismatic_lights]

UMass going to the CFP!!

[u/problematic_glasses → u/Rickbox]

HANG DA BANNER

[u/MattPatriciasFUPA → u/Rickbox]

That's just a mere formality for them at this point

[u/Bird_nostrils → u/prismatic_lights]

Rank UMass, you cowards!

[u/Extraspicy_mp4 → u/prismatic_lights]

Rank em

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg → u/prismatic_lights]

I've seen enough

The University of Massachusetts Minutemen are winning the national championship.

[u/zoom518 → u/prismatic_lights]

Season 20 of the BTN starts just like season 1

[u/DarthNobody14]

UMass has been easily the worst FBS team since moving up in 2012. They are 26-134 since 2012 and 7-53 since COVID.

It’s been 677 days since Umass won a football game.

It’s been 1,041 days since UMass beat an FBS opponent.

It’s been 2,903 days since UMass beat an FBS opponent by 16+ Points

It’s been 3,946 days since UMass won by multiple scores on the road against an FBS opponent.

It’s been 17,749 days since UMass beat a power FBS team.

It’s been 45,206 days since UMass beat a traditional power FBS team as a “Major” Division 1 school.

The last time it happened was October 4th, 1902 against Boston College.

And for the first time in the 53,611 days as a program, UMass won a game as 30 point underdogs

For all the problems it has, College Football truly is the most special sport in the world.

[u/hitokirizac → u/DarthNobody14]

ahem, it *had been*. Now it sounds like those numbers should all be 0

[u/duvie773 → u/DarthNobody14]

Per my sources, you’re wrong on all those stats. Each one of them is actually 0 days

[u/DarthNobody14 → u/duvie773]

True lol.

[u/kd451 → u/DarthNobody14]

123 years????

[u/FarmerGoth → u/kd451]

Their first season was 1879, so it could have been worse

[u/KuriboShoeMario → u/DarthNobody14]

For what it's worth, they did beat BC in 1978. BC was an independent that season but they were in 1902 as well.

Still a very long time since a win over an opponent of that caliber.

[u/PSU02 → u/DarthNobody14]

UMass is the Georgia of Rutgers's

Rutgers is the Kentucky of Rutgers's

[u/Chuck_Phuckzalot]

Congrats on your 5-star recruits and $100M facilities, B1G fans. Meanwhile, the MAC is out here playing real football in front of 14 people and a raccoon on a Tuesday night during a blizzard. You ever seen a punter throw a touchdown to a long snapper while the scoreboard's on fire? Didn't think so.

While y'all are busy arguing over which frat-funded dynasty is slightly less fraudulent, Toledo's cooking up a triple-reverse flea flicker in a game that ends 43-42 after six missed PATs and a goalpost gets stolen. That's not football. That's MACtion. You wouldn't survive one quarter in Ypsilanti.

[u/JocavsJr → u/Chuck_Phuckzalot]

This is the greatest description of MAC football I’ve ever seen. They need to frame this and put in the MAC hall of fame (if that exists).

[u/CobaltSky → u/JocavsJr]

The MAC hall of fame is tattooed on that raccoon.

[u/JocavsJr → u/CobaltSky]

I see nothing wrong with this. As long as the raccoon is okay with it.

[u/roythhh_lewithhh → u/JocavsJr]

It's the MAC Hall of Fame, Tanning Parlor, and Haircare Salon. It's located on an exit off I-94 near Parma. Byron Leftwich gives audio tours. It doesn't have great Yelp reviews but people say that the F3 tornado that hit it a couple summers back made some improvements.

[u/j01101111sh → u/Chuck_Phuckzalot]

Is this pasta? because it's delicious

[u/Chuck_Phuckzalot → u/j01101111sh]

Yes, at least a couple years old at this point.

[u/j01101111sh → u/Chuck_Phuckzalot]

It's amazing. Thank you for this gift of knowledge

[u/galacticdude7 → u/j01101111sh]

The Sickos Committee even made merch for this pasta

[u/19Styx6 → u/Chuck_Phuckzalot]

B1G teams play in front of 14 people and a raccoon on Saturday afternoons in Southern California.

[u/definitelynotasalmon → u/19Styx6]

Don’t be silly.

There were at least 3 dozen raccoons at the Coliseum.

[u/GhostPosterMassDebat → u/Chuck_Phuckzalot]

Ypsilanti mentioned, take my upvote

[u/Leading-Button-7303]

I've seen enough, Umass is this years Indiana

[u/Zloggt → u/Leading-Button-7303]

Can’t wait for the UMass/North Dakota State title game!!!

[u/Sexy_Authy → u/Zloggt]

I speak for ALL schools in the national title picture when I say we ALL want this outcome

[u/Sad-Peanut2413 → u/Leading-Button-7303]

UMass is already the Harvard of Massachusetts

[u/AuraC33]

it wasn't as close as the score suggests. i cannot fucking believe it

[u/Even-Combination4407 → u/AuraC33]

We legit smoked them. Could’ve easily been a 4 score win

[u/The_Homie_J → u/Even-Combination4407]

UMass made Rutgers look like UMass

Damnedest thing I've seen in a long time

[u/Frigidevil → u/AuraC33]

Hope springs eternal

[u/2Pollaski2Furious]

For those wondering: Yes there will still be a TJOTW vote and no I'm not going to declare Rutgers the winner on a Thursday night.

But if there's something out there that tops this I can't wait to see it (unless it involves Washington)

Congrats on your nomination, Knights.

[u/noah_divine → u/2Pollaski2Furious]

early nominee for ultimate tank job

[u/Thehomelessguy11 → u/noah_divine]

Early strong contender, for sure lol

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/noah_divine]

Maybe for the year, but I still remember when UNLV beat Baylor 27-24 in Waco in 1999, on a 99-yard fumble return for a touchdown as time expired.

UNLV finished that year at 3-8, dead last in the MWC.

[u/hawksnest_prez]

Not to overreact but Rutgers should be immediately expelled from the B1G

[u/Direct_Economist_662 → u/hawksnest_prez]

That is not an overreaction

[u/Master-Praline-3453 → u/hawksnest_prez]

Instructions unclear; Rutgers takes LSU's spot in the SEC

[u/tdatcher → u/hawksnest_prez]

Why don't they play as LSU for the rest of the year 

[u/SiphenPrax]

After 22 months, UMass has won a football game.

LOfuckingL Rutgers. What an absolute fucking disaster of a home opener.

Reminds me when my stupid Jets gave the fucking Cleveland Browns their first win in almost 21 months.

[u/USA_2_Canada_1 → u/SiphenPrax]

Jets fan and Rutgers fan, you’re gonna have a great fall buddy

[u/Bird_nostrils → u/USA_2_Canada_1]

He's probably a Mets fan, too.

[u/SiphenPrax → u/Bird_nostrils]

Ding ding ding! I love the pain suffering (no I don’t)!

Thank fuck for the Knicks though

[u/DwyaneWade305 → u/SiphenPrax]

Waiting for the Jets/Rutgers/Mets/Nets trifecta.

EDIT: Quadfecta?

[u/EstablishmentTop551 → u/DwyaneWade305]

Throw in the Islanders for good measure

[u/ogorangeduck → u/DwyaneWade305]

The only Nets fan I know is from Connecticut and he's a Packers fan lol

[u/jznastics → u/SiphenPrax]

In Brunson we trust

[u/SiphenPrax → u/jznastics]

Dude legitimately saved my 2026 in sports

[u/Cartmaaan-brah → u/SiphenPrax]

Well at least you’re not a Rutge- nevermind

[u/kd451 → u/SiphenPrax]

Why are you guys so bad at sports? At some point it has to harm the university's reputation, right?

[u/Illustrious_Fudge476 → u/kd451]

They are decent at wrestling and used to be good at women’s basketball but that’s about it. 

A couple years ago they had Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, the 2nd and 5th pick, and still managed to finish with a losing record. 

[u/SimilarOnion1655 → u/SiphenPrax]

Game vs Boston College will be a sicko game of the ages

[u/Lefunnymaymays4lief]

Rutgers fans: “Boy I sure hope this is a blowout, we haven’t seen one of those in a while”

[monkey’s paw curls]

[u/CommodoreIrish → u/Lefunnymaymays4lief]

UMass (+29.5) over Rutgers is a bigger upset than Northern Illinois (+28) over Notre Dame.

Just saying.

[u/Revenge_of_the_Khaki → u/CommodoreIrish]

App State was like a 32 point underdog and won by 2 points. That means by point swing, this was a significantly larger upset than App State over Michigan.

[u/noah_divine]

how on earth did Dylan Lonergan get recruited by Alabama to play quarterback?

[u/Rooleet → u/noah_divine]

Maybe one day people will figure out to stop taking QBs from Boston College 

[u/mrdilldozer → u/noah_divine]

I was saying it in the other thread, but apparently he looked perfectly fine during practices and scrimmages. On paper he looks like a decent recruit. I guess the guy can't handle even the slightest amount of pressure in a real game.

[u/huskersax → u/mrdilldozer]

Well apparently Rutger's defense is not great either - so it's entirely possible he looked good because he was playing his own team's defense.

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel → u/huskersax]

Whatever the opposite of iron sharpens iron is

[u/brobroma]

Rutgers has lost $500M on athletics since joining the B1G. I'm not sure they have the ~$20M it would take to fire Schiano....

Given where UMass has been this decade, this might be the worst loss by a power conference team in a LONG time. I know BIll Connelly's SP+ had UMass ranked below like half the FCS.

[u/zvexler → u/brobroma]

Sheesh, the entire reason they joined the B1G was because they were already in deep financial trouble…

[u/noah_divine → u/brobroma]

wonder if this is the game that helps them realize they have no business being in the big ten

[u/discofrislanders → u/noah_divine]

They're not going to voluntarily demote themselves and give up the revenue

[u/MediumStrange → u/noah_divine]

I think they realized that a while ago,

[u/Agreeable_Wind3751 → u/MediumStrange]

Checks keep coming though

[u/Tarlcabot18 → u/noah_divine]

At this point the Rutgers athletic department is just 2 kids in a hat and trench coat that has "Big Ten School" written on it in crayon.

[u/alton_britches → u/brobroma]

Given where UMass has been this decade, this might be the worst loss by a power conference team in a LONG time.

As a Virginia Tech fan, I really appreciate this line of thinking.

[u/JKess207]

I genuinely don’t know where this program goes from here. This is the lowest I’ve felt in my entire life of watching this team.

As a Big Ten school in today’s era of CFB, this is absolutely inexcusable

We paid 1.5 million for this. Remember that.

[u/KuriboShoeMario → u/JKess207]

You guys have to fire someone for this game. I'm not sure who, but someone has to be sacrificed here, it's too bad of a loss to just shrug off.

[u/EastonMetsGuy → u/KuriboShoeMario]

Greg, it has to be GREG

[u/thesymbiont → u/EastonMetsGuy]

Y'all got any anthropomorphic pop tarts?

[u/PM_ME_FIRE_PICS → u/JKess207]

We lost to ULM the season after being arguably the 3rd best team in the country and have been completely irrelevant for the 14 years since.

I recommend getting into nice bourbons.

[u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe]

People are going to crap all over Rutgers for this but give UMass its props. For a perennial doormat to come out and look competent at minimum should deserve its praise.

[u/Stinkfinger83 → u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe]

Agreed, but we can still shit on Rutgers

[u/Darko33 → u/Stinkfinger83]

Pls do we deserve it

But I welcome literally anything that hastens Schiano's departure

[u/EstablishmentTop551 → u/Darko33]

Lonergan is a football terrorist.

[u/awrf → u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe]

All I ask is for some of y'all to look up a few of Pop Watson's highlights from this game, we would have beaten a LOT of teams playing like this.

[u/Even-Combination4407 → u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe]

Thanks dude. They’ve been trying to invest in this program for the past couple years now. So glad to see it begin to pay off.

[u/RomanTacoTheThird → u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe]

Joe Harasymiak is an excellent coach. He took Maine to the FCS semifinals and coordinated several good defenses in the Big Ten.

[u/discofrislanders]

Saw a tweet that said Rutgers invented CFB and has spent the last 160 years regretting that decision

[u/nathodood → u/discofrislanders]

In the beginning, Rutgers created College Football. This has made a lot of Rutgers fans very angry and has been widely regarded (by them) as a bad move.

[u/hammock-cat]

Imagine paying UMass $1.5mil to come kick your ass

[u/Theduckisback → u/hammock-cat]

No kinkshaming.

[u/Leaf_blower_chipmunk]

The final score is highly misleading as to how badly Rutgers lost this game

[u/corundum9]

All of the sudden I'm quite content that Ohio avoids UMass in conference play.

Also, a Big Ten team averaging 1.2 YPC on 25 attempts against a MAC team is insane.

[u/Zloggt → u/corundum9]

Meanwhile…I had put the Minutemen as one of Sacramento State’s only few chances of a win this season…

…guess they’re especially fucked now, ain’t they?

[u/Even-Combination4407]

Pretty easily greatest moment as a CFB fan. So fucking insane.

[u/Zloggt → u/Even-Combination4407]

UMass has been looking to capture at least some of that glory that had in their I-AA/FCS days…

…maybe that time has finally come!

[u/PheonixStreak]

Holy shit fire last years coaching staff into the sun again, you’re telling me we had a QB capable of winning for UMASS and we didn’t use him?

[u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Greg Schiano, get ready to learn, “midnight Nutrafil commercials” buddy

[u/YodaForceGhost → u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Future BTN analyst Greg Schiano

[u/beatlemaniac → u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Idk where he is right now but John Currie should be fired again immediately for hiring this dude to coach Tennessee

[u/Revolver_Oshawott_]

Massachusetts = UMass

Rutgers = U Ass

[u/redwave2505 → u/Revolver_Oshawott_]

They're called Buttgers for a reason

[u/SquadPoopy]

Man poor UMASS, I know it’s been a rough couple seasons many seasons decade existence for them, but being thrown to a Big 10 team in week one is brutal.

Wait.

Sorry what?

The fuck do you mean look at the box score again?

[u/suzukigun4life]

UMASS went 0-12 last year and had lost 16 games in a row.

They scored 14 or less points in 10 of their 12 games last year, and lost by 4+ touchdowns in nine of them.

They were outscored 214-54 over their last 5 games of 2025. An average score of 43-11.

They had lost 23 straight games against FBS opponents.

They went 8-76 over the last 8 seasons.

They’ve had 7 seasons with 1 or 0 wins since 2011.

They had never beaten a power 4/power 5 team.

Today, they went into Rutgers, as a 29.5-point underdog, and scored 30 unanswered en route to their first win against an FBS team since October 2023 at Army.

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/suzukigun4life]

Kelley Ford did statistical analysis throughout last season, and his preseason projection had UMass as the third worst team in FBS. At the end of the year, he concluded their actual performance was so bad that they were the team he had most overrated.

[u/Leading-Button-7303 → u/suzukigun4life]

God. Damn. What a day to be a minuteman

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin]

Is UMass the new Indiana?

Many people are asking. 

[u/MAC_Agenda_Pusher]

GET READY TO LEARN MACTION BUDDY

[u/poolin]

Full share huh

[u/DrInsano]

Rutger has lost its s to UMasss

[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

UMass plays 2 FCS opponents, UConn, and 8 MAC teams. Going undefeated might raise uncomfortable questions for the CFP.

[u/CoachSlime]

Good thing Rutgers scheduled this game for Thursday night to get the maximum amount of publicity!

[u/Tarlcabot18]

Rutgers paid UMass $1.55 million for this loss.

[u/suzukigun4life → u/Tarlcabot18]

$1.55 million to a team that had lost 16 straight, had lost its last 5 games of 2025 by an average of 33 points per game and had an average record of 1-11 over the last 8 years.

Legitimately one of the most hilarious losses ever.

[u/Dennisfromhawaii]

We may lose every game but at least let's keep Duff's draft stock high. It's the Rutgers way (see Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey).

Also, I'm in Spain, minus the S.

[u/CowbogRS]

GZ UMass! You no longer have the longest active losing streak in the FBS. That title belongs to Oklahoma State…

[u/pyrokapi324]

It’s one thing to drop an embarrassing game to a MAC team in week 1, it’s another thing to get completely dominated at home by a team that went 0-12 last year and wasn’t expected to be much better.

Credit to UMass though, they looked genuinely pretty good most of the night

[u/godzillamegadoomsday → u/pyrokapi324]

Not just 0-12. On a 16 game losing streak and hadn’t beat a fbs team in 3 years, much less a P4 team

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

U MASS
WE MASS
ALL MASS

EVERYONE GET IN HERE!

[u/Cybotnic-Rebooted]

Is Rutgers the first team eliminated from the CFP this year?

[u/DeathMetalEtiquette]

SMOKE GRASS

EAT ASS

UMASS

[u/WatchOutIGotYou]

Current FBS programs that UMass has beaten (Last Victory and Last Victory Score)

Team	All-Time Record	Last Year Won	Last Win Score
Rutgers	3-3	2026	37-21
Army	1-5	2023	21-14
New Mexico State	2-1	2023	41-30
Connecticut	40-38-2	2021	27-13
Akron	2-4	2019	37-29
Charlotte	1-1	2018	49-31
Liberty	1-6	2018	62-59 3OT
Georgia Southern	2-3	2017	55-20
App State	1-1	2017	30-27
BYU	1-3	2017	16-10
FIU	2-3	2016	21-13
Eastern Michigan	2-4	2015	28-17
Buffalo	6-10	2015	31-26
Kent State	1-2	2014	40-17
Ball State	2-2	2014	24-10
Miami (OH)	1-5	2013	17-10
Delaware	7-25	2011(+)	21-10
James Madison	8-7-1	2010 (+)	21-14
Nevada	1-0	1978 (+)	44-21
Boston College	5-23	1978	27-0
Toledo	1-8	1976	28-14

• (+) - Opponent was in FCS/Division I-AA during this game
• First win against a power conference opponent since joining the FBS in 2012
• First win against a current power conference team since Boston College.

[u/dukexxsilver]

Local kids Pop Watson and Joe griffin coming back to western MA and making us proud. Defense also looked great!

[u/TheOptimist6]

We are currently in someone’s UMASS dynasty play through in the ncaa video game

[u/LonesomeHyrax]

Legit brought me to tears. Congrats to all my fellow fans out there. I don't think any other fanbase can quite relate to how we feel right now.

We need to keep it rolling against Sacred Heart and Stonehill or it's all for nothing.

[u/SimilarOnion1655]

Rutgers vs Boston College will be the sicko match of the ages and UMass is making a bowl game

[u/Aurion7]

Oh, Rutgers is bad bad huh.

[u/meowscarada-sylveon]

I am going to become the Joker

[u/Wide_right_yes]

LETS GO UMASS

[u/Arkehn]

THEM MINUTEMEN IS HELL

[u/cfbluvr2]

Absolute coaching malpractice not to put the backup in and save those 2 timeouts for the next game

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Hell yes, Minutemen. What a win to break the losing streak and beat the first P4/P5 team in their FBS history. Just straight dominating a P2 team, almost flipping the spread the other way (ahead of the garbage time TD drive). What a game to start the week with more than 9000 comments in a UMass game thread. Happy for you guys, have some great fun with that QB, he might be electric.

Shianos buyout was 23 million dollars at the end of the last season.

[u/AKman2002]

EVERYBODY GET THE FUCK IN HERE UMASS HAS WON BY 16 AGAINST A BIG 10 TEAM

[u/cazana]

Reminder that UConn and Toledo are UMass's toughest opponents this season.

I'm foolish enough to believe in an undefeated season.

[u/coolguyyama]

Listening to the Rutgers radio broadcast as I drive and this is the most depressing thing I’ve ever listened to lmao they know the season is over